Bow Chicka Wow Wow

Album: 31 Minutes To Takeoff (2010)
Charted: 30
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a single by American singer-songwriter Mike Posner, from his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff. The Smeezingtons produced the cut, which according to Posner is a song "to reel a woman in."
  • Film director and stand up comic Jordan Brady originated the phrase "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" in the 1980s. He was one of the original members of Richmond's Comedy Underground, an improv group that was started in the early '80s.

Comments: 2

  • George from Vancouver, CanadaJordan Brady did NOT originaste this phrase -- we were using it pre-1980s to refer to hokey '70s porn music. . .
  • Megan from Stevenson, AlThis is the best song he has! OMG! Love this song!!!
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