[7] The personnel on the original recording included Jesse Powell on tenor sax,[8] Al Caiola, Billy Mure on guitar, Wendell Marshall on bass, and Panama Francis on drums.
The lyrics mention several characters from other songs of the period, including "Lollipop", "Peggy Sue", and "Good Golly Miss Molly".
It features new lyrics by Streisand and backing vocals from Toto lead singer Bobby Kimball and Chicago keyboardist Bill Champlin.
On 1965, Quebecois group César et les Romains broadcast a French cover of the song on television, over the network Télé-Métropole.
A children's version of this song was performed by "Elmo and Friends" on the Sesame Street album Splish Splash: Bath Time Fun released in 1995.
In both the English and German versions of Animals United (2010), Billy the Meerkat sings this song while taking a shower, but it's cut off by Toto the Chimpanzee.
The song appeared in several episodes Happy Days, including one where Richie Cunningham becomes a DJ, 'Richie the C' (possibly a play on Murray the K).
In the Family Ties episode "The Boys Next Door", Elyse performs the song with her childhood friend Roger at a class reunion.