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Now many might quickly dismiss the "bubblegum pop" cartoon group "The Archie's", if they don't know the backstory behind the group itself. Don Kirshner was one of the most respected managers and talent scouts in the industry, and this is why he was brought on board as the Producer of "The Monkees". He is the one that was able to get the pool of hit making songwriters and studio musicians to write and perform on their earliest hits. However, tensions between him and the group who wanted to perform their own songs and instruments led to his being fired from the show. In retaliation, he got behind a project to bring the comic book characters from Archie Comics to life. And as this group was entirely fictional, he could and did once again bring together some of the biggest hit makers and formed a group where egos of the performers would not get involved. The songwriting duo of Jeff Barry and Andy Kim had created a string of hits starting in the early 1960's, and they penned this song as well. It was sung by Ron Dante, a well respected studio singer. And the main backup singer was Toni Wine, a singer and songwriter in her own right who penned "Candida", and was half of Dawn in the hit group "Tony Orlando and Dawn". So it may seem like a bubblegum song from a cartoon band, but in reality it involved some of the most respected artists in the industry. And was perfectly created to be a number 1 hit, as it held the top spot for four weeks, and was the number 1 song for 1969. The movies used to create this were the original music video created for the cartoon, Suzie Superstar 2, and It's My Body.