Macarena#Los del Mar cover version

"Macarena"{{'}}s composition features a variant on the clave rhythm.{{cite news|title=One-hit wonder 'Macarena' topped charts 20 years ago|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/10/04/macarena-number-one-20-years-ago|access-date=23 May 2017|work=Minnesota Public Radio|date=4 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://simplypopmusic.com/macarena-los-del-rio/|title=Macarena Los del Río|website=simplypopmusic.com|access-date=23 May 2017|date=1 January 2016}} The song is written in the key of A♭ major, moves at a tempo of 103 beats per minute, and follows the repeated chord progression A♭–G♭ throughout.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0026623|title=Los del Rio 'Macarena' Sheet Music in Ab Major (transposable) - Download & Print|first=Ruiz|last=Rafael|website=Musicnotes|date=15 December 1999}}

As a result of their lounge act, Los del Río were invited to tour South America in 1992 and, while visiting Venezuela, they were invited to a private party held by the Venezuelan impresario Gustavo Cisneros.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/poder/articulos/verdadera-historia-cancion-macarena-los-del-rio-bill-clinton-estados-unidos/21284|title=La verdadera historia de la canción más grande del mundo|last=Martín|first=Laura|date=9 September 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=es|access-date=7 December 2019}} During the celebration, a local flamenco teacher, Diana Patricia Cubillán Herrera, performed a dance for the guests, and Los del Río were pleasantly surprised by Cubillán's dance skills. Spontaneously, Antonio Romero Monge, one half of the Los del Río duo, recited the song's chorus-to-be on the spot, as an accolade to Cubillán: "¡Diana, dale a tu cuerpo alegría y cosas buenas!'" ("Give your body some joy, Diana").{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1996/08/25/cronica/153124.html|title=Ella es la famosa Macarena, ¡aaah!|last=del Naranco|first=Rafael|date=25 August 1996|website=El Mundo|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315071620/http://elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1996/08/25/cronica/153124.html|archive-date=15 March 2009|access-date=21 July 2009}} When Monge wrote the song, he changed the name to Macarena, in honor of his daughter Esperanza Macarena.

In 1993, RCA Records released Macarena as a single in Spain along with two house remixes by Spanish group Fangoria,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38-j4SAeoJEC&dq=%22Macarena%22+%22RCA%22+%22Fangoria%22&pg=PA173|title=From Tejano to Tango: Latin American Popular Music|isbn=9780815336396|last1=Clark|first1=Walter Aaron|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press }} intended to popularize the song in nightclubs and discotheques.{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/poder/articulos/verdadera-historia-cancion-macarena-los-del-rio-bill-clinton-estados-unidos/21284|title = La verdadera historia de la canción más grande del mundo|date = 9 September 2015}} These remixes changed the flamenco rhythm of the song to an electronic beat. According to Alaska, member of Fangoria, the Bayside Boys remix that followed in 1996 took their version labelled "Macarena (River Remix)" as its base. The band denounced it as plagiarism on the Court of Justice of the European Union but the case did not go through.

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In mid-1996, the song became a worldwide hit roughly one year after the Bayside Boys (composed of Mike Triay and Carlos de Yarza) produced a remix of the song that added English lyrics.{{cite news|first=Jordan|last=Levin|title='Macarena' producer, lyricist Mike 'In the Night' Triay dies |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/13/3141170/macarena-producer-lyricist-mike.html |work=Miami Herald |date=13 December 2012|access-date=7 January 2013}} Jammin Johnny Caride, a radio personality at Power 96 in Miami, first learned of the "Macarena" when clubgoers at a club where he worked as a DJ requested the song. Caride brought the "Macarena" to his supervisors at Power 96 who asked him to create an English-language version of the song.

Caride recruited his two partners at Bayside Records, Mike "In The Night" Triay and Carlos de Yarza, to remix the original song. The new, English-language lyrics were written by Carlos de Yarza. The Bayside Boys, Triay and de Yarza, added a new dance beat with English-language lyrics sung originally by the studio singer Patty Alfaro,{{Cite web |last=Amo |first=Sergio del |date=2021-07-08 |title=The making of 'Macarena,' the Spanish smash hit that got the world dancing |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2021-07-08/the-making-of-macarena-the-spanish-smash-hit-that-got-the-world-dancing.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en |quote=Producers Mike Triay and Carlos de Yarza recorded the version in 1995 with the help of vocalist Patty Alfaro.}} then later during a concert tour by Carla Vanessa. Vanessa accepted a fixed-fee contract for her participation and live performances, and so does not receive any residual performer royalties.Lump Magazine Interview - http://lump.ws/post/161162516903/carla-vanessa Retrieved 28 May 2017 The finished version was called "Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)." The Bayside Boys remix hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1996 and remained at the top of the chart for fourteen weeks.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-11-02|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013}} It also topped the US Cash Box Top 100.

