"A Little Bit of Soap", written by Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell), was a song, first sung in a bluesy soul style by The Jarmels, who reached #12 with it in September 1961.The song has been covered many times since. The Exciters' version charted at #58 on Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966. Paul Davis's rendition reached #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970, while Nigel Olsson's version hit #34 in June 1979. Both Davis and Olsson used ballad arrangements.