"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" is a novelty song written by Phil Gernhard and Dick Holler and recorded in 1966 by the Florida-based pop group The Royal Guardsmen. The song was recorded at the Charles Fuller Productions studio in Tampa, Florida and was released as a single on Laurie Records. Bowing at #122 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 on 10 December 1966, the single ascended from number 7 to number 2 on the Hot 100 during the week of December 31, 1966 (behind the Monkees' "I'm a Believer"); made number 6 on the Record Retailer (UK) chart in February 1967; and was number one in Australia for five weeks from February 1967. On the Hot 100, "Believer" at #1 kept "Snoopy" at #2 from reaching the Hot 100 summit from 31 December 1966 through 21 January 1967, after which "Snoopy" fell off while "B