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"How Do You Do" released in 1971 was an international hit single for Dutch duo Mouth & MacNeal. It was #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 #8 and a cover version by Scots-German duo Die Windows (later Windows) reached #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]

"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

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

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Charts (1971–72)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7]	32
Belgium (VRT Top 30)[1]	1
Canada (RPM)[8]	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[9]	37

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

External links

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

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