Doop was a dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 production

Record producer

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 act from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 formed by Ferry Ridderhof and Peter Garnefski, who would later record under the name Hocus Pocus.

Doop were best known for their eponymous single, "Doop", which reached No. 1 in the UK. The song was influenced by the 1920s dance, the Charleston

Charleston (dance)

The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one...

, and is most remembered for its lyrics, which consisted entirely of the word 'Doop' sung over a fast-paced big band

Big band

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 sample

Sampling (music)

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Hocus Pocus were best known for their single, "Here's Johnny", which reached No. 1 in Australia.

Doop

Albums

• 1995 – Circus Doop
• 1994 – Doop Mania - L'Album des remixes

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart position
		UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	NLD
1994	"Doop Doop (song) "Doop" is a 1994 song recorded by Dutch techno group Doop. It was released as first single from its debut album Circus Doop and achieved success in several countries, including Ireland, U.S. , and spent three weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1994... "	1	5	13	16	11
	"Doop (Remix)"	88	-	-	-	13
	"Huckleberry Jam"	95	-	-	-	22
1996	"Ridin'"	-	-	-	-	16

Hocus Pocus

Albums

• 1997 – God Devil Heaven Hell

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart position
		NL Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
1995	Here's Johnny	9	1