Doo Wop (That Thing)
~ Recording by Lauryn Hill
Annotation
This is the album version which features the classroom spoken-word "skit" at the end.
Annotation last modified on 2023-12-31 23:09 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records | CK 69035 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records | CTDP 096034 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records | #69035 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 489843 1 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records | 4898432 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records | CK 69035 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records | 489843 2 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Ruffhouse Records | 489843.2 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CK 69035, D 126370 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (no price code) | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Ruffhouse Records | 489843 2, 4898432013, COL 489843 2 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (price code CB 831) | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 489843 2, COL 489843 2 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (price code CB 861) | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 489843 2, COL 489843 2 |
| 1.27 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | 90 Sweet 90s Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 8.2 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:22 | Lauryn Hill | Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (explicit) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) | SFW CD 40230 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Special Russian Version) | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Ruffhouse Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876849052 |
| 1.5 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 5:20 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Ruffhouse Records | |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Commissioner Gordon (US hip hop producer Gordon Williams) Warren Riker |
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| drum machine programming: | Ché Guevara Vada Nobles |
| producer: | Lauryn Hill |
| mixer: | Commissioner Gordon (US hip hop producer Gordon Williams) |
| Rhodes piano [Rhodes], Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer], celesta [celeste], electric piano and piano: | James Poyser |
| saxophone: | Dean Frazer (Dean Ivanhoe Fraser - Jamaican saxophonist) |
| strings: | Indigo Quartet |
| trombone: | Ronald "Nambo" Robinson |
| trumpet: | Everol Ray |
| turntable [DJ elements]: | DJ Supreme (UK hard house producer Nick Dresti "Tha Wildstyle") |
| background vocals: | Jeni Fujita Fundisha Johnson James Poyser Lenesha Randolph Rasheem Pugh |
| lead vocals: | Lauryn Hill |
| recorded at: | Chung King Studios in New York, United States Marley Music, Inc. in Kingston |
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| mixed at: | Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, United States |
| has remixes: | Doo Wop |
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| sampled by: | Believe What I Say by Kanye West (formerly Kanye West) |
| mash-ups: | Doo Shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis vs. Lauryn Hill) by Chambaland (Mashup Artist) I Shot (That Thing) by Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) & The Fugees presented by David Begun |
| edits: | Doo Wop (That Thing) (edit/radio edit) |
| part of: | The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 49) (order: 49) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/0uEp9E98JB5awlA084uaIg [info] |
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| recording of: | Doo Wop (That Thing) (in 1998-01) |
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Related works
Doo Wop (That Thing)
| lyricist and composer: | Lauryn Hill |
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| is the basis for: | Break Up Twice |
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