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"Mambo No. 5"
Song by Pérez Prado
Released1950
Recorded1949
GenreMambo, jive dance
Length3:42[citation needed]
Songwriter(s)Dámaso Pérez Prado

"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year.[1]

German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo.[2]

Lou Bega version

"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"
Single by Lou Bega
from the album A Little Bit of Mambo
Released19 April 1999 (1999-04-19)
Genre
Length
  • 5:14 (extended version)
  • 3:39 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Lou Bega
  • Dámaso Pérez Prado
  • Zippy Davids
Producer(s)
Lou Bega singles chronology
"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"
(1999) 		"I Got a Girl"
(1999)
Music video
"Mambo No. 5" on YouTube

German singer Lou Bega recorded a cover of the song and released it in April 1999 as the first single from his debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo (1999). His version became a summer hit during 1999 in most of Europe.[5] Later that year, it experienced success in the United Kingdom, North America, and Oceania. In France, it set a record by staying at number one for 20 weeks.[6] The song reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 2 November 1999, giving Bega his only top-40 hit in the United States.[7]

Critical reception

Elisabeth Vincentelli from Entertainment Weekly rated the song with an B minus, adding, "All of a sudden, mambo is hot again, and the unlikely city of Munich is on the Latin-music map. For this we have to thank the Ugandan-Italian Bega and his German producing team, who have hit pay dirt by tacking new lyrics onto an old Perez Prado song. While purists scream murder, the upbeat tune and bouncy, '80s-style synthesizers will rule weddings for years to come."[8]

The song became the subject of a seven-year copyright trial between Prado's estate, the music publisher Peermusic, and Bega's producers. Bega had only used riffs (which by German law cannot be registered for copyright) from Prado's original and written the entire lyrics, so Bega's producers went to court in order to gain access to all the song's proceedings from Peermusic representing Prado's estate. However, after seven years the Federal Court of Justice of Germany ruled in favor of Peermusic and Prado's estate in 2008, based upon the fact that Bega's producers had sought a royalty agreement with Peermusic prior to releasing the song. Because of Bega's significant contributions to his version, the court's final ruling declared it a new song co-written by Prado and Bega.[9]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Mambo No. 5", directed by Joern Heitmann, features Lou Bega singing and dancing with flappers.[10] An alternate music video aired on Disney Channel, featuring clips from various Disney films and television series, with newly recorded lyrics by Bega dealing with the featured characters.[11]

Track listings

  • CD single
  1. "Mambo No. 5" (radio edit) – 3:39
  2. "Mambo No. 5" (extended mix) – 5:14
  3. "Mambo No. 5" (enhanced CD-ROM video) – 3:42
  • Maxi single
  1. "Mambo No. 5" (radio edit) – 3:39
  2. "Mambo No. 5" (extended mix) – 5:14
  3. "Mambo" (Havanna club mix) – 5:48
  4. "Mambo" (The Trumpet) – 6:01
  • 7-inch 45 rpm single
  1. "Mambo No. 5" (radio edit) – 3:39
  2. "Beauty on the TV Screen" – 4:03

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[68] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[69] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Belgium (BEA)[70] 3× Platinum 150,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[71] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[72] Diamond 750,000*
Germany (BVMI)[73] 3× Platinum 1,500,000^
Italy (FIMI)[74]
sales since 2009 		Gold 35,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[76] Gold 75,000[75]
Netherlands (NVPI)[77] Platinum 75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[78] 3× Platinum 30,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[79] Gold 25,000^
Sweden (GLF)[80] 3× Platinum 90,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[81] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[83] 2× Platinum 1,029,722[82]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Germany 19 April 1999 CD Ariola [24]
United States 17 August 1999 12-inch vinyl RCA [84]
United Kingdom 23 August 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [85]

Bob the Builder version

"Mambo No. 5"
Single by Bob the Builder
from the album Bob the Builder: The Album
B-side"Super Spud" (Spud's dub)
Released3 September 2001 (2001-09-03)
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)Paul K. Joyce
Producer(s)Grant Mitchell
Bob the Builder singles chronology
"Can We Fix It?"
(2000) 		"Mambo No. 5"
(2001) 		"Big Fish Little Fish"
(2008)

On 3 September 2001, BBC Records released a novelty version of the song sung by British actor Neil Morrissey, who provided the voice of Bob for children's television show Bob the Builder. It features background vocals from Rob Rackstraw and Kate Harbour, who voiced several other characters on the show.[86] This cover radically changed the lyrics to fit the theme of the show, making numerous references to construction, repairs and roadway maintenance, as well as the show's characters. The female names from Bega's version are also replaced with types of construction supplies and building tasks, e.g., timber, saw, waterproofing and tiling.

Chart performance

On 9 September 2001, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[87] becoming Bob the Builder's second number-one single on the listing after "Can We Fix It?".[87] In doing so, Bob became the first novelty act to top the UK chart with more than one single.[88] Following the 11 September attacks, the song was removed from the BBC Radio 2 playlist, with the station's executive music producer Colin Martin describing the song as being "too frivolous in light of the news that was breaking".[89] The song earned a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 12 October 2001 for shipping over 400,000 units.[90] At the end of 2001, it was ranked as the UK's 17th-best-selling single.[91]

In Ireland, the song first appeared on the Irish Singles Chart at number 13 on 13 September and peaked at number four the following week.[92][93] It remained in the top 50 for 10 weeks in total.[94] At the end of the year, the song came in at number 42 on Ireland's year-end chart.[95] "Mambo No. 5" debuted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart on 4 November 2001 and reached number two on 18 November.[96] After staying at the position for another week, the song descended the chart, spending nine more weeks in the top 50.[96] It was Australia's 26th-most-successful hit of the year and shipped over 70,000 copies, allowing it to receive a platinum certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[97][98]

Track listing

  1. "Mambo No. 5"
  2. "Super Spud" (Spud's dub)
  3. "Mambo No. 5" (karaoke music)
  4. "Mambo No. 5" (video CD-ROM)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[98] Platinum 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[90] Gold 400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 3 September 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
 BBC [102]
Australia 22 October 2001 CD Universal Music Australia [103]

Ome Henk parody

In 1999, Dutch TV character Ome Henk took a parody of the song called "Mambo Nr 6" to number 17 on the Dutch Top 40.[104] The lyrics referred to the medicine prescribed to him, which causes hallucinations of the girls he mentions in the song. A parody of commercials for the fictional product is also heard.

Legacy

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