This was written and produced by Shadow Morton, who was behind most of the Shangri-Las’ hits. It reached No 18 in the US in 1964.
This is a fairly poor attempt at miming.
This is a live performance.
The vastly underrated Tracey Ullman covered it on her 1984 album You Caught Me Out.
That is a fabulous song. It inspired these people to dress up as women and call themselves The New York Dolls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvmvMFXWzc8
Ex-NY Doll Johnny Thunders did a version of “Great Big Kiss”. It includes the Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah bit from the end of Joey Dee’s “Peppermint Twist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9yBDC74UZ0
Tracy Ullman had a short but sweet run of hits in the early ’80s. I preferred her music to her comedy, and she was obviously a fan of ’60s music. You don’t hear her singles much nowadays sadly. I loved her cover of “I Can’t Breakaway”, and her performance of her songs were always entertaining, as with the great “Sunglasses” here from Top Of The Pops:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qnFNMuNovE