[3] Ron Dante provided the lead vocals, accompanied by Toni Wine and the other co-writer, Andy Kim.

When re-released in mid-July 1969 (with pressings also on the Kirshner label), it attained enormous success nationwide across several months.

[4] Upon the song's initial release, Kirshner had promotion men play it for radio station personnel without revealing the group's name, as their previous single, "Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.

It was taken to a top radio station, 1260 KYA in San Francisco, where the program director was told: "Just play it!

"[7] The song was among the selections that astronaut Alan Bean chose when allowed to bring an audio cassette of music to listen to during the Apollo 12 mission in November 1969.

According to historian Andrew Chaikin, "When it came on during the trip out from earth, the three of them [Bean, Pete Conrad, and Dick Gordon] would hold onto the struts in the command module and bounce weightlessly to the beat, dancing their way to the moon.

"[8] In the issue of Billboard magazine dated September 20, the single started a four-week run at number one on the Hot 100, replacing the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women".

[12] In February 2024 the song was certified Gold by the BPI for selling 400,000 units since it was made available digitally in November 2004.