:Bingo Bango

"Bingo Bango" is a four-to-the-floor dance song that was primarily influenced by Latin music.{{cite web|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/08.19.99/basementjaxx-9933.html|title=Secular Gospel |last=Goldberg |first=Michelle |date=19 August 1999|work=MetroActive |publisher=Metro Newspapers |access-date=7 March 2016}}{{cite interview |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/basement-jaxx-this-is-the-house-that-jaxx-built-9150916.html |title=Basement Jaxx: This is the house that Jaxx built |last1=Buxton |first1=Felix |last2=Ratcliffe |first2=Simon |interviewer=Fiona Sturges |date=28 June 2001 |work=The Independent |access-date=8 March 2016}} It contains elements of samba,{{cite magazine |last=Roseberry |first=Craig |date=3 July 1999 |title=Astralwerks' Basement Jaxx Creates Unique 'Remedy' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 |format=Google Books |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=111 |issue=27 |page=29 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=4 April 2018 }} calypso,{{cite interview |last1=Buxton |first1=Felix |last2=Ratcliffe |first2=Simon |interviewer=Matt Hendrickson |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/full-house-jaxx-high-19990902 |title=Full House, Jaxx High |date=2 September 1999 |work=Rolling Stone |access-date=24 February 2016 }} house, and techno, and was said by Barry Walters of Rolling Stone to also "layer ska on top of salsa."{{cite magazine |last=Walters |first=Barry |date=19 August 1999 |title=Basement Jaxx – Remedy review |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/230932/review/5941033/remedy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112003220/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/230932/review/5941033/remedy |archive-date=12 November 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 August 2012}} AllMusic's John Bush noticed the use of horns throughout the production, which Michaelangelo Matos described in The Rolling Stone Album Guide as "carnival-bound horn blasts."{{cite web |last=Bush |first=Josh |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/remedy-mw0000243592 |title=Basement Jaxx – Remedy review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 April 2018}}{{cite magazine |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |date=2 November 2004 |title=Basement Jaxx |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA46 |format=Google Books |journal=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Simon and Schuster |page=46 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |access-date=4 April 2018 }} Bush additionally wrote that, similar to "Rendez-Vu", "Bingo Bango" was another Remedy (1999) track that shared "the Nuyoricans' penchant for Latin vibes." A sample of Bolivar's "Merengue" also appeared in the song.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Singles |others=Basement Jaxx |id=XLCD187 |year=2005 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=XL |location=United Kingdom }}

In 2011, Felix Buxton collaborated with musician Jules Buckley to re-arrange fifteen of Basement Jaxx's tracks for a live orchestral show.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-basement-jaxx-vs-metropole-orkest-basement-jaxx-vs-metropole-orkest-atlantic-jaxx-2313753.html |title=Album: Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest, Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (Atlantic Jaxx) |last=Gill |first=Andy |date=14 July 2012 |work=The Independent |access-date=7 March 2016}} "We made it into a Viennese Waltz for the simplest reason: why the hell not?," Jules stated.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-lightning-conductor-jules-buckley-is-the-go-to-man-for-acts-who-want-orchestral-punch-7466774.html |title=The lightning conductor: Jules Buckley is the go-to man for acts who want orchestral punch |last=Love |first=Emma |date=1 March 2012 |work=The Independent |access-date=7 March 2016}} Andy Gill of The Independent wrote that this new version was based around waltz-time harpsichord and "raffishly muted" trumpet.

