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{{Short description|1958 single by Eddie Cochran}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie
| cover      = Eddie_Cochran_Jeannie_Liberty_F-55123.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Eddie Cochran]]
| album      = [[Legendary Masters Series]]
| B-side     = Pocketful of Hearts
| released   = January 1958
| recorded   = January 12, 1958
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rock and roll]]
| length     = 2:18
| label      = [[Liberty Records|Liberty]]
| writer     = [[George Motola]]<br>[[Rickie Page]]
| producer   = [[Eddie Cochran]]
| prev_title = [[Twenty Flight Rock]]
| prev_year  = 1957
| next_title = Pretty Girl
| next_year  = 1958
}}
'''"Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"''' is a song by [[Eddie Cochran]] recorded and released as a single in January 1958 on [[Liberty Records]] 55123. It was a minor hit for Cochran and stalled at number 94 on the [[Billboard charts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/3q64ba.htm|title=Song artist 867 - Eddie Cochran|website=Tsort.info|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" was posthumously released in the United Kingdom in 1961 on the [[London Records]] label and rose to number 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eddiecochran.info/Biography/Achievements.htm |title=Eddie Cochran's achievements on Remember Eddie Cochran |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708183316/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Biography/Achievements.htm |archivedate=2011-07-08}}</ref> Later versions are most commonly known as "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie". The song was first written as "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" for  [[The Georgettes]], but they never recorded it.<ref name=hall>{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/55641|title=Cover versions of Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie by Eddie Cochran s|website=Secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>
==Personnel==
* [[Eddie Cochran]]: vocal, guitar
* [[Conny 'Guybo' Smith]]: electric bass
* [[Earl Palmer]]: drums
* (possibly) Ray Johnson: piano<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eddiecochran.info/Sessions/IV.htm |title=Eddie Cochran 1958 sessions at Remember Eddie Cochran |access-date=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810005803/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Sessions/IV.htm |archive-date=2016-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1958)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart (1961)
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="left"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|94
|-
|}
==Stray Cats version==
{{Infobox song
| name     = Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie
| cover    = Stray Cats cover.jpg
| alt      =
| type     =
| artist   = [[Stray Cats]]
| album    = [[Stray Cats (album)|Stray Cats]]
| released = 1981
| recorded = 1980/1981
| studio   =
| venue    =
| genre    = [[Rock and roll]], [[hard rock]]
| length   = 2:21
| label    = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| writer   = [[George Motola]]<br>[[Rickie Page]]
| producer = [[Dave Edmunds]]
}}
The [[Stray Cats]] recorded a version of "Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie" which was released on their first UK album [[Stray Cats (album)|Stray Cats]] in 1981. The song was also released on their debut US album ''[[Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)|Built for Speed]]''. The song was often featured in their live shows and several live versions are available. The Stray Cats' version features rewritten and raunchier lyrics than the Eddie Cochran version.
==Other versions==
* [[Vince Taylor]] And His Play-Boys (as Jenny, Jenny, Jenny) - 1962
* [[Showaddywaddy]]
* Teddy & The Tigers - 1978
* [[The Inmates]] - 1979
* [[The Firebirds]] - 1991
* [[The Real Kids]] - 1993
* [[Darrel Higham]] - 1997, 2004. UK [[rockabilly]] singer and noted Eddie Cochran expert [[Darrel Higham]] recorded "Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie" for his 1997 album ''The Cochran Connection'' and another version in 2004 for ''Midnight Commotion''.
* The Top Cats - 2004
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105133924/http://www.eddiecochran.info/Discography/USA/I.htm Eddie Cochran US discography on Remember Eddie Cochran]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110429041203/http://www.straycats.com/catsdisc_main.html Stray Cats discography]
*[http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/55641 Cover versions of Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie on Second hand Songs]
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[[Category:1958 singles]]
[[Category:Liberty Records singles]]
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[[Category:Showaddywaddy songs]]
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[[Category:Songs written by George Motola]]
[[Category:1958 songs]]