The Real Story Behind The '80s Song 'Goo Goo Muck' By The Cramps

As Louder goes on to note, the original version of "Goo Goo Muck" by the Bakersfield, California-based rockabilly band Ronnie Cook & the Gaylads was released in 1962, and that version of the song (posted on YouTube) shares the same swingin' '60s garage and surf-rock sound as The Cramps cover. The lyrics — telling the story of young teenagers out on the town at night and ready for trouble as a thinly-veiled metaphor for sexual awakening — are largely unchanged in The Cramps version.

All combined, there was a trend for similar lighthearted, monster-themed music in that era, such as the Halloween classic "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, which also came out in 1962, according to Smooth Radio. (Notably, in the same vein, "The Addams Family" TV show, based on The New Yorker comics by Charles Addams and starring Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams, came out two years later, per IMDb.)

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