Matt Hendrickson from Rolling Stone called "Bingo Bango" an "a calypso romp," while Alice Fisher of The Observer described it as "riotous".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/03/basement-jaxx-live-gig-review|title=Jaxx still party like it's 1999|last=Fisher|first=Alice|date=3 May 2009|work=The Observer|access-date=7 March 2016}} In a review for MetroActive, Michelle Goldberg praised the song's "brilliant melding" between the different genres. She claimed it was done with a "gleeful naturalness so that the foreign sounds never sound like superfluous spice." On the other hand, British music magazine NME was extremely negative, stating:

{{quote|"Bingo Bango", is no less irritating [than the other Remedy tracks], though less brutish in its execution and more like the bothersome exhortations of an over-exuberant toddler; the vocal sample is ‘nagging’ like a grandmother disapproving of a new haircut and ‘catchy’ in that same ghastly way that any advert with Michael Winner in is memorable – just because it sticks in the head doesn't make it good.{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990406113625reviews.html |title=Basement Jaxx – Remedy review |journal=NME |date=6 May 1999 |access-date=4 May 2016 |last=Kessler |first=Ted |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001004151101/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990406113625reviews.html |archive-date=4 October 2000}}}}

The orchestral rendition received a favorable review from The Independent{{'s}} Andy Gill, who labelled it a "delicate, sugarplum-fairy re-imagining." He further wrote: "[The re-arrangement] becomes as unashamedly widescreen as a Spielberg film score by John Williams, speeding up as it goes along like a Greek or Cossack dance – just one benefit of its being freed from sequencer rhythms."

Commercially, "Bingo Bango" achieved moderate success. On 29 July 2000, the song topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and stayed there for two consecutive weeks.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1122300/basement-jaxxs-bingo-bango-bangs-to-top-of-club-play-chart/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212085421/http://www.mtv.com/news/1122300/basement-jaxxs-bingo-bango-bangs-to-top-of-club-play-chart/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 December 2015 |title=Basement Jaxx's 'Bingo Bango' Bangs To Top Of Club-Play Chart |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=20 July 2000 |access-date=4 April 2018 |work=MTV News }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/2000-08-05 |title=Dance Club Songs chart of August 5, 2000 |date=5 August 2000 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 March 2016}} It was the duo's third {{abbr|No.|number}} 1 on the chart, following "Red Alert" and "Rendez-Vu", both in 1999. "Bingo Bango" later peaked at No. 7 on its year-end edition of 2000. It also peaked at No. 13 in the United Kingdom and No. 99 in Netherlands. In 2004, MTV Dance ranked the song at No. 65 in their Top 100 Ibiza Anthems list.{{cite episode |series=Top 100 |title=Ibiza Anthems |network=MTV |airdate=May 2004 |language=en}} The results were voted by various industrial disc jockeys and artists.{{cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=5081 |title=Insomnia voted MTV Dance's Greatest Anthem Of All Time |date=17 May 2004 |work=Resident Advisor |access-date=7 March 2016}}

File:Single Ladies Second Line Hot 8 Brass Band 4.jpg (pictured) recorded a cover rendition of the song and met with a positive reaction]]

Basement Jaxx directed a music video for "Bingo Bango" and included it on their video compilation The Videos (2005).{{cite AV media notes |title=The Videos |others=Basement Jaxx |id=XLDVD187 |year=2005 |type=DVD liner notes |publisher=XL |location=United Kingdom }} The song also appeared in their 1999 Essential Mix of the Year-winning DJ mix, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in May, and on their greatest hits album, The Singles (2005).{{cite AV media |people=Basement Jaxx |date=2 May 1999 |title=Essential Mix |medium=Radio broadcast |language=en |publisher=BBC Radio 1 }}

On Hot 8 Brass Band's second studio album, The Life & Times Of... (2012), the band's cover of the song was highly acclaimed by AllMusic's Al Campbell.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r725124|pure_url=yes}} |title=The Hot 8 Brass Band – The Life & Times Of... review |last=Campbell |first=Al |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 April 2018}} Campbell said: "In the context of brass band music, ["Bingo Bango" is not a track] that would immediately come to mind as complementing that style. But in the hands of the Hot 8, not only do they make it work, it coheres entirely throughout the disc." Neil Spencer from The Observer wrote that their cover brought the Latin "flavors" to the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/04/hot-8-life-times-review|title=The Hot 8 Brass Band: The Life & Times of… – review|last=Spencer|first=Neil|date=4 November 2012|work=The Observer|access-date=7 March 2016}}

