"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is the first single from American Hip Hop-R&B artist Lauryn Hill's debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Hill's first solo singles were to 1997 movie soundtracks. The first of which was "The Sweetest Thing" for the Love Jones soundtrack, and the second; "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" which was a cover of Frankie Valli's 1967 song, for the film Conspiracy Theory.

"Doo Wop" was released in Spring of 1998 as Lauryn Hill's first single from her debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The song turned out to be a major success, becoming the 10th single to debut at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song stayed there for two weeks in the fall of 1998, and won two Grammy Awards the following February. The successes of "Doo Wop" and the Miseducationalbum established Hill as a success outside of her group, The Fugees.

The music video for Doo Wop (That Thing) was filmed using a split screen technique. The video features Hill, who was six months pregnant at the time, performing "Doo Wop" at block parties in two different eras: the mid-1960s and the late-1990s. The video was directed by duo Big TV!. It was filmed in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is included as number 359 on the Songs of the Century list. At the Grammy Awards of 1999, the song won two awards: Best R&B Song, and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song's music video won four 1999 MTV Video Music Awards for: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video, Best Art Direction, and Video of the Year.

Devendra Banhart has covered the song during live performances including Bonnaroo 2006, the Pitchfork Music Festival and Tim Festival 2006, in Brazil. Amy Winehouse has also incorporated the song into her own "He Can Only Hold Her" at live concerts in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Rihanna covered the song while on Kanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour in 2008. The American avant-rock band Mr. Bungle often performed an excerpt of the song as an outro for their song Travolta (Quote Unquote) during live shows in the mid- to late nineties, and up to their unofficial demise in 2002.

The song charted on several charts in the U.S. upon release.