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    Knocking on wood (also phrased touching wood or touch wood) is an apotropaic tradition of literally touching, tapping, or knocking on wood, or merely stating...
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  • Look up knock on wood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Knock on Wood may refer to: Knocking on wood, an act of superstition "Knock on Wood" (Eddie...
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    better knock on wood, baby I better knock, knock, knock Oh yeah, think I better knock, knock, knock on wood Think I better knock, knock, knock on wood Think...
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  • Knock on Wood is a 1954 American comedy film starring Danny Kaye and Mai Zetterling. Other actors in the film include Torin Thatcher, David Burns, and...
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  • Knock on Wood is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in February 1979. The album yielded two successful single releases, "Knock on Wood" (#1 US Pop...
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  • No. 2 on the UK charts (the tour had only visited North America), No. 5 in Canada (where the tour had opened) and No. 8 in the US. "Knock on Wood" was...
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  • Knock on Wood is the debut album of soul singer/songwriter Eddie Floyd, released in 1967 on Stax Records. The album was recorded between July and December...
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  • February 1997. The track reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart while also...
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  • La Chèvre (English title: Knock on Wood, literal translation: The She-goat) is a 1981 French buddy cop comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber...
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  • Knock On Wood is an acoustic album by The Young Gods. Our House I'm The Drug Everythere Gasoline Man Speak Low (Nash/Weill) Charlotte Ghost Rider (Suicide)...
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  • television series Little Einsteins during 2005–2009. The series followed on from a direct-to-DVD release, Our Huge Adventure (later re-released as episodes...
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  • ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Peak positions for Amii Stewart's albums in Canada: Knock on Wood: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 31, no. 13. June 23, 1979. Retrieved January...
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  • "Knock on Wood" is a song written by M.K. Jerome and Jack Scholl for the film Casablanca, where it was performed onscreen by Dooley Wilson to music played...
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    with her 1979 U.S. Billboard number 1 hit cover of Eddie Floyd's song "Knock on Wood", often considered a classic of the disco genre. Stewart scored further...
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  • Dolla and Big Mike. There are two different versions of the song, "Knock on Wood", the album version and the video version. The album version features...
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    luck charms (perhaps some token on a charm bracelet), amulets, or gestures such as crossed fingers or knocking on wood. Many different objects and charms...
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    songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s, including the No. 1 R&B hit song "Knock on Wood". Floyd was born in Montgomery...
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    Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), On the Riviera (1951) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood (1954), White Christmas (1954), The Court Jester...
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  • peaked at #128 on the Billboard 200. In 1996, the pair appeared on the remixed version of the South Central Cartel song, "Knock on Wood". Andre Wicker...
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  • happened in their life. The ritual is to pinch your right ear lobe and knock on wood twice, while saying mashallah. It is believed that this stops Satan...
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  • co-written by Redding. The album includes crossover hits "Tramp" and "Knock on Wood". Following Redding's death, the single "Lovey Dovey" was also released...
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  • craze" on 1 April: "Ramrod Dank... the first man to coin a Knock Knock." "Knock knock" was the catchphrase of music hall performer Wee Georgie Wood, who...
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  • together with "Knock on Wood/Ash 48". This release peaked at No. 7. 1979 12" "Light My Fire" / "137 Disco Heaven" – 8:22 "Bring It on Back to Me" – 3:58...
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  • Knock on Wood – The Best of Amii Stewart is a compilation album of recordings by Amii Stewart released in 1996. The compilation mainly covers material...
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  • Who. It was written by Mike Bartlett and was broadcast on 6 May 2017 on BBC One. "Knock Knock" received mixed to positive reviews from critics, receiving...
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  • Bowie's 1974 cover of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" (1966). Reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart and number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the single...
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    or practices found in large parts of the Western world, such as the knocking on wood or the fingers crossed gesture. Many tropes of European folklore can...
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  • with an "impressive energetic bass line" and "fast-changing drum". "Knock on Wood" was musically described as a "fairytale-like electro-punk" song with...
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  • Bleed/Billion Dollar Babies," "Inmates (We're All Crazy)" Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood" The Babys - "Everytime I Think of You" The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"...
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    by "Knock on Wood" and "Lovey Dovey". All three reached at least the top 60 on both the R&B and Pop charts. The album charted at number 5 and 36 on the...
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