"The Way That You Do It" is a song by British recording act Pussyfoot. It was released in the United Kingdom in June 1975 as their debut single. The song's suggestive lyrics caused it to be banned by the BBC. The song was re-released under the title "Ooh Na Na Hiya" by Donna Jo, the lead singer of Pussyfoot.
| "The Way That You Do It" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of the Australian single | ||||
| Single by Pussyfoot | ||||
| from the album Pussyfootin' Round... With Love | ||||
| B-side | "I Think Like That" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mick Flinn | |||
| Producer(s) | Mick Flinn | |||
| Pussyfoot singles chronology | ||||
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In Australia, music television show Countdown began playing the video clip, and exploited the British ban on playing the song. The song was released by EMI Australia late in 1976 and peaked at number one on the Australia Kent Music Report in January 1977, spending seven weeks at the top spot.[2]
In April 1977, Pussyfoot toured Australia and Gold Coast, Queensland, Mayor Sir Bruce Small declined to attend their concert telling the Gold Coast Bulletin "The song is obviously intended to be highly suggestive and in my judgment it is pornographic so the fact that it was banned by the BBC speaks for itself. If I could ban it I would and parents should be more aware of the kind of songs their kids are listening to". Pussyfoot lead singer Donna Jones responded saying, "I never sang it as a suggestive song. What it meant was the way a person is attracted to another. If it is dirty then what about the old song 'It’s Not What You Do, it’s the Way You Do It?' I think dirt is in the mind."[3]
Track listings
editUK 7-inch single (EMI 2397)[4]
- A. "Ooh Na Na Hiya"
- B. "I Think I Like It"
Australian 7-inch single (EMI-11314)[5]
- A. "The Way That You Do It"
- B. "I Think Like That"
Charts
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See also
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edit- ^ Laing, Dave (14 June 2019). "10 Sexy Soft-Rock Hits of the 70s". I Like Your Old Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 14 January 2020 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ Potts, Andrew (14 May 2014). "Remember when: Singer Pussyfoot and Gold Coast Mayor Sir Bruce Small clashed on racy song". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Ooh Na Na Hiya (UK 7-inch single vinyl disc). Donna Jo. EMI Records. 1976. EMI 2397.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ The Way That You Do It (Australian 7-inch single vinyl disc). Pussyfoot. EMI Records. 1975. EMI-11314.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 242. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 429. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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