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]
Elisabeth Vincentelli from Entertainment Weekly rated the song with a 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]
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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]
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.[94] 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 women's names from Bega's version are also replaced with types of construction supplies and building tasks, e.g., timber, saw, waterproofing and tiling.
On 9 September 2001, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[95] becoming Bob the Builder's second number-one single on the listing after "Can We Fix It?".[95] In doing so, Bob became the first novelty act to top the UK chart with more than one single.[96] Following the 11 September attacks, the song was removed from the BBC Radio 2 playlist due to its lyrics about building construction, with the station's executive music producer Colin Martin describing the song as being "too frivolous in light of the news that was breaking".[97][98] The song earned a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 12 October 2001 for shipping over 400,000 units.[99] At the end of 2001, it was ranked as the UK's 17th-best-selling single.[100]
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.[101][102] It remained in the top 50 for 10 weeks in total.[103] At the end of the year, the song came in at number 42 on Ireland's year-end chart.[104] "Mambo No. 5" debuted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart on 4 November 2001 and reached number two on 18 November.[105] After staying at the position for another week, the song descended the chart, spending nine more weeks in the top 50.[105] 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).[106][107]
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.[113] 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.
Originally released in 1949 by Cuban musician Dmaso Prez Prado as a purely instrumental track, the dance hit was revitalized in 1999 when Lou Bega, a German singer, gave the song brand new lyrics.
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"Mambo No. 5" is a mambo no jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Cuban Dmaso Prez Prado in 1949. In 1999, Lou Bega covered in his debut album A Little Bit of Mambo. It was written by Lou Bega, Prado and Zippy Davids. It is from the musical Bob the Builder, sung by Bob and the Gang.
Todd (VO): And you can blame that entirely on the energy of its singer, a mystery man in a fedora named Lou Bega. He danced, he mugged, he sort of quasi-rapped. And somehow, he redefined mambo for a new generation.
Todd: Like, someone just says the word "mambo" and you're not generally going to think of [clip of performance by...] Tito Puente or anyone from the '50s. No, the first notes that pop into your head are [Todd imitates the beginning of the song vocally].
Todd (VO): Not to say that this is a particularly respectful entry into the mambo genre. Some will tell you it's the worst song of all time. But love it or hate it---and for the record, I'm not really fond of this song at all---you couldn't stop it. It was a massive worldwide smash, and it still basically is.
Todd (VO): Part of the reason why the song is kind of a joke is...just Lou Bega himself! He turns it into basically a vaudeville song! [sarcastically] He's singing about how he's got girls girls girls, [stammers] waggling his eyebrows...If this song weren't so family friendly, he'd be chomping on his cigar, you know, Todd: [imitating cartoon sound] HA CHA-CHA-CHA-CHA!
Todd (VO): If you put the [various names from the song pop up] list of girls in front of me, I could get it in correct order without even trying. [Names highlight red as Todd says them] It's "Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary, Jessica."
Todd (VO): He's like the horny wolf in the "Red Hot Riding Hood" sketches.Todd: For what it's worth, I did see an [image pops up of news article showing...] interviewer ask Bega if he thought the song was, you know, [back to Todd] "#problematic," [back to article] and he said "no," but the article said he'd clearly thought about this before. [back to Todd] If you want my opinion...I think you'd have to try real hard to be offended by "Mambo No. 5."
Todd (VO): Okay, maybe I wouldn't have written that line, but the song's way too silly to take seriously on those terms. Like, have you heard anyone get mad at it for being sexist? Of-of course not!
Todd (VO): And to be fair to this song, for all that I don't like it, I also can't really bring myself to dislike it. I heard it over and over again in 1999, along with every other major pop hit.
Todd (VO): and yet I don't remember ever really objecting to this song. It was just too catchy to turn off. If I were maybe a tiny bit older, I would've been like "that's stupid idiot crap for babies!" If I were a tiny bit younger, maybe it would've been my favorite song for a little while. As it is, I just kinda grudgingly accept it.
Todd: [adjusting his hat] No man has ever given off one-hit wonder vibes like Lou Bega did. [clip of Top of the Pops footage of Bega performing] It was written all over him the second he introduced himself. So, you might imagine that he immediately disappeared after his one song. That is not true. I was basically watching MTV and VH1 nonstop at the time, and I remember there was a short-lived but...serious push to give him a second hit.
Todd: His follow-up song to "Mambo No. 5" was called [title card for...] "I Got a Girl." And on it, you can really see Lou Bega expanding his persona on this second song into new, creative directions.
Todd: You know, like we were all thinking, this is exactly like "No Scrubs"!Todd (VO): I cannot find this quote now, but I swear it was real. I think he must have been worried about seeming sexist, so he was trying to...make the song seem like it was part of a two-way conversation. But seriously, come on, Lou.
Todd (VO): Bega also got sued around this time. [Intercut clips of Bega and Perez Prado performing] Bega said "Mambo No. 5" was a new song, so he gave himself a songwriting credit on it, which, you know, seems fair to me; he did write all the lyrics. The Prado estate said it was a straight cover and demanded all the credits, and Bega eventually won, but it was rough going for a while. [Footage from a cable broadcast of Stuart Little] Incidentally, all you '90s kids probably remember his song from the credits of Stuart Little, called "One Plus One Is Two".
Todd (VO): He followed that with a cover of "Just a Gigolo," which...I thought was gonna be way too obvious a song choice for this guy, but...actually this is a pretty good rendition of it!
The song's popularity was renewed by Lou Bega's sampling of the original, released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album A Little Bit of Mambo. The music video, which features Bega performing in front of clips from Mickey Mouse Works, was attached to theatrical showings of The Tigger Movie on February 11, 2000.[1] It can also be seen as a bonus feature on the VHS and DVD releases of Fun and Fancy Free and A Goofy Movie. 0852c4b9a8
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