David Browne from Entertainment Weekly wrote, "It says something about our culture—something delightfully devious, probably—that a wink-wink club song has become an all-ages-approved dance step and novelty hit. Like the story it tells, 'Macarena' is a one-night stand, but you won't forget her name in the morning."Browne, David (19 July 1996). "'Macarena' & Cheese". Entertainment Weekly. Dan Glaister from The Guardian said that 'Macarena' the track was imitating the successes of previous summer pop sensations such as 'Y Viva Espana', 'Agadoo' and 'Saturday Night'."Macarena fever a rhythmic rehatch of that Birdie Song." The Guardian [London, England], 19 July 1996, p. 11. Melody Maker commented, "Admit it. You loved it. The sarky girlie lyric, the middle-aged Spanish geezers crooning away, the placidly agreeable beat. Eyyyyyy, macarena!"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53760986465/|title=Singles Of The Year|magazine=Melody Maker|date=21 December 1996|page=68|access-date=5 June 2024}} James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described the song as an "infectious cheerful girls giggled and guys chanted 'Me No Pop I'-ish original hit version of a jaunty hip wiggling dance craze huge for ages around Europe and now (breaking out of Florida) the US, in frisky flamenco clapped jiggling 103.2bpm Bayside Boys Mix".{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-05-25.pdf|first=James|last=Hamilton|title=DJ Directory|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=25 May 1996|page=15|access-date=17 August 2021|author-link=James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Peter Castro from People Magazine wrote, "The 'Achy Breaky Heart' flatlined years ago and the Electric Slide is short-circuiting, so what's a dance-crazed world to do? The Macarena, obviously."{{cite magazine|author=Castro, Peter|url=https://people.com/archive/macarena-madness-vol-46-no-8/|title=Macarena Madness|magazine=People|date=19 August 1996|access-date=18 October 2021}} Dave Fawbert from ShortList stated that 'Macarena' is "a song that exists independently of cool, time, criticism – it's just there."{{cite web|url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/now-that-s-what-i-call-music-96-vs-now-that-s-what-i-call-music-34|last=Fawbert|first=Dave|title=Who would win in a fight: 'Now That's What I Call Music! 96' vs 'Now That's What I Call Music! 34'|website=ShortList|date=31 March 2017|access-date=21 April 2020}} Jordan Paramor from Smash Hits gave it one out of five, saying, "'Macarena' is 1996's answer to Whigfield's 'Saturday Night', overflowing with nauseating Latino-style beats and repetitive lyrics, sung by two suited middle-aged blokes who should know better. And, quelle surprise, there's even a quirky little dance routine to go with it."{{cite magazine|first=Jordan|last=Paramor|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/34889065065/in/album-72157681158950604/|title=Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=4 June 1996|page=60|access-date=1 December 2024}}

The reworked "Macarena (Bayside Boys remix)" spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, becoming one of the longest runs atop the Hot 100 chart in history. The single spent its final week at No. 1 on its 46th week on the chart, recorded as the latest No. 1 single in Hot 100 history. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1996.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1996 In the United Kingdom the song was released on 10 June 1996 and peaked at No. 2 on 17 August 1996,{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/I%20Stand%20Alone |title=Los Del Rio - Macarena |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=17 January 2010}} kept off the No. 1 spot by the huge popularity of the Spice Girls song "Wannabe."{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/ |title=Singles Chart For 17/08/1996 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=17 August 1996|access-date=17 January 2010}} In Australia, it was the most successful song of 1996.

"Macarena" remained popular through 1996, but by the beginning of 1997, its popularity had begun to diminish. The song stayed in the Hot 100 chart for 60 weeks, the longest reign among No. 1 songs, only surpassed fifteen years later by Adele's "Rolling in the Deep". The Bayside Boys remix includes a sample from the Yazoo (also known in the United States as Yaz) track "Situation"—the laughter of Yazoo vocalist Alison Moyet. The chorus uses female vocal samples previously used by the Farm in their song "Higher and Higher (Remix)" from their album, Spartacus. The Bayside Boys toured the U.S. and the world and featured singer Carla Vanessa.

In the United States, the song, and its corresponding Macarena dance, became popular around the time of the 1996 Democratic National Convention in August of that year. C-SPAN filmed attendees dancing to the song in an afternoon session, a clip of which became popular on YouTube years later.{{cite news|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?74656-1/delegates-macarena-dance|title=Delegates were shown dancing the Macarena on the convention floor.}} Vice President Al Gore, having a reputation for stiffness, made a joke about doing the Macarena dance during his speech. He said, "I would like to demonstrate for you the Al Gore version of the Macarena," then remained motionless for a few seconds, and eventually asked, "Would you like to see it again?"{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/21/the-uncomfortable-history-of-politician-who-dance-in-public/|title=An uncomfortable history of politicians who dance in public|last=Fuller|first=Jaime|date=21 March 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=28 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4485915/user-clip-al-gore-macarena|title=User Clip: The Al Gore Macarena

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By 1997, the song had sold 11 million copies. While having only a 25% take in royalties from the song, Romero and Ruiz became immensely wealthy. According to BBC News, during the year 2003 alone—a full decade after the song's initial release—Romero and Ruiz made US$250,000 in royalties.{{Efn|Antonio Burgos claims that the song generated 1.5 billion Spanish pesetas or US $8.9 million, at the exchange rate from the time the peseta was replaced by the euro (167 pesetas was equal to $1 United States dollar).}} Julio Iglesias is quoted as congratulating the duo personally: "My success singing in English from Miami is nothing compared to yours; coming out of Dos Hermanas with little international exposure elsewhere and selling these many records in Spanish takes two huge sets of cojones."{{cite web |url=http://www.antonioburgos.com/sevilla/sevillanos/1999/04/se042599.html |title=Short history of the song, featuring a photo of Los Del Río and Cubillán |publisher=Antonioburgos.com |access-date=21 July 2009 |archive-date=22 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522051452/http://www.antonioburgos.com/sevilla/sevillanos/1999/04/se042599.html |url-status=dead }}

In VH1's 2002 documentary 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders, "Macarena" was ranked as No. 1. "Macarena" was also ranked No. 1 on a different VH1 documentary, 40 Awesomely Bad No. 1 Songs. On America's Best Dance Crew, it was danced to on the Whack Track Challenge, given to the Ringmasters. In July 2020, digital publication The Pudding carried out a study on the most iconic songs from the 1990s and songs that are most known by Millennials and the people of Generation Z. "Macarena" was the eighth song with the highest recognisability rate.{{cite web |last=Daniels |first=Matt |date=July 2020 |title=Defining the '90s Music Canon |url=https://pudding.cool/2020/07/song-decay/ |access-date=25 March 2003 |work=The Pudding}} In a December 1, 1996, Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy is about to join Woodstock and an unnamed identical bird at a frozen-over birdbath for a hockey game, but they start off by doing the Macarena dance first before playing, much to his embarrassment.{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1996/12/01|title=December 01, 1996-Peanuts|work=gocomics.com}}

The music video for the reworked Bayside Boys-remix of "Macarena" was directed by Vincent Calvet.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnTH1azVz2w|title=Los del Rio - Macarena ( VIVA TELEVISION GERMANY )|publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}} It starred Mia Frye, who was also the choreographer, and features ten different women singing and dancing with Los del Río against a white background. In contrast to the scantily-clad women, Los del Río are dressed in suits. When the music video for the Bayside Boys Remix was filmed, Mia Frye choreographed a greatly simplified version of the Macarena dance that already existed at the time. Frye and director Calvet drew inspiration from video footage from clubs in Mexico that showed large crowds of people dancing the original, more complex, Macarena.{{Cite web |last=Boboltz |first=Sara |date=2016-08-24 |title=How The 'Macarena' Music Video Helped Shape An Iconic '90s Dance |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-the-macarena-music-video-helped-shape-an-iconic-90s-dance_n_57aa268fe4b06e52746ded61 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Huffington Post |language=en |quote=In the planning stages for the video, an EMI staffer showed Calvet and Frye a clip of people in a packed Mexican nightclub dancing in unison to the song. ('It was impressive!' Calvet remembered.) Their dance was complicated. With flamenco-inspired hip movement and hand-twirling, it had people moving for 16 counts. Frye took it down to eight counts.}}

According to Los del Rio, the dance originated from the interaction between the band and the audience at concerts. It started with some improvised arm movements from the singers during an instrumental part of the song. Some people in the audience then began to imitate similar dance moves. In the interplay between the band and the audience, an early form of Macarena dance gradually emerged over the course of several concerts because stories about the Macarena dance spread among the band's fans by word of mouth.{{Cite web |last=Alice |first=Matthew |title=Macarena — its origin, its song, its saint {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1996/dec/19/straight-macarena-origin-song-saint/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=San Diego Reader |language=en |quote=One of the Los Del Rio guys (the composers of the original 'Macarena' in 1992) says that he invented the dance one night during a concert. He says he was just fooling around during the music bridge onstage and started doing it, and then people in the audience started doing it, and they told a friend, and they told a friend, and so on and so on and so on.}}

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Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Just when you thought this was just a version of their worldwide smash with a couple of jingle bells added, this seasonal single erupts into a cheerful medley of Joy to the World, Jingle Bells and Silent Night. For all those who are looking for an uncomplicated Christmas."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-14.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=50|date=14 December 1996|page=6|access-date=4 December 2019}}

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| name = Macarena

| cover = File:Los_Del_Mar_-_Macarena_(Canadian_CD_single_cover).jpg

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| caption = Cover art of original Wil Veloz version

| type = single

| artist = Los del Mar

| album = Viva Evita{{noitalic|/}}Macarena: The Hit Album

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| genre = {{hlist|Latin pop|dance-pop}}

| length = 3:49

| label = Lime Inc.

| writer = {{hlist|Rafael Ruiz Perdigones|Antonio Romero Monge|SWK}}

| producer = Los del Mar

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The song was covered by Canadian musical duo Los del Mar with vocals by Wil Veloz. It was first released in 1995. In their native Canada, this version was popular on MuchMusic and top 40 radio in 1995. It was reissued in 1996 in a new version with vocals from Pedro Castaño, which was also featured on their album Viva Evita (retitled Macarena: The Hit Album overseas). In Australia, this new version reached No. 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart, below the Bayside Boys' reworking of the original.

British magazine Music Week rated the song three out of five, writing, "Hot on the heels of RCA's release of the original version by Los Del Rio comes a second, lower-key version of the Spanish dance tune. Whoever wins the battle, the song is destined to become 1996's 'Lambada', loved and loathed in equal measure."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-06-01.pdf|title=Reviews|magazine=Music Week|date=1 June 1996|page=10|access-date=18 August 2021}}

A music video was produced for the Los del Mar version. It shows Pedro Castano and his pet cat in an apartment getting ideas for the song's dance while watching people on television. By the next verse, more people dance outside to the song wherein Castano joins in and sings. Later on, a mob boss and his sidekicks pull up in a car and ask if they can join the dance. Excluding the outro segment, the video cuts around 40 seconds from the regular song.

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1. "Macarena" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:49
2. "Macarena" {{small|(Mar Fe Mix)}} – 5:02
3. "Macarena" {{small|(Bola Mix)}} – 6:38

• German CD single

1. "Macarena" (Radio Mix) – 3:15
2. "Macarena" (Mar Fe Mix) – 5:02
3. "Macarena" (Ibiza House Mix) – 5:56
4. "Macarena" (Bola Remix) – 6:38
5. "Macarena" (Club Mix) – 5:18

• UK CD single

1. "Macarena" (Radio Version) – 3:48
2. "Macarena" (Mar Fe Mix) – 5:05
3. "Macarena" (Gregorio Mix) – 7:01
4. "Macarena" (Beat Foundation-Full Frontal Mix) – 6:21
5. "Macarena" (Beat Foundation-Infinity Dub) – 6:46

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1. "Macarena" (Radio Mix) – 3:49
2. "Macarena" (Bola Mix) – 6:08
3. "Macarena" (Summer Mix '96) – 5:43
4. "Macarena" (Mar Fe Mix) – 5:03

• France cardboard sleeve/Australian CD single

1. "Macarena" {{small|(Radio Mix)}} – 3:49
2. "Macarena" {{small|(Bola Mix)}} – 6:08

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| name = Ayy Macarena

| cover = Ayy-Macarena-Tyga.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Tyga

| album =

| released = 13 November 2019

| recorded = 2019

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 2:11

| label = {{hlist|Last Kings|Columbia}}

| writer = {{hlist|Michael Stevenson|Rafael Ruiz Perdigones|Antonio Romero Monge|Pliznaya}}

| producer = Pliznaya

| prev_title = Juicy

| prev_year = 2019

| title = Ayy Macarena

| year = 2019

| next_title = Freak

| next_year = 2020

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|obUHDyWFMi8|"Ayy Macarena"}} }}

}}

On 13 November 2019, American rapper Tyga released a remix, rap version of the song, called "Ayy Macarena".{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2019/11/tyga-new-song-ayy-macarena|title=Tyga Shares New Song "Ayy Macarena"|last=Diep|first=Eric|date=10 November 2019|website=Complex|access-date=16 November 2019}} J Balvin also sings the hook of the original song at the beginning of this version. This version has a more club-oriented sound. This version's official remix features Ozuna.

