The odd yet cheerful song, because of and not in spite of its head-scratching lyrics, earned a strong six-week spot atop Billboard's list. The most ironic part? That delightfully weird intro was never meant to see the inside of the band's recording booth.
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"I was working on some music and Hoyt walked in and asked if I had heard his song that the guys turned down," Negron told the outlet. "I said, 'No, I hadn’t.' He sat down and played me a new demo, and at that point Jeremiah was a prophet. I said that wouldn’t work. Hoyt originally had Jeremiah as a bullfrog, but had just changed it. I knew that if I could just scream that line from the rooftops, 'Jeremiah was a bullfrog,' I could make it a hit, plus 'joy to the world, all the boys and girls,' is just a wonderful sentiment. I said that I would do it and Danny and Cory were not happy because they had turned it down and thought that I should have agreed with them. There was a little friction for a while because I had broken the rules, but it was lucky that I did, ha ha, because everyone became happy when it became a hit."
For the following five years, the band would chart multiple times, but things came to a halt when Negron's battles with substance abuse and heroin addiction got out of control. Rolling Stone reported that they disbanded in 1976 and got back together for a brief stint in 1982 before breaking up again in 1985 due to Negron's relapse. Negron was even forced to live on L.A.'s infamous Skid Row for a time after losing the millions he made during his band's successes.
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