the only Chipmunks song to do so, and stayed there for four weeks. (Sourece: Los Angeles Times and Billboard) He named the three chipmunks Simon, Theodore, and Alvin, after three record executives ...

From there, he came up with the idea of the Chipmunks ... And so: “The Chipmunk Song,” the song where the personalities of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore all begin to assert themselves.