"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" is a song, written by Curtis Mayfield.

[1] The first recording to be released was by Major Lance, as a single in December 1963, produced by Okeh label president Carl Davis.

[2] The song was Major Lance's third release to make the Billboard Hot 100 and his most successful hit with a #5 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964 with a #1 peak on the Cash Box R&B chart (Billboard did not run an R&B chart November 1963-January 1965).

[3] In Canada it reached #6.

[4] In the UK it reached #40, Lance's only UK chart appearance.