"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" is a 1972 song by

Gilbert O'Sullivan Raymond Edward "Gilbert" O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including "Alone Again (Naturally)", " Clair", and "Get Down". O'Sullivan's so ...

. The song became a top ten hit in the UK, peaking at #8 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, spending a total of 11 weeks on the chart. It was also the first of three (consecutive) #1s on the Irish Singles Chart for O'Sullivan.The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database
Note: User must define "Gilbert O'Sullivan" as the search parameter. www.irishcharts.ie. Access date: 28-04-2010. The song was never released on a studio album, but in 2012 it was added to a remastered version of '' Back to Front''. In 2013, a single-purpose version of the song which featured 300 people singing a reworded version of the song whilst going about their daily lives was used for an advert for the National Lottery.

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