The song was released as the second single from the group's debut album, Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks in 1959.

Like "Witch Doctor" and "The Chipmunk Song", it was adapted as one of the musical segments featured in The Alvin Show.

The song has Alvin playing his harmonica, while David Seville tells him to put it down for the purposes of singing.

The sixth tape was a variation for Theodore, the laughing chipmunk: ‘Ha…Ha…Ha’ spoken carefully at half speed in a tone pitched slightly higher than Simon’s.

Finally one master tape combined all the others in one glorious tonal conglomeration.”[1] After the group's previous single, "The Chipmunk Song", reached No.

[2] "Alvin's Harmonica" sold more than 500,000 singles making it a certified gold record.