"How Do You Do" released in 1971 was an international hit single for Dutch duo
Mouth & MacNeal. It was No.1 in the
Netherlands,
Belgium,
Denmark,
Switzerland, and
New Zealand.[1][2][3] It also spent 19 weeks in the
Billboard Hot 100 a year later, reaching No.8 and a cover version by Scots-German duo Die Windows (later Windows) reached No.1 in
Germany.[4][5] The single earned Mouth & MacNeal, and its composers
Hans van Hemert and
Harry van Hoof, the 1972
Buma Export Award for the most records sold abroad by a Dutch musical act in that year.[6]
"Land of Milk and Honey" charted in Canada for two weeks, reaching #91, before the flip-side became the bigger hit.[7]
In
Australia, two versions reached the Top 40 simultaneously, the bigger hit being by
Jigsaw.