Fun fact: The Chipmunks are one of two groups who technically don't exist to have a number one hit song (theirs was "The Chipmunk Song: Christmas Don't Be Late," by the way; they had two, if you count "The Witch Doctor" as a Chipmunk song).
The other was the Archies, with "Sugar, Sugar." The rumor was the song was so saccharine The friggin' Monkees turned it down for artistic reason, so they created a band out of some session musicians pretending to be the characters from the Archie comics; The Monkees connection is mostly a myth, and, hell, it is saccharine, but still catchy as all get out.
Fun fact: The Chipmunks are one of two groups who technically don't exist to have a number one hit song (theirs was "The Chipmunk Song: Christmas Don't Be Late," by the way; they had two, if you count "The Witch Doctor" as a Chipmunk song).
The other was the Archies, with "Sugar, Sugar." The rumor was the song was so saccharine The friggin' Monkees turned it down for artistic reason, so they created a band out of some session musicians pretending to be the characters from the Archie comics; The Monkees connection is mostly a myth, and, hell, it is saccharine, but still catchy as all get out.