I remember this from when it first came out - it didn't seem remarkable at the time, but the convention of referring to attractive young women as "chicks" was socially acceptable back then. The world is a different place now, thankfully (though still far from perfect). I couldn't quite make it through all of this song, so many years later - even leaving out the lyrics, the organ sound is irritating and the lead singer is basically not so much singing as sniggering.
Daddy Dewdrop was a pseudonym of Richard "Dick" Monda, a songwriter and actor who grew up in California. This song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971. He recorded a few other singles in the 1970s, including an extended dance recording, "Nanu Nanu", released in 1978, which tries its very hardest to be funky.
"Chick-A-Boom" was covered by Ted Knight, of The Mary Tyler Moore Show fame, in 1975. All I will say about this is that listening to it is a transformational experience.
Created November 28, 2025; revised November 6, 2026.