Surfin' Bird, Bird's The Word, Papa Oom Mow Mow song title page

Tune Timeline chronological list

blue # = weekly pop chart

Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

Sep 1962

The Bird's The Word

May 1963

Surfin' Bird

Jan 1964

Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

Apr 1975

The Sharonettes

Surfin' Bird

Jan 1978

Surfin' Bird

1979

The Cramps

Surfin' Bird

1987

Pee-Wee Herman

Surfin' Bird

1998

Freaky Fukin Weirdoz

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In 1962, The Rivingtons squeaked into the top 20 with the one hit wonder Papa Oom Mow Mow. The next year, The Rivingtons released a song called The Bird's The Word. The Trashmen put these two songs together, sped them up, and came up with its own one hit wonder, Surfin' Bird, in 1964. From there, many artists remade the revamped song, and it became a punk music favorite.