▁St ing ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁" It ' s ▁ar rog ant , ▁but ▁Stewart ▁is ▁good ▁at ▁being ▁ar rog ant ▁in ▁a ▁fun ny ▁way ▁– ▁as ▁in ▁that ▁Kl ark ▁Kent ▁line ▁about ▁' If ▁you ▁don ' t ▁like ▁me , ▁you ▁can ▁su ck ▁my ▁so cks ' ." ▁In ▁the ▁US ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁single , ▁" De ▁Do ▁Do ▁Do ▁De ▁Da ▁Da ▁Da " ▁was ▁pa ired ▁with ▁" Fri ends ", ▁a ▁composition ▁by ▁Andy ▁Sum mers . ▁ ▁" De ▁Do ▁Do ▁Do , ▁De ▁Da ▁Da ▁Da " ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁the ▁follow - up ▁single ▁to ▁" Don ' t ▁Stand ▁So ▁Close ▁to ▁Me " ▁in ▁Britain , ▁and ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁the ▁debut ▁single ▁from ▁Z eny atta ▁Mond atta ▁in ▁America . ▁Upon ▁its ▁release , ▁the ▁single ▁became ▁a ▁top ▁ten ▁hit ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁( the ir ▁first ▁in ▁said ▁country ), ▁reaching ▁ ▁on ▁the ▁UK ▁Singles ▁Chart ▁and ▁ ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁English - language ▁release , ▁both ▁a ▁Spanish - language ▁and ▁Japanese - language ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁were ▁recorded ▁and ▁released ▁in ▁their ▁respective ▁mark ets ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁Act ual ▁ 4 5 R PM ▁copies ▁are ▁rare . ▁ ▁The ▁cover ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁H ip gn osis ▁and ▁use ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁to ▁ju