Lady Marmalade#AllSaints version

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The song was written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan after Crewe visited New Orleans. A demo of the song was first recorded by The Eleventh Hour, a disco group made up of studio musicians fronted by Nolan on vocals.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726113706/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1393|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1393 | archive-date=July 26, 2014 | title=Lady Marmalade by LaBelle |work=Song Facts | url-status=dead}} It was added in 1974 as a track on the Eleventh Hour's Greatest Hits LP, which did not chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Eleventh-Hour-The-Greatest-Hits-1974-AD/master/507639 |title=The Eleventh Hour – Greatest Hits 1974 AD |work=Discogs |year=1974 }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hj0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 |title=Who Did It First?: Great Pop Cover Songs and Their Original Artists|first= Bob|last= Leszczak |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |date=March 13, 2014 |isbn=978-1-4422-3068-2 |page=120 }} Crewe showed the song to producer Allen Toussaint in New Orleans, and Toussaint then decided to record the song with Labelle.{{cite book |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits|first=Adam |last=White|author2= Fred Bronson|publisher=Billboard Books|year= 1993 |pages=156–157 }}

Labelle's version of "Lady Marmalade" was produced by Toussaint and Vicki Wickham, with the former also playing an RMI Electra-Piano on the recording. The rhythm section on the recording was New Orleans–based funk band The Meters. "Lady Marmalade" was released as a single in November 1974 from the Nightbirds album released that September, their first album after signing with Epic Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.superseventies.com/sw_ladymarmalade.html |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|first=Fred|last= Bronson |publisher=Billboard Book |year=1988 }} Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" with backing vocals being contributed by bandmates Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. The song is best known for the French lyric "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" ("Do you want to sleep with me tonight?") in the refrain.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1138&dat=19750314&id=dpJTAAAAIBAJ&pg=3870,4503505|title=LaBelle: Lady Marmalade|work=L'Evangéline|date=March 14, 1975|access-date=April 18, 2016}} "Lady Marmalade" is about a man's sexual encounter with the titular prostitute, but Patti LaBelle later claimed that she was completely oblivious to its overall message, saying: "I didn't know what it was about. I don't know French and nobody, I swear this is God's truth, nobody at all told me what I'd just sung a song about."{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbsDAAAAMBAJ&q=lady+marmalade+labelle&pg=PA8|title=LaBelle Says Didn't Know Meaning Of 'Lady Marmalade'|date=March 11, 1991|work=Jet|access-date=August 2, 2018|issue=21|volume=79|page=8|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|issn=0021-5996}}

Steve Huey of AllMusic selected the song as one of the best tracks on Labelle's 1995 compilation Lady Marmalade: The Best of Patti and Labelle.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lady-marmalade-the-best-of-patti-and-labelle-mw0000627936|title=Lady Marmalade: The Best of Patti and Labelle|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Network|first=Steve|last=Huey|access-date=April 19, 2016}} Critic Robert Christgau described it as "great synthetic French-quarter raunch".{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Labelle|title=Labelle|publisher=Robert Christgau|access-date=April 19, 2016}}

"Lady Marmalade" is billed as the song that made Labelle one of the "hottest girl groups" of the 1970s.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19850216&id=x21WAAAAIBAJ&pg=5821,2919664|title=Lady Marmalade's solo career play|work=The Free Lance–Star|publisher=Gene M. Carr|first=Dolores|last=Barclay|date=February 16, 1985|page=54|access-date=April 18, 2016}} It was a number-one hit for one week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States for the week of March 29, 1975, and charted at number one for one week on the Billboard Top Soul Singles chart.{{cite book |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=337}} Along with the track, "What Can I Do for You?", "Lady Marmalade" peaked at number seven on the disco/dance charts.{{cite book |title=Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=150}} The single was also a major hit in the United Kingdom, where it charted at number seventeen . "Lady Marmalade" replaced another Crewe/Nolan composition, Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You", as the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single. This feat made Crewe and Nolan the third songwriting team in Billboard history (after Lennon–McCartney and Holland–Dozier–Holland) to replace themselves at number one. Billboard ranked it as the No. 22 song for 1975.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975 Labelle performed "Lady Marmalade" on Soul Train on December 7, 1974.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best of Soul Train Live |year=2011 |type=booklet |publisher=Time Life}}

"Lady Marmalade" debuted at number 92 on the Canadian RPM singles chart on February 1, 1975.{{cite journal|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3910b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3910b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3910b|title=RPM Top 100 Singles (2/1/1975)|journal=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|date=February 1, 1975|access-date=April 19, 2016}} It subsequently peaked atop the chart on March 29, 1975, after five weeks on the chart.{{cite journal|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3930a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3930a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3930a|title=RPM Top 100 Singles (3/29/1975)|journal=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|date=March 29, 1975|access-date=April 19, 2016}} Labelle's version of "Lady Marmalade" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#l |title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame |publisher=GRAMMY.org |access-date=April 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707235113/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=July 7, 2015 }} and was ranked number 479 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 and number 485 in 2010. The Labelle version also appears in several films, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, Dick, and Jacob's Ladder. It was used in the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 in a new version performed by Patti LaBelle.

Billboard ranked the song at number sixteen on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".{{cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2017}} In 2021, the Library of Congress selected the song for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/arts/music/national-recording-registry-janet-jackson.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/arts/music/national-recording-registry-janet-jackson.html|archive-date=December 28, 2021|url-access=limited|title=Janet Jackson and Kermit the Frog Added to National Recording Registry|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|work=The New York Times|date=March 24, 2021|access-date=March 24, 2021}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Recording Registry Listing|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=March 24, 2021}}

US 7-inch single

1. "Lady Marmalade" – 3:14
2. "Space Children" – 3:04

Europe 7-inch single

1. "Lady Marmalade" – 3:14
2. "It Took a Long Time" – 4:04

• Lead vocals by Patti LaBelle
• Backing vocals by Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx
• Instrumentation by The Meters
• Allen Toussaint – RMI Electra Piano, percussion, arrangements
• Art Neville – Hammond organ
• George Porter Jr. – bass guitar
• Leo Nocentelli, Rev. Edward Levone Batts – guitar
• Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III – drums
• James "Budd" Ellison – piano
• Earl Turbinton – alto saxophone
• Alvin Thomas – tenor saxophone
• Clyde Kerr Jr. – trumpet
• Lester Caliste – trombone
• Carl Blouin – baritone saxophone
• Clarence Ford – alto saxophone

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| name = Voulez-Vous Coucher avec Moi? (Lady Marmalade)

| cover = Sabrina-lady-marmalade.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Sabrina

| album = Sabrina

| B-side = Megamix

| released = 1987

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| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:56

| label = Baby

| writer =

• Bob Crewe
• Kenny Nolan

| producer = Davide Romani

| prev_title = Sexy Girl

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Boys (Summertime Love)

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Xft36gHMmPM|"Lady Marmelade (Remastered)"}}|header=Audio video}}

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"Lady Marmalade" was covered by Italian pop star Sabrina on her eponymous album. It was released in 1987 as the album's second single by Baby Records. In some countries, including France and the Netherlands, the song was known as "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? (Lady Marmalade)" and was released in 1988. Author James Arena named the cover among Sabrina's "relentlessly catchy" singles.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WLfCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT487|title=Stars of 80s Dance Pop|edition=European|first=James|last=Arena|publisher=AuthorHouse|date=2015|page=487|isbn=9781496962287|access-date=April 19, 2016}} The song charted at number 36 on the Belgian Flanders Singles Chart, number 40 on the Dutch Single Top 100, and number 41 on the French Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/17d5b/Sabrina-Voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi-%28Lady-Marmalade%29|title=Sabrina – Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi? (Lady Marmalade)|publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien|access-date=September 3, 2014}}

7-inch maxi

1. "Lady Marmalade" – 3:55
2. "Boys, Hot Girl, Sexy Girl" (7-inch megamix) – 4:10

12-inch maxi

1. "Lady Marmalade" (12-inch remix) – 5:57
2. "Boys, Hot Girl, Sexy Girl" (12-inch megamix) – 6:04

CD maxi

1. "Lady Marmalade" (12-inch remix) – 6:08
2. "Boys, Hot Girl, Sexy Girl" (megamix) – 6:04
3. "Lady Marmalade" – 3:55

Remixed by Peter Vriends, produced by Claudio Cecchetto

Credits for Sabrina's version are adapted from CD liner notes:{{cite AV media notes| others=Sabrina Salerno| title=Lady Marmalade| type=CD liner notes| location=Europe| id=110067.2| year=1988| publisher=Baby Records}}

• Written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
• Design – Bart Falkmann
• Producer – C. Cecchetto
• Remix – Peter Vriends

{{Infobox song

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| cover = AllSaints-LadyMarmalade.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = All Saints

| album = All Saints

| A-side = Under the Bridge

| B-side =

• "No More Lies"
• "Get Bizzy"

| released = {{start date|1998|4|27}}

| recorded =

| studio = Metropolis (London)

| genre =

| length = 4:04

| label = London

| writer =

• Bob Crewe
• Kenny Nolan

| producer =

• Johnny Douglas
• John Benson

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| title = Under the Bridge

| title2 = Lady Marmalade

| next_title = Bootie Call

| next_year = 1998

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In 1998, English-Canadian girl group All Saints released a cover version of "Lady Marmalade" as part of the double A-side single "Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade". The song also appeared as the tenth track of their debut self-titled album (1997). A version remixed by Timbaland appeared on the Dr. Dolittle (1998) soundtrack. The "Lady Marmalade" portion of the single was only released in Europe, and the group performed the song at the 1998 Brit Awards.

All Saints' version features different, slightly racier lyrics for its verses, written by the group; the only lyrics retained from the original song are heard in the "gicchi-gicchi-ya-ya da-da" and "mocha-choca-latte ya-ya" (of the pre-chorus) and the French "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soi" ("do you want to sleep with me tonight") of the chorus. Also, instead of singing "Creole Lady Marmalade" as in the original, an unidentified female voice can be heard (albeit to the same melody) singing "Where you think you're sleepin' tonight…?" before fading into the chorus.

Daily Record described All Saints' version as a "passable version of LaBelle's disco classic"."Chart Slot". Daily Record. May 15, 1998. Retrieved December 3, 2020. "Lady Marmalade" was the third single (fourth in Japan) from their self-titled debut studio album; it contained the "Marmalade" cover and a cover version of "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. The single reached number one on the official UK Top 40 chart, becoming the group's second number-one hit. A total of 424,799 singles have been sold in the UK, with proceeds from the single going to breast cancer charities.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

The music video for the song shows the band members and other people having a dance party on one of the floors of a skyscraper in New York City at night. British actress Kathryn Allerston appears in the music video.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

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All Saints CD maxi single

1. "Lady Marmalade" ('98 mix) – 4:02
2. "Lady Marmalade" (Mark's Miami Madness mix) – 7:55
3. "Lady Marmalade" (Sharp South Park vocal remix) – 8:09
4. "Lady Marmalade" (Henry & Hayne's La Jam mix) – 6:47

All Saints CD 1

1. "Under the Bridge" – 5:03
2. "Lady Marmalade" – 4:04
3. "No More Lies" – 4:08
4. "Lady Marmalade" (Henry & Haynes La Jam mix) – 9:23
5. "Under the Bridge" (promo video) – 5:00

seeAll Saints CD 2

1. "Lady Marmalade" (Mark!'s Miami Madness mix) – 7:56
2. "Lady Marmalade" (Sharp South Park vocal remix) – 8:10
3. "Under the Bridge" (Ignorance remix featuring Jean Paul e.s.q) – 4:55
4. "Get Bizzy" – 3:45

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{{Infobox song

| name = Lady Marmalade

| cover = MoulinRougeLady.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink

| album = Moulin Rouge!

| released = {{start date|2001|4|10}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

• Pop
• hip hop soul
• R&B{{cite journal|title=Word Up|journal=Tank|publisher=Tank Publications|volume=3|issue=6|date=March 1, 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnpMAAAAYAAJ&q=%22dirrty%22+%22christina+aguilera%22}}

| length = {{duration|m=4|s=24}}

| label = Interscope

| writer =

• Bob Crewe
• Kenny Nolan

| producer =

• Missy Elliott
• Rockwilder

| chronology = Christina Aguilera

| prev_title = Nobody Wants to Be Lonely

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Falsas Esperanzas

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Lil' Kim

| type = single

| prev_title = Wait a Minute

| prev_year = 2001

| title = Lady Marmalade

| year = 2001

| next_title = In the Air Tonite

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Mýa

| type = single

| prev_title = Free

| prev_year = 2001

| title = Lady Marmalade

| year = 2001

| next_title = My Love Is Like...Wo

| next_year = 2003

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Pink

| type = single

| prev_title = You Make Me Sick

| prev_year = 2000

| title = Lady Marmalade

| year = 2001

| next_title = Get the Party Started

| next_year = 2001

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In 2001, "Lady Marmalade" appeared as part of a medley in the Baz Luhrmann film Moulin Rouge! (2001). For the film's soundtrack album, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink recorded a new version; it was released as the soundtrack's first single in April 2001.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-03-10.pdf|title=Four Artists Redo 'Lady Marmalade'; Kid Rock in Studio; Metallica Bass-less|last=Newman|first=Melinda|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=10|page=14|date=March 10, 2001|access-date=October 11, 2020}} Produced by Missy Elliott and writing partner Rockwilder, the song includes an intro and outro by Elliott. Lyrics were not changed from the original version (with the verses being largely identical to the original), Lil' Kim's rap verse being the only obvious new addition. The reworked version transfers the song's setting from New Orleans to the titular Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Aguilera said she embraced the idea of collaborating with Elliott, Pink, Mýa and Lil' Kim on the track as soon as it was pitched to her. "I'm a fan of all of theirs, and just to be in the same song doing something with them—collaborating, which I love to do, is a really big thing for me," she said. "And it's cool to be out there before my next album comes out there, too."

The Moulin Rouge! version of "Lady Marmalade" received mixed-to-positive reviews. AllMusic's Brand Kohlenstein praised the song, saying that "the ladies teamed up for a surefire hit with their naughtier version of Patti Labelle's 'Lady Marmalade.'"{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/moulin-rouge-original-soundtrack-mw0000003547 |title=Moulin Rouge [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=March 26, 2002 |access-date=April 1, 2014}} Slant Magazine praised the collaboration as well, describing it as "an accolade to the performers' various distinctive styles, with Lil' Kim trashing it up and Aguilera caterwauling her way through the second half of the song".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/moulin-rouge-original-soundtrack/137 |title=Moulin Rouge: Original Soundtrack | Music Review |magazine=Slant Magazine |first=Sal|last= Cinquemani |date=May 19, 2001 |access-date=April 1, 2014}} However, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called the cover "god-awful".{{cite news |newspaper=Rolling Stone |issue=883/884 |date=December 6, 2001 |page=149 |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=M!ssundaztood |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/m-ssundaztood-20011113 |access-date=April 5, 2015}} The Sun Journal opined that the Moulin Rouge! version helped the song "find a new life".{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=20020909&id=h8RGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3508,1325327|title=Patti LaBelle is a pop-music survivor|work=Sun Journal|location=Lewiston|publisher=James R. Costello Sr.|date=September 9, 2002|page=1|access-date=April 18, 2015}} In a retrospective review, journalist Bianca Gracie noted that the song "highlighted each artist’s signature style: Lil Kim’s raunchy raps, Pink’s soulful tone, Mya’s sultry coos, and Aguilera’s theatrical vocal runs".

MTV ranked "Lady Marmalade" at number six on the list of the best 2001 songs,{{cite web|url=http://www.jjheath.com/MTV2001.html|title=MTV Top 53 of 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=January 2, 2023}} and LiveAbout.com placed it at number 21 on its list of the hundred best pop songs of the year.{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Lamb|url=https://www.liveabout.com/top-pop-songs-2001-3248130|title=The 100 Best Pop Songs of 2001|magazine=Liveabout.com|date=May 24, 2019|accessdate=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422040232/https://www.liveabout.com/top-pop-songs-2001-3248130|url-status=live|archive-date=April 22, 2022}} Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Andrew Hampp named it the best all-female collaboration of the time span 1998 to 2018.{{Cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/music/2018/05/17/best-worst-diva-duets/ |title=Here are the best (and worst) diva duets of the last 20 years |last=Hammp |first=Andrew |date=May 17, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 29, 2018}} The song won the 2002 Grammy Award in the category of "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals".

This version of the song reached No. 1 in its eighth week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent five weeks at the top of the chart, 26 years after Labelle's version had reached No. 1, making "Lady Marmalade" the ninth song in history to top the U.S. chart when performed as different artists.{{cite web|title=Chart Watch Extra: Four-Way Collabos|date=June 28, 2012 |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-four-way-collabos-221215705.html|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=June 28, 2012}} It was the third airplay-only song in Billboard chart history (after Aaliyah's 2000 single "Try Again" and Shaggy's 2001 single "Angel") to hit No. 1 without being released in a major, commercially available single format.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA123|title=Hot 100 Spotlight|magazine=Billboard|first=Pietro|last=Luongo|page=123|date=June 2, 2001}}

The song also holds the record for the longest-reigning No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Mainstream Top 40 chart for an all-female collaboration, topping the chart for nine consecutive weeks.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Chart Beat|magazine=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/268581/chart-beat-the-black-eyed-peas-jeremih-beyonce|access-date=July 31, 2014}} "Lady Marmalade" is the best-selling single for Lil' Kim and Mýa. Lil' Kim also held the record for having the longest No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 for a female rapper, with "Lady Marmalade" being on the top of the charts for five consecutive weeks, until Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" surpassed that record, holding the No. 1 position for seven weeks in 2014. "Lady Marmalade" was included on the non-US versions of Aguilera's first greatest hits album, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits (2008). "Lady Marmalade" was the top-selling song of 2001 and had sold 5.2 million copies worldwide by December of that year.{{cite web|title=Lady Marmalade sales|url=http://www.christina-a.com/billboardcharts1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204010046/http://www.christina-a.com/billboardcharts1.html|archive-date=February 4, 2002|publisher=Christina Aguilera|access-date=July 15, 2012}}

In the United Kingdom, "Lady Marmalade" debuted at number 1 on that country's Official Singles Chart, and spent six weeks in the Top 10 and a total of nineteen weeks in the Top 100.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/c-aguileralil-kimmyapink-lady-marmalade/|title=Lady Marmalade – Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya, Pink|website=Official Charts|date=June 30, 2001|access-date=August 19, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20010624/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart on 24/6/2001, 24 June 2001 – 30 June 2001|website=Official Charts|date=June 6, 2001|access-date=August 19, 2024}}

The single peaked at number one in an additional thirteen countries, including Australia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain and Sweden.

{{Quote box|width=20em||align=right|style=padding:8px|quote="We wanted to showcase each of the ‘four badass chicks from the Moulin Rouge’ bringing together their different skills and personas into a true celebration of diversity, talent, and female unity."|source=— Missy Elliott, the song's co-producer; 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/christina-aguilera-mya-la-pride-reunion-1234668696/|title=Mýa And Christina Aguilera Reunite For Special "Lady Marmalade" Performance At L.A. Pride 2022|work=Vibe|publisher=Eldridge Industries|date=June 13, 2022|first=Mya|last=Abraham|access-date=September 26, 2023}}}}

The music video, directed by Paul Hunter, shows all four performers in lingerie in a cabaret-style video (with rapper Missy Elliott giving an introduction) and was filmed on sets built to resemble the actual Moulin Rouge nightclub around the turn of the 20th century. Interviewed by MTV News, the singers expressed their excitement about the video. Pink predicted the clip would be like a "circus on acid", while Aguilera said that "The video's going to be dope." She further elaborated on the video's concept, saying: "We're going to be having cabaret costumes. It's something you've never seen from us before. So, it's going to be fun."{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1441739/video-is-a-cabaret-for-aguilera-pink-mya-lil-kim/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114183902/http://www.mtv.com/news/1441739/video-is-a-cabaret-for-aguilera-pink-mya-lil-kim/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2018|title=Video Is A Cabaret For Aguilera, Pink, Mya, Lil' Kim|last=Johnson|first=Tina|date=March 15, 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=May 22, 2020}}

The video's art direction anachronistically merged hip-hop sensibility with the film's French cabaret setting, thanks to some props and costumes actually used in the movie, according to Hunter's office. Choreographer Tina Landon was hired to choreograph the video. The video won the 2001 MTV Video Music Award for "Best Video of the Year" and "Best Video from a Film". The four singers performed the song live at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards,{{Cite web |date=December 25, 2021 |title=Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade (Live At MTV Movie Awards 2001) |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFtat1lTAw&pp=ygUbbGFkeSBtYXJtYWxhZGUgbW92aWUgYXdhcmRz |website=Musica Tv (YouTube)}} as well as at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2002), the latter performance featuring an appearance by Patti LaBelle, herself. In March 2021, Glenn Garner of the People magazine noted that "Lady Marmalade" "remains one of the most iconic music videos of our time".{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/christina-aguilera-mya-missy-elliott-celebrate-20th-anniversary-of-lady-marmalade-collab/|title=Christina Aguilera, Mýa and Missy Elliott Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Their 'Lady Marmalade' Collab|work=People|publisher=Meredith Corporation|first=Glenn|last=Garner|date=March 28, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2021}} The video received a Vevo Certified Award on YouTube for over 100 million views.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZk|title=Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk – Lady Marmalade|publisher=YouTube|date=December 25, 2009|access-date=October 17, 2023}} As of 2024, the music video has over 555 million views on Aguilera's official YouTube channel.{{Cite web |last=Aguilera |first=Christina |date=December 24, 2009 |title=Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk - Lady Marmalade |website=YouTube |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZk&pp=ygUPbGFkeSBtYXJtYWxhZGUg }}

The song is considered a gay anthem.{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/queer00gage | url-access = registration |editor1-last=Gage |editor1-first=Simon |editor2-last=Richards |editor2-first=Lisa |editor3-last=Wilmot |editor3-first=Howard |title=Queer |date=2002|pages=[https://archive.org/details/queer00gage/page/26 26–27] |isbn=1-56025-377-0|others=Foreword by Boy George|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |chapter=Gay Universe|oclc=1036800408|lccn=2002103623|orig-date=Originally published in Great Britain by Unanimous Ltd 2002|location=New York}}{{cite web|url= https://www.mtv.com/news/4ctexx/queer-anthems-new-millennium-queer-music-week|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220903043554/https://www.mtv.com/news/4ctexx/queer-anthems-new-millennium-queer-music-week|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 3, 2022|title= The 10 Greatest Queer Anthems Of The 21st Century: There's a whole new generation of bops to discuss. Mykki Blanco, Mxmtoon, Katie Pruitt, and Vincint weigh in|first=Coco|last=Marack|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=June 1, 2023|publisher=MTV}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/gay-national-anthem-ranked-list|title=The Top 75 Most Iconic Gay Anthems Deserving Of The Title Of Being Called The 'Gay National Anthem'|first1=Matt|last1=Stopera|first2=Brian|last2=Galindo|work=BuzzFeed|date=March 11, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}} According to Kelley Dunlap of BuzzFeed, "Lady Marmalade" influenced Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's 2014 song "Bang Bang".{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelleydunlap/christina-aguliera-was-the-2000s-most-influencial-pop-star|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200406103311/https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelleydunlap/christina-aguliera-was-the-2000s-most-influencial-pop-star|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2020|title=Proof Christina Aguilera Was The Most Influential Pop Star Of The '00s|publisher=BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed, Inc.|first=Kelley|last=Dunlap|date=November 11, 2014|access-date=July 15, 2021}} It was featured in the music montage at the 92nd Academy Awards, which covered iconic movie soundtrack songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/oscars-2020-highlights-best-worst-academy-awards.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210131029/https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/oscars-2020-highlights-best-worst-academy-awards.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2020|title=The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2020 Oscars|work=Vulture|publisher=Vox Media|first=Jackson|last=McHenry|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=July 23, 2021}} "Lady Marmalade" was also featured in an episode of the thirteenth season (2021) of RuPaul's Drag Race, where contestants Tina Burner, Elliott with 2 Ts and Kahmora Hall had to perform a lip sync of the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-13-premiere-episode-1-the-pork-chop.html|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Pair of Queens|work=Vulture|publisher=Vox Media|first=Paul|last=McCallion|date=January 1, 2021|access-date=July 23, 2021}} In 2022, Brazilian drag singers Gloria Groove, Grag Queen and Pabllo Vittar performed a version of "Lady Marmalade" on the Brazilian music program Música Boa Ao Vivo ("good live music"). The trio featured Groove rapping Lil Kim's verses, and all three performing live vocals.{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Gloria Groove, Pabllo Vittar, Grag Queen - Lady Marmalade (Christina Aguilera) {{!}} Música Boa Ao Vivo |website=YouTube |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=S0jZPbvfLkw&pp=ygUcZ2xvcmlhIGdyb292ZSBsYWR5IG1hcm1hbGFkZQ%3D%3D }}

Moulin Rouge!, the musical, opened on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on July 25, 2019, featuring "Lady Marmalade" sung by The Lady M's: Nini 'Legs-in-the-Air' (Robyn Hurder), Arabia (Holly James), Baby Doll (Jeigh Madjus) and La Chocolat (Jacqueline B. Arnold). The song has been used in many promotional videos, and both opens and closes the show. It was announced that a full cast recording would be released in Fall 2019.

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1. "Lady Marmalade" (edit) – 4:24
2. "Lady Marmalade" (Thunderpuss radio mix) – 4:09
3. "Lady Marmalade" (Thunderpuss club mix) – 9:48
4. "Lady Marmalade" (Thunderpuss Mixshow mix) – 6:21

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• Missy Elliott – producer, vocals
• Mýa – vocals
• P!nk – vocals
• Lil' Kim – vocals
• Christina Aguilera – vocals
• Bob Crewe – writer
• Kenny Nolan – writer
• Laura Ziffren – music supervisor, executive music producer
• Anton Monsted – music supervisor, executive music producer
• Ron Fair – vocal producer
• Michael Knobloch – music production supervisor
• John "Beetle" Bailey – assistant engineer
• Chris Barrett – assistant engineer
• Marius de Vries – music direction
• Ozzy Osbourne – performer
• Joe Leguabe – performer
• Robert Kraft – executive in charge of music
• Dylan Dresdow – engineer
• Chris Elliott – conductor
• Ricky Graham – assistant engineer
• Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
• Jake Jackson – assistant engineer
• Jennie O'Grady – choir master
• Dave Pensado – mixing
• Carmen Rizzo – engineer
• Michael C. Ross – engineer
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
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