On television, "Bingo Bango" was used in the second episode of series two of At Home with the Braithwaites, which aired on 11 January 2001.{{cite episode |series=At Home with the Braithwaites |series-link=At Home with the Braithwaites |network=ITV |airdate=11 January 2001 |season=2 |number=2 |language=en}} American show Queer as Folk featured the song twice during its first season. The original version appeared in "No Bris, No Shirt, No Service", which aired on 10 December 2000;{{cite episode |series=Queer as Folk |title=No Bris, No Shirt, No Service |series-link=Queer as Folk (U.S. TV series) |network=Showtime |airdate=10 December 2000 |season=1 |number=3 |language=en}} while the "Latin Mix" appeared in "Full Circle", which aired on 24 June 2001.{{cite episode |series=Queer as Folk |title=Full Circle |network=Showtime |airdate=24 June 2001 |season=1 |number=2 |language=en}} On 7 June 2005, the song appeared during the first episode of Sugar Rush.{{cite episode |series=Sugar Rush |series-link=Sugar Rush (UK TV series) |network=Channel 4 |airdate=7 June 2005 |season=1 |number=1 |language=en}}

Theatrically, French drama The Dancer (2000),{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/Dancer-Various/dp/B00004U569 |title=Various artist – The Dancer soundtrack |publisher=Amazon Germany |date=13 June 2000 |access-date=4 April 2018 |language=de |author=Virgin EMI |author-link=Virgin EMI Records }} American teen comedy Get Over It (2001){{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1441324/kirsten-dunst-makes-singing-debut-on-soundtrack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725162837/http://www.mtv.com/news/1441324/kirsten-dunst-makes-singing-debut-on-soundtrack/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2014 |title=Kirsten Dunst Makes Singing Debut On Soundtrack |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=6 March 2001 |access-date=4 April 2018 |work=MTV News}} and the action thriller Extreme Ops (2002){{cite AV media |people=Duguay, Christian (Director) |date=27 November 2002 |title=Extreme Ops |medium=Motion picture |publisher=Paramount/MDP Worldwide}} all featured the track. The first two films also included it in their soundtrack albums. "Bingo Bango" was a downloadable game feature on DanceStar Digital in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP9000-BCES01247_00-100SRW0000000000 |title=Basement Jaxx – Bingo Bango |date=4 September 2013 |publisher=PlayStation Store |access-date=7 March 2018}} In 2001, both The Guardian and The Independent observed that the track frequently accompanied many televised sports events and commercials.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/25/fiachragibbons |title=Gorillaz put up two fingers to Mercury |last=Gibbons |first=Fiachra |date=25 July 2001 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=7 March 2016}} Buxton told the latter publication: "I saw a bit of football yesterday and as usual they were playing 'Bingo Bango' alongside the commentary. I thought how much it suits it – it was very energetic. I felt very proud."

Basement Jaxx usually ended their live performances with "Bingo Bango".{{cite web |url=http://www.smashingmag.com/jp/archives/3526 |title=ベースメント・ジャックス (Basement Jaxx) @ なんばハッチ 2010.02.24 |trans-title=Basement Jaxx @ Namba Hatch 2010.02.24 |last=Kimura |first=Miyo |work=Smashing Mag |language=ja |access-date=7 March 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.egigs.co.uk/reviews/?a=11353 |title=Basement Jaxx: MEN Arena, Manchester on Thursday 7 December 2006 |last=Umback |first=Kirsty |date=9 December 2006 |work=eGigs |access-date=7 March 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/gardai-make-400-arrests-at-dance-event-1.285939 |title=Gardai make 400 arrests at dance event |last=Courtney |first=Kevin |date=26 June 2000 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=7 March 2018}} For their set at Creamfields festival in 2000, they brought on stage a "dazzling troupe of feathered Mardi Gras dancers" during the song. In 2011, Jules Buckley and Metropole Orkest, which consists of a 60-piece orchestra and a 20-voice choir, performed the Buxton-written orchestral version in three shows in the Netherlands and United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/634232/watch-basement-jaxxs-orchestral-gig/video/|title=Watch Basement Jaxx's Orchestral Gig|last=Stosuy|first=Brandon|date=7 February 2011|work=Stereogum|access-date=22 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/basement-jaxx-basement-jaxx-vs-metropole-orkest|title=Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest – Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest review|last=White|first=Chris|date=11 July 2011|work=musicOMH|access-date=25 September 2016}} Recordings of the Netherlands' concert later became the material for the duo's first live album, Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (2011).{{cite AV media notes |title=Basement Jaxx Vs. Metropole Orkest |others=Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest |id=5051083058841 |year=2011 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Atlantic Jaxx |location=United Kingdom }}

