"Splish Splash" is a 1958 song performed and co-written by Bobby Darin. It was written with DJ Murray the K, who bet that Darin couldnt write a song that began with the words, "Splish Splash, i was takin a bath", as suggested by Murrays mother, Jean Kaufman. The song helped to give Darin a major boost in his career, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. pop singles chart.