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{{Infobox song
| name = Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
| cover = Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Sam Cooke]]
| album =
| B-side = Little Things You Do
| released = January 1959
| recorded = January 7, 1959
| studio = [[Radio Recorders]] (Hollywood, California)
| venue =
| genre = [[R&B]], [[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|cha-cha-cha]]
| length = 2:35
| label = [[Keen Records|Keen]]
| writer = Sam Cooke
| producer = [[Bumps Blackwell]]
| prev_title = I Need You Now
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = [[Only Sixteen]]
| next_year = 1959
}}
"'''Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha'''" (originally released as "Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha") is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Sam Cooke]], released in January 1959. The song was one of Cooke's biggest successes on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B Sides]] chart, peaking at number two; the song also charted at number 31 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

The song references the [[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|cha-cha-cha]], a dance of Cuban origin that became popular in the United States in the late 1950s.

==Background==
The song originated from a Christmas 1958 party at [[Lou Rawls]]' stepfather's house. During the celebration, all began doing the [[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|cha-cha-cha]], including Cooke's daughter, Linda.<ref name="linernotes"/> When one of the kids called out, "Everybody, cha-cha-cha!", Cooke grabbed a sheet of paper and wrote down the lyrics while everyone else danced. The song was recorded the week after New Year's 1959.<ref name="linernotes">{{cite AV media notes | title=Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964 | year=2003 | others=[[Sam Cooke]] | type=liner notes | publisher=[[ABKCO Records]] | location=US | id= 92642}}</ref>

The song concerns Cooke and his girlfriend going to a dance in which all are doing the cha-cha-cha, a dance which his significant other doesn't know how to do. Cooke teaches his guest but by the end of the evening, she is "doing [the cha-cha-cha]" better than he is.<ref name=db>Guralnick, Peter (2005). ''Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke''. New York: [[Little, Brown and Company|Back Bay Books]], p. 268-69. First edition, 2005.</ref>

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the [[liner notes]] to the 2003 compilation ''[[Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964]]''.<ref name="linernotes"/>
*Sam Cooke – [[lead vocals|vocals]]
*Adolphus Asbrook – bass guitar
*Charles Blackwell – drums
*Jack Costanza – [[bongos]]
*Rene Hall – guitar
*Mike Pacheco – [[congas]]
*Clifton White – guitar
* Backing vocals are provided by [[Darlene Love]] and [[The Blossoms]]<ref>Guralnick, Peter, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2005 p. 269-270</ref>

==Charts and certifications==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col" style="width:17em;"|Chart (1959)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="US">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-cooke-mn0000238115/awards | title=Sam Cooke – Awards | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=February 28, 2014}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|US [[R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B Sides]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="US"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

==References==
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{{Sam Cooke}}

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[[Category:1959 singles]]
[[Category:Sam Cooke songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Sam Cooke]]
[[Category:1959 songs]]
[[Category:Keen Records singles]]
[[Category:Cha-cha-cha]]
[[Category:Songs about dancing]]

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