[1][2] The song was written and produced by Aart Mol, Cees Bergman, Elmer Veerhoff, Erwin van Prehn and Geertjan Hessing (under the pseudonym "Adams & Fleisner"), all of whom were former members of the Dutch glam rock band Catapult.

[1] The Woody laugh (provided by Hessing) used in the song was first heard in "Let's Break" by Master Genius in 1983, another Cat Music project.

[5][4] The album version of the song features sound effects from the Speak & Spell toy, sampled from "Home Computer" by Kraftwerk.

[13] In order to avoid being sued by Universal Studios, a new character named Tico Tac was created as the group's mascot and used in place of Woody.

1 position on the South African Top 20 for 7 weeks;[17] Doctor Pecker in 1986,[18] The Smurfs in 1995,[19] V-Kid in 1999,[20] Swedish singer Evelyn in 2001,[21] Norwegian bubblegum/trance/dance group SpritneyBears in 2003 (their cover laid in second place on the Norwegian chart, spending 8 weeks on that chart in total),[22] Cirez D in 2004,[23] and Kidz Hitz Party 2: Back To School in 2007.