The song was co-written by Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, whose novelty song "Mairzy Doats and Dozey Doats and Liddle Lamzy Divey" served as an inspiration for the song.
Ilene Woods and The Woodsmen with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra recorded it in Hollywood on October 26, 1949. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 31-00138B and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog numbers B 9970, SG 2371, HM 3755, and JM 2678.
A recording by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters was the most popular. It was recorded on November 7, 1949, and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78 rpm single (catalog number 20-3607-B) and as a 45rpm single (catalog number 47-3113-B). The flip side was "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes". The recording reached #14 on the Billboard chart. The same single was released in the United Kingdom by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as a 78rpm single (catalog number B 9961). It was also released with catalog numbers HN 2730, X 7279, SAB 8, and IP 615.
Another recording, by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 782. The record first reached the Billboard charts on December 16, 1949, and lasted 7 weeks on the chart, peaking at #19. It was backed with "Echoes" on the flip side.
On the Cash Box Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions were combined, the song reached #7.
The lyrics of the song, as with the title, are composed nearly entirely of gibberish, featuring the title of the song. The 1948 recording, however, has several extra English lines that were not used in the animated film, including: "If your mind is in a dither, and your heart is in a haze, I'll haze your dither, and dither your haze, with a magic phrase", and "if you're chased around by trouble, and followed by a jinx, I'll jinx your trouble, and trouble your jinx, in less than forty winks." The tempo of the various recordings also differs widely.
Salago-doola
Menchika boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Put 'em together
And what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Salago-doola
Menchika boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
It'll do magic, believe it or not
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Now "salago-doola" means
A menchika-boola-roo,
But the thingamabob that does the job
Is bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Oh! Salago-doola
Menchika boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Put 'em together
And what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi...
Bibbidi-bobbidi...
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
If your mind is in a dither, and your heart is in a haze,
I'll haze your dither and dither your haze with a magic phrase
If you're chased by trouble, and you're followed by a jinx,
Jinx your trouble and trouble your jinx in less than forty winks!
Salago-doola
Menchika boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Put 'em together
And what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Salago-doola
Menchika boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
It'll do magic, believe it or not
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Now "salago-doola" means
A menchika-boola-roo,
But the thingamabob that does the job
Is bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Oh! Salago-doola
Menchika boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Put 'em together
And what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi...
Bibbidi-bobbidi...
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
In this version, it was sung by Helena Bonham Carter (who plays the Fairy Godmother). It can be heard during the credits of the film after a cover of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes". The Fairy Godmother uses the phrase only when transforming living creatures, and doesn't use words when using her magic on inanimate objects.
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In the Jessie episode "Used Karma", Jessie comes down dressed in a sports jersey, she asks how she looks and Zuri answers "Like Cinderella...before the bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."
In Return of Jafar, when Genie is rescuing Jasmine and others from imprisonment, he says "And for my next trick, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!"