Yakety Yak
| "Yakety Yak" | ||||
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A-side label of the U.S. vinyl single | ||||
| Single by the Coasters | ||||
| B-side | "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" | |||
| Released | April 1958 | |||
| Recorded | March 17, 1958 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 1:52 | |||
| Label | Atco 6116 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |||
| The Coasters singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Yakety Yak" (2007 Remaster) on YouTube | ||||
"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the Coasters and released on Atco Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week at #2 on the Hot 100. This song was one of a string of singles released by the Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, making them one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.
In 1999, the original 1958 recording on the ATCO label by the Coasters was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.