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Australian maxi-CD single{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango and Red Alert |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=CD single |publisher=Addiction |id=ADICT084CD |location=Australia }}

1. "Red Alert" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:36
2. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:45
3. "Red Alert" {{small|(Extended Mix)}} – 6:21
4. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Extended Mix)}} – 7:26
5. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Choo Choo's Apple Jaxx Mix)}} – 7:01

European CD single{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=CD single |publisher=XL / PIAS |id=827012024 |location=Europe }}

1. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:45
2. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Original Mix)}} – 7:26

European and UK maxi-CD; Italian and UK 12-inch single{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=CD single |publisher=XL / PIAS |id=XLS 120CD |location=Europe }}{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=CD single |publisher=XL |id=XLS 120CD |location=United Kingdom }}{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=12-inch single |publisher=Rise |id=RISE 071 |location=Italy }}{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=12-inch single |publisher=XL |id=XLT 120 |location=United Kingdom }}

1. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:45
2. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Choo Choo's Apple Jaxx Mix)}} – 7:01
3. "Jump 'n Shout" {{small|(Stanton Warriors Mixx)}} – 5:46

UK 12-inch single

1. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Original Mix)}} – 7:26
2. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Choo Choo's Apple Jaxx Mix)}} – 6:30
3. "Jump 'n Shout" {{small|(Stanton Warriors Mixx)}} – 5:46

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UK cassette single{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=Cassette single |publisher=XL |id=XLC 120 |location=United Kingdom }}

1. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:45
2. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Choo Choo's Apple Jaxx Mix)}} – 7:01
3. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(DJ Funk Mix)}} – 6:05

US 12-inch single{{Cite AV media notes |title=Bingo Bango |others=Basement Jaxx |year=2000 |type=12-inch single |publisher=Astralwerks |id=ASW 38716-1 |location=United States }}

1. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Latin Bango Mix)}} – 8:30
2. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Altered Face Mix)}} – 8:01
3. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Latin Dub Mix)}} – 7:48
4. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(DJ Funk Mix)}} – 6:00
5. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Morales' Bango Beats)}} – 7:36
6. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(LP Version)}} – 5:56
7. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(Latin Bango Radio Edit)}} – 3:49
8. "Bingo Bango" {{small|(DJ Funk Radio Edit)}} – 3:06

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Remedy and The Singles.{{cite AV media notes |title=Remedy |others=Basement Jaxx |id=XLLP 129 |year=1999 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=XL |location=United Kingdom }}

Recording and management

• Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange.
• Published by Universal Music (formerly MCA Music)/Bryunny Publishing.
• Contains a sample of "Merengue" of Bolivar courtesy of Acid Jazz Records.

Personnel

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• Felix Buxton – mixing, production, songwriting
• Simon Ratcliffe – mixing, production, songwriting
• Jose Ibata – songwriting
• Rolando Ibata – songwriting
• Ugo Delmirani – keyboard solo
• Cassie Watson – main vocal
• Jorges – word bitz
• Nyna – word bitz

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