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Song Lyrics & WordsZippity doo dah, Zippity aye,
My oh my what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine coming my way,
Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye.

Mister blue bird's on my shoulder,,
it's the truth,
it's actual,
everything's satisfactual!
Zippity doo dah,
zippity aye,
zippity doo dah,
zippity aye!

The King's Men sang a cover of this song on a special episode of Fibber McGee and Molly commemorating the 60th anniversary of the show's sponsor, S.C. Johnson Company (known back then as Johnson's Wax). Their rendition, though, actually mentions the sponsor within the lyrics toward the end: "It's really true/It's actch'll/Everything is Johnson's Wax'll".

Miley Cyrus sings this song on DisneyMania Vol. 4 CD.

Japanese singer Ami Suzuki sings this song for a Disney Music Store Japan special promotion in December 2006.

Johnny Mercer had a #8 hit with his rendition of the song in 1947.

Connie Francis recorded the song in 1962 for her album Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits

Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, a Phil Spector-produced trio from Los Angeles, recorded this song in late 1962, hitting #8 on the Hot 100 Pop hits in 1963.

Doris Day recorded the song in 1964 for her album With a smile and a song

Louis Armstrong recorded an LP called Disney Songs The Satchmo Way in 1968 featuring a number of Disney songs including Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.

Freddie and the Dreamers included in their 1963 like titled album, Freddie and the Dreamers.

The Dave Clark Five recorded the song for their first UK album, A Session With the Dave Clark Five

The Gaylettes, a Jamaican ska group, covered the song in the late 1960s.

Actor Tom Hanks sings this song in the 1984 Touchstone Pictures fantasy film Splash.

Paula Abdul recorded the song with a pop twist to it. In Album "For Our Children" in 1992.

The Jackson 5 covered it as the first song on their first LP, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5.

Mannheim Steamroller covered the song on their 1999 album, Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse.

Within a Calvin and Hobbes comic story arc revolving first around a transmogrifying gun and then about Calvin stuck as an owl, Calvin is worried about what the other kids will say when they see him at school the next day as an owl until Hobbes more than cheers him up: "Since when do owls go to school?" Then, Calvin, happy about not having to go to school anymore as he's an owl, jubilantly celebrates singing a couple bars of the song.

Diana Ross & The Supremes recorded a version of this song for their unreleased album Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing Disney Classics

On the direct-to-video/album release Simply Mad About the Mouse, a rotoscoped Ric Ocasek sings the song.

A Eurobeat version of the song was created for Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix. The artist is credited as Domino.

Stevie Brock sings this song on DisneyMania Vol. 2 CD
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Aly & AJ sings this song on DisneyMania Vol. 3 CD.

Broadway performer John Tartaglia and the cast of Johnny and the Sprites will cover this for Disney Music Block Party.

British comedian Bill Bailey performs a "Portishead" version of the song in his Part Troll show as a proposed new British national anthem.

The Far Side parodies the song. "Look at this shirt, Remus! You can zip-ah-dee-do-dah all day long, but you keep that dang Mr. Bluebird off your shoulder!"
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