6 " ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁released ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁Background ▁According ▁to ▁lead ▁singer ▁St ing , ▁the ▁song ▁is ▁about ▁the ▁att raction ▁that ▁people ▁have ▁to ▁simple ▁songs . ▁St ing ▁later ▁critic ised ▁those ▁who ▁label led ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁" b aby ▁talk ," ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁gross ly ▁misunder stood . ▁He ▁evaluated , ▁" The ▁lyr ics ▁are ▁about ▁ban ality , ▁about ▁the ▁ab use ▁of ▁words ," ▁saying ▁that ▁" the ▁lyr ics ▁have ▁an ▁internal ▁logic ." ▁ ▁The ▁phrase ▁" De ▁Do ▁Do ▁Do , ▁De ▁Da ▁Da ▁Da " ▁supposed ly ▁was ▁made ▁up ▁by ▁St ing ' s ▁son . ▁St ing ▁said ▁of ▁this , ▁" In ▁fact , ▁my ▁son ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁it . ▁I ' ve ▁never ▁paid ▁him ▁– ▁so ▁that ' s ▁another ▁possible ▁law suit . ▁He ▁writes ▁songs ▁himself ▁these ▁days . ▁He ' s ▁got ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁self - conf idence ▁– ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁where ▁from ." ▁ ▁Its ▁B - side , ▁" A ▁S erm on ," ▁was ▁originally ▁written ▁by ▁Stewart ▁Cop eland ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁par able ▁about ▁a ▁band ▁r uth lessly ▁making ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁top . ▁Cop eland ▁played ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁guitar ▁as ▁well , ▁including ▁the ▁intro ▁r iff , ▁while ▁Andy ▁Sum mers ▁can ▁be ▁heard ▁in ▁the ▁middle .