 " Zou Bisou Bisou " was Gillian Hills ' first single in the summer of 1960 . A French recording titled " Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo " was produced by George Martin and sung in English by Sophia Loren . Although most sources associate the origins of the song with Hills , New York claims that the songwriting credits make it more likely that Loren 's version was the original . Slate 's David Haglund notes that Hills ' version is the best @-@ known of the early recordings . 
