Lou Bega covered Mambo #5, the OG was by Perez Prado in 1940
He also recorded a Mambo #8, but I don’t think there’s a 6 or 7
It’s entirely possible that he had all one through 8 but just didn’t record them all as he apparently did a lot of live performances and could have only played 1,2,3 etc then
They were too hot and instantly incinerated any medium that they used to capture it.
67 alert
also is there a 1-4?
Damn, those horns are on fire! I don’t know why modern music evolved away from live horns, they are so powerful and expressive 📯
$$$$$ is why
Wow I had no idea about this! That’s great info, thanks.
Was 2017 and dude already threw in the towel… That next decade is gonna be a do-hu-hooozieee!
I hope he drops a mambo no.6 but its actually about men and is his coming out story.
A little bit of Rocco in my life,
A little bit of Eric by my side,
A little bit of Robert’s all I need,
A little bit of Tim is all I see,
A little bit of Samwise in the sun,
A little bit of Maury all night long,
A little bit of Jesse here I am,
A little bit of you and I’m your man
Sweeeeet.
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary in the sun
I’ve left all these bodies in the sun
I hope he skips six and goes straight to seven but with the same end result, obvs.
It will be “mambo no.6…7”
Hahahaha 6 7!
I mean the nerve of that guy skipping over 2-4. Is this the Star Wars of Mambo‽
I was gonna say wasn’t Mambo number 6 about Bill Clinton, apparently that was Bimbo number 5. I couldn’t remember the lyrics
God, America really did Monica Lewinsky dirty with how she was treated in popular culture for decades afterwards.
To think there was a time when a president was ousted for lying about a blowjob from a consenting adult
If I remember correctly, the names used in Mambo #5 were all the names of women Bill Clinton had affairs with.
Allegedly. Air quotes. Wink, wink.
This is the only reference I can find to said connection anywhere, so I’d put this squarely in the rumor category. Further, none of the names in Mambo No. 5 match the names any of Clinton’s accusers, only Monica.
Tuning out Monica
Lyrics turned out to be a problem in choosing the convention theme song. Convention producers had selected Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5” because it was up-tempo and popular, like “The Macarena,” the Democrats’ convention theme in 1996.
But the chorus of “Mambo No. 5” refers to a girl named Monica.
Convention planners initially thought they could just rewrite the lyric, but late on the eve of the convention, they re-thought the whole idea.
“That’s out now,” said Wheeler, whose orchestra rehearsed the song. “That will not be played at all.”
Convention producers are now looking for another song - one just as catchy, but without a catch - that will rally the party faithful, inspire the crowd and get the campaign off on the right note.
Holy shit, even in the 90s, Dems were already doing shit like resting their hopes on a catchy theme song being enough to “rally the party faithful, inspire the crowd and get the campaign off on the right note.”
Man, if only Kamala had known that all she had to do was play Despacito at all her rallies, the world today could be a different place… 🙄
I remember that Flash animation.
