Indian Giver (song)

"Indian Giver"
Single by 1910 Fruitgum Company
from the album Indian Giver
B-side "Pow Wow"
Released January 1969
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length 2:30
Label Buddah
Writer(s) Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry
Certification Gold (RIAA)
1910 Fruitgum Company singles chronology
"Goody Goody Gumdrops"
(1968)
"Indian Giver"
(1969)
"Special Delivery"
(1969)

"Indian Giver" is a song written by Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, and Bo Gentry and was recorded by 1910 Fruitgum Company for their 1969 album, Indian Giver.[1] The song went to #5 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and was on the charts for 13 weeks.[2] It's B-Side, "Pow Wow" was actually a song called "Bring Back Howdy Doody" deliberately pressed backwards as a way of deterring radio stations from playing the B-Side,[3] which was later recorded by another Buddah bubblegum music group produced by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffrey Katz called Flying Giraffe.[4]

The song went to #1 in South Africa,[5] #3 in Canada and #4 in Australia. It was named the #50 song of 1969 on the Cashbox charts. The song was certified as a gold disc in March 1969.[6]

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