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"Ooby Dooby" was a mid-20th century song performed by Human musician Roy Orbison.

Zefram Cochrane, a fan of "rock 'n roll" music, played "Ooby Dooby" often on a jukebox in a small bar he frequented in Bozeman, Montana, in 2063.

When the USS Enterprise-E traveled back in time, William T. Riker made the mistake of unplugging the bar's jukebox mid-song, resulting in him nearly getting hit by a whiskey bottle thrown by Cochrane.

"Ooby Dooby" was also played at the official First Contact between Humanity and the Vulcans, much to the shock of the latter. (Star Trek: First Contact)

Selected lyrics[]

Ooby dooby, ooby dooby
Ooby dooby, dooby dooby
Dooby dooby, do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Well you wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right
Do the ooby-dooby with all of your might
Ooby dooby…

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Background information[]

"Ooby Dooby" was penned by Dick Penner and Wade Moore, and was recorded by Roy Orbison in early 1958, and released as his first single the same year.

The song can be also found on the Star Trek: First Contact soundtrack, courtesy of Orbison Records, Inc..

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