In addition to this, a music video premiered on Tyga's official YouTube channel on 17 December 2019, heavily inspired by the film The Mask. Los Del Rio also make a cameo appearance, performing the original chorus at the beginning of the video and making sparse appearances throughout.

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MC Rage released the single "Fuck Macarena" in November 1996. It is a hardcore techno parody of Los del Río's "Macarena" and mocks the original version's lyrics, as do the dancers in the music video. MC Rage sings vulgar mocking lyrics as an outburst against the huge success of "Macarena". It peaked at No. 7 on the Dutch Top 40 on 27 December 1996, and at No. 8 on the Dutch Mega Top 100 on 25 January 1997.{{cite book|title=Billboard – 8 February 1997|date = 8 February 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=source&pg=PA38|editor=Smith, Danyel|editor-link=Danyel Smith|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|access-date=1 December 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/mc-rage/mc-rage-fuck-macarena-2724|title=MC Rage – Fuck Macarena|first=Stichting Nederlandse|last=Top 40|website=Top40.nl}} The song has a music video featuring gabber ravers dancing hakken.

In 1996, Italian duo Los Locos covered the song for an album of the same name. The song became a big hit around Europe, most particularly in its home country of Italy.{{Cite web |date=2 July 2015 |title=Los Locos - Macarena |website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2205314-Los-Locos-Macarena}}

In 1997, The GrooveGrass Boyz recorded a country music version of the "Macarena", with rewritten lyrics.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p350665/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=GrooveGrass biography |access-date=21 August 2008|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |work=Allmusic}} This rendition peaked at No. 70 on the Hot Country Songs charts and No. 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. This version was released on Imprint Records and sold over 80,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/local-indie-seeks-strength-in-diversity/Content?oid=1181433|title=Local indie seeks strength in diversity|last=Keel|first=Beverly|date=10 July 1997|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=26 October 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054539/http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/local-indie-seeks-strength-in-diversity/Content?oid=1181433|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, Cuban-American rapper Pitbull and Dominican rapper Sensato recorded the song titled: "Global Warming" as the intro song from his seventh studio album of the same name. The song sampled the Bayside Boys remix.

Reggae and dancehall artist Jay-5 released the album "The Dancehall Macarena" on VP Records in 2015, featuring the song, 'Dancehall Macarena,'{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Jay-5Flow-puts-spin-on-MACARENA_19235912%26template%3DMobileArticle|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713130249/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Jay-5Flow-puts-spin-on-MACARENA_19235912%26template%3DMobileArticle|url-status=dead}} an upbeat fusion of dancehall moves, inspired by the infectious ’90s classic.{{Cite web|url=https://iamajamaican.net/music/2015/07/dancehall-macarena/|title = Everyone is doing the'Dancehall Macarena'|date = 2 July 2015}}

The single, 'Dancehall Macarena' is the first official Jamaican dancehall line dance.{{Cite web|url=https://dancehallarena.com/jay-5-dancehall-macarena-music-video/|title = Jay-5 - Dancehall Macarena - Music Video|date = 27 August 2015}} and gained over 1.6 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web|url=http://jamaica-star.com/article/entertainment/20170520/jay-5-flow-eyes-buzz-jamaica|title = Jay-5 Flow eyes buzz in Jamaica|date = 20 May 2017}}

The success of "Dancehall Macarena" inspired a popular reggaeton version in 2016, "Dancehall Macarena Remix," by Colombian reggaeton artist, Japanese featuring Jay-5.

In 2016, Cuban duo Gente de Zona teamed up with Los del Río released a new joint version of the song, with new lyrics.{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/gente-de-zona-mas-macarena-music-video-los-del-rio-7480134/|title=Watch Gente De Zona's 'Mas Macarena' Music Video Feat. Los Del Rio|last=Flores|first=Griselda|magazine=Billboard|date=19 July 2016|access-date=13 January 2022}}

At the Strings 1998 conference in Santa Barbara about string theory, shortly after the publication of the paper "Anti De Sitter Space And Holography" by Edward Witten, Jeffrey A. Harvey composed a parody song "The Maldecena" about the Holographic principle.{{cite book|first=Leonard|last=Susskind|title=The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3_rnRVxGIsC&q=black+hole+war+macarena+%22&pg=PT276|date=7 July 2008|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-03269-8|page=276}}{{cite news|last1=George|first1=Johnson|title=New Dimension in Dance: Thinking Man's Macarena|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/22/science/new-dimension-in-dance-thinking-man-s-macarena.html|access-date=13 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=22 September 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131032112/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/22/science/new-dimension-in-dance-thinking-man-s-macarena.html|archive-date=31 January 2018}}

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