Sloopy Hang On

Sloop on this:

*"Hang on Sloopy" surpassed "Hey Ya" as the best wedding song ever this weekend.

*October is Sloopy Month. For the entire month of October in 1965, The McCoys' hit "Hang on Sloopy" was #1 on the charts.

*"Sloopy" is Dorothy Sloop, a 1960s jazz and pop singer from Steubenville, Ohio.

*"Hang on Sloopy" is the official rock song of Ohio. Ohio is the only state with an official rock song. Click on this link to read the 1985 Ohio General Assembly Resolution that made "Hang on Sloopy" the official rock song of Ohio.

*Not surprisingly, Wikipedia's entry for "Hang on Sloopy" is much longer than it's entry for the band that sings "Hang on Sloopy."

*Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town
and everybody yeah, tries to put my sloopy down
Sloopy I don't care, what your daddy do
Cuz you know sloopy, girl, I'm in love with you

Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on

Sloopy wears a red dress, yeah
As old as the hills
but when sloopy wears that red dress,
yeah you know it gives me the chills

Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on