How Do You Do (Mouth & MacNeal song)

"How Do You Do"
Single by Mouth & MacNeal
from the album How Do You Do
B-side	"Land of Milk and Honey"
Released	January 22, 1971
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:02 (Single Version) 4:08 (Album Version)
Label	Decca, Philips
Songwriter(s)	Hans van Hemert, Harry van Hoof
Mouth & MacNeal singles chronology
"How Do You Do" (1971) "Hey, You Love" (1972)

"How Do You Do" released in 1971 was an international hit single for Dutch duo Mouth & MacNeal. It was No.1 in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, and New Zealand.[1][2][3] It also spent 19 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 a year later, reaching No.8 and a cover version by Scots-German duo Die Windows (later Windows) reached No.1 in Germany.[4][5] The single earned Mouth & MacNeal, and its composers Hans van Hemert and Harry van Hoof, the 1972 Buma Export Award for the most records sold abroad by a Dutch musical act in that year.[6] "Land of Milk and Honey" charted in Canada for two weeks, reaching #91, before the flip-side became the bigger hit.[7]

In Australia, two versions reached the Top 40 simultaneously, the bigger hit being by Jigsaw.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1971–1972)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8]	32
Belgium (VRT Top 30)[1]	1
Canada (RPM)[9]	2
Denmark (Tracklisten)[2]	1
Germany (Media Control AG)[1]	5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1]	1
New Zealand (RIANZ)[3]	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4]	8
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[10]	37

Year-end charts Chart (1972) Rank Canada (unofficial)[11] 32 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 25

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 1,000,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
• Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1971
• Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1972
• List of number-one hits of 1972 (Switzerland)
• List of number-one singles in 1972 (New Zealand)

References

1. "European chart peak positions" listed at hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
2. "How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal entry at danskehitlister.dk (Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
3. Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006 , p. 14. Maurienne House, Wellington. ISBN 9781877443008.
4. "Billboard Hot 100 - July 1972" Retrieved 23 December 2012.
5. Windows chart singles Archived 2014-09-14 at the Wayback Machine at musicline.de (German). Retrieved 23 December 2012.
6. Buma Exportprijs 1972 at bumaharpengala.nl (Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
7. "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 26, 1972" (PDF).
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 210. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
9. "RPM Top 100 Singles - August 12, 1972" (PDF).
10. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 169.
11. "Best of 1972 songs and music, on MusicAndYears.com!". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
12. "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
13. "American single certifications – Mouth and MacNeal – How Do You Do". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• "How Do You Do" at Discogs (list of releases)