Oh, Boy! (song)

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“Oh Boy!”

Single by Buddy Holly and The Crickets

B-side

"Not Fade Away"

Released

October 27, 1957
December 22, 1957 (UK)

Format

7" single

Recorded

June 29 - July 1, 1957, Clovis, New Mexico

Genre

Rock and Roll

Writer(s)

Buddy Holly, Norman Petty

Buddy Holly and The Crickets singles chronology

"Peggy Sue"
(1957)

"Oh Boy!"
(1957)

"Love Me"
(1958)

"Oh Boy!" is a song by Buddy Holly. It appeared on the album The "Chirping" Crickets, and was originally written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, and Norman Petty. The song was recorded June 29 - July 1, 1957 at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico with The Picks providing backing vocals. The song in an A-A-B-A format with a 12-bar blues verse and an 8-bar bridge.

It was a A-Side, with "Not Fade Away" as the B-Side. The song peaked at #10 on the U.S. Charts, and #3 on the UK Charts in early-1958.

The song was covered by British pop group Mud (band) in 1975 when it went to No 1 in the UK charts. Melanie released a version of the song in 1978 and for Stray Cats in 1996.