Cartoons are a Technobilly Bubblegum group from Denmark. They are best known for their 1999 hit single "Witch Doctor" which is a cover of the 1958 novelty song by Ross Bagdasarian.
Members
The group consisted of Toonie (Main Male Vocalist), Shooter (Guitar), Buzz (Bass), Sponge (Saxophone), and Puddy and Boop (Backing Vocals). The group members are pictured below:
Appearance
Cartoons are also best known for the outlandish plastic costumes and wigs that they wore in their music videos, live performances, and promotional photographs. The costumes were designed to be caricatures of 1950s American rock and roll stars, and many of their hits are Europop covers of old rockabilly hits.
Cartoon Fame
Cartoons' most successful single is 1999's Witch Doctor, reaching number two in the UK with its combination of the original's "ooh-ee-ooh-aah-aah" chorus, driving dance beat and occasional banjo breaks, hence the term "technobilly". They had further success in the UK with the Top 10 hit Doodah!, the top 20 hit Aisy Waisy, which was performed on Jim Davidson's Generation Game, and had a Top 20 debut album, Toonage (1999).
OST + Compilations
Cartoons has appeared in many compilations and on the soundtrack of many movies. To name a few:
- DANCEMANIA SPEED 6 (23. Witch Doctor (Hyper KCP Mix)
- DANCEMANIA Presents HAPPY PARADISE (16.Doodah! (K.O.G. Re-edit)
- DANCEMANIA Presents HAPPY PARADISE 2 (16. Witch Doctor (RM 2001 - Giants Toon Version)
- ZIPMANIA II (22.DooDah!)
- DANCEMANIAX 2nd MIX OST (02. DooDah (K.O.G Re-edit)
- HELP! I'M A FISH! OST (5. Wobble-Di-Bubble-Di-Doo)
- DDR MAC OST (13 & 29. Witch Doctor (Giants Toons Version)
- DDR PARTY COLLECTION OST (43 & 81. Witch Doctor (Giants Toons Version)
- GIANTS MANIA (19. Witch Doctor (Giants Toons Version)
Discography
Below is the complete discography of Cartoons.
ALBUMS
Toonage (1999) |
Description: This is the general default version of Toonage. For other releases of Toonage see below.
- Witch Doctor (3:05)
- DooDah (3:13)
- Hold Me (3:06)
- Ramalama Daisy (3:44)
- Yoko (3:01)
- Who Put The Bomp (3:47)
- De Do Do Do Do De Da Da Da (3:20)
- Let's Go Childish (3:06)
- Aisy Waisy (2:56)
- Listen To My Heart (4:21)
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More Toonage (1999) |
More Toonage included the same tracks as Toonage, as well as:
- DooDah! (Spanish Version)
- Witch Doctor (Spanish Version)
- Santa Clause Is Coming to Town
- Just Can't Wait
- Millenium Megamix
Toonage was also released in Japan and Italy, with exactly the same track listings as "Toonage" above, except that they had a slightly different cover. |
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Toontastic! (2000) |
Note: Toontastic! (Danish Version) was also released in 2000, with very different tracklistings to the general Toontastic! Instead of Intro and Diddley-Dee, Witch Doctor and DooDah were used, and Hippi From Mississippi was removed, and "Hombre Mago" added as track 11.
- Intro (0:34)
- Diddley-Dee (3:00)
- Little Red Ridinghood (3:23)
- Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (3:20)
- Mama Loo (3:20)
- Alehla (3:04)
- Hippie From Mississippi (3:36)
- Breaking Up It Hard To Do (2:45)
- Big Coconuts (3:23)
- Eany Meany (3:40)
- Shooby Dooby Baby (3:08)
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Greatest Toons! (2005) |
- Day Oh (Ekkosangen) (3:35)
- Witchdoctor (3:06)
- Doodah (3:11)
- Big Coconuts (3:19)
- Ramalama Daisy (3:41)
- Nana Na (3:06)
- Yoko (3:26)
- Diddlley-dee (3:02)
- Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (3:18)
- Let´s Go Childish (3:03)
- Aisy Waisy (2:54)
- Mama Loo (3:16)
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (2:42)
- Cartoons Medley (4:40)
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SINGLES
- WITCH DOCTOR (2000)
1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. Out Of Africa Mix
Music Video
- DOODAH (1999)
1. Radio N' Roll Mix
2. Sunzet Dialogue Mix
3. Instrumental/Karaoke Mix
4. DooDah! Video
- AISY WAISY (2000)
1. Radio Edit
2. Stimulater's Radio Mix
3. Stimulater's Extended Mix
4. Bust Da Bass Remix
5. Aisy Waisy Video
- DIDDLEY-DEE (1999)
1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. Pasta Peoples Radio Edit
4. Pasta People's Club Mix
- LET'S GO CHILDISH
1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. Top-A-Billy Remix Edit
4. Top-A-Billy Remix
5. Re-Tape Remix
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- MAMA LOO (1999)
1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. Pasta Peoples Radio Edit
4. Pasta People's Club Mix
- YOKO (1999)
1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. Pasta Peoples Remix
4. Pasta Peoples Club Mix
5. Tranceabilly Remix
- BIG COCONUTS (2000)
- THE X-MAS SINGLE (1999)
1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
2. Can't Wait
- TUTTO PASSERA! (ITALIAN WITCH DOCTOR)
1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. Out Of Africa Mix
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