The Fly (Chubby Checker song)

"The Fly"
"The Fly"
Single by Chubby Checker
from the album For 'Teen Twisters Only
B-side	"That's the Way It Goes"
Released	September 1961
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:27
Label	Parkway
Songwriter(s)	John Madara, David White
Producer(s)	Kal Mann
Chubby Checker singles chronology

"The Fly" is a song written by John Madara and David White and performed by Chubby Checker. The song was produced by Kal Mann.

Background

This song featured an electric shaver, which made the sound effects of the buzzing fly.

"The Fly" reached #7 on the U.S. pop chart, #11 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #35 in Australia in 1961.^[1] It was featured on his 1961 album For 'Teen Twisters Only.^[2] The song ranked #70 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961.^[3]

Brendan Bowyer with The Royal Showband Waterford released a version of the song as a single in 1966, but it did not chart.^[4]

Checker's version was featured in the 1962 film Don't Knock the Twist and was included on the soundtrack.
Checker's version was featured in the 1988 film Hairspray, however, due to licensing restrictions with Cameo-Parkway Records, was not included on the soundtrack.
The song was mentioned in the Ernie Mareska song "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" (1962)
The song is mentioned in The Orlons song "Wah Watusi". (1962)

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v t e Chubby Checker
Singles	"The Class" "The Twist" "The Hucklebuck" "Pony Time" "Let's Twist Again" "The Fly" "Jingle Bell Rock" (with Bobby Rydell) "Slow Twistin'" (with Dee Dee Sharp) "Dancin' Party" "Limbo Rock"/"Popeye the Hitchhiker" "Let's Limbo Some More"/"Twenty Miles" "Birdland" "Loddy Lo"/"Hooka Tooka" "Let's Do the Freddie" "Back in the U.S.S.R."
Albums	Twist with Chubby Checker For Twisters Only Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker Let's Twist Again For 'Teen Twisters Only Limbo Party Chequered!
Related articles	Twist Around the Clock Don't Knock the Twist