Mambo No. 5

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| name = Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)

| cover = Mambo No. 5.jpg

| type = single

| artist = Lou Bega

| album = A Little Bit of Mambo

| released = {{start date|1999|4|19|df=y}}

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• Latin pop{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/519614/best-of-99-mambo-no-5-singer-lou-bega-endured-doubts-rejections/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813234604/http://www.mtv.com/news/519614/best-of-99-mambo-no-5-singer-lou-bega-endured-doubts-rejections/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2017|title=Best Of '99: 'Mambo No. 5' Singer Lou Bega Endured Doubts, Rejections|work=MTV|access-date=3 July 2017|language=en}}
• dance-pop{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2017/09/the_story_of_how_the_recording_industry_made_you_pay_a_premium_for_90s_hit.html|title= The Great War Against the Single Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=29 September 2017|access-date=9 July 2023}}

| length = {{unbulleted list|5:14 (extended version)|3:39 (radio edit)}}

| label = {{hlist|Ariola|RCA}}

| writer = {{hlist|Lou Bega|Dámaso Pérez Prado|Zippy Davids}}

| producer = {{hlist|Goar B|Frank Lio|Donald Fact|Peter Meisel}}

| next_title = I Got a Girl

| next_year = 1999

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/es/living/ocio-cultura/g794653/cual-era-la-cancion-del-verano-el-ano-que-naciste-historia/|title=Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970|work=Elle|language=es|date=25 July 2019|access-date=30 April 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/songs-might-not-have-known-covers-mambo-no-5-lou-bega/|title='Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)' by Lou Bega|author=Shauna W|publisher=PopCrush|date=4 June 2012|access-date=29 January 2021}} 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.

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 Pérez Prado song. While purists scream murder, the upbeat tune and bouncy, '80s-style synthesizers will rule weddings for years to come."Vincentelli, Elisabeth (10 Sep 1999). "This Week: Music". Entertainment Weekly. Issue 502.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://hot1047.com/throwback-thursday-lou-bega-mambo-no-5-1999/|title=Throwback Thursday- Lou Bega 'Mambo No. 5' (1999)|website=Hot 104.7|date=26 January 2017 }}

The accompanying music video for "Mambo No. 5", directed by Joern Heitmann, features Lou Bega singing and dancing with flappers.{{cite web|url=https://www.kineticmedia.la/clients-blog/joern-heitmann|website=Kinetic Media|title=Joern Heitmann|date=30 August 2020 |access-date=7 December 2022}} An alternate music video aired on Disney Channel, featuring clips from various Disney films and television series, with newly recorded lyrics by Bega dealing with the featured characters.{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/collections/rdkidjams2/interview.html|title=The Mambo Man|website=Disney Records|access-date=7 December 2022}}

Lou Bega also recorded a version of the song for Walt Disney Records, titled "Disney Mambo #5", which was released in February 2000. The lyrics were rewritten to be more kid-friendly, replacing the girls' names with those of characters like Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy, as well as altering references to sex and alcohol. The song was released on the albums Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 2 and La Vida Mickey.

A music video was also created for play on Disney Channel, featuring Bega performing the song with a jazz ensemble interspersed with footage of Mickey and his friends from the Mickey Mouse Works TV show. It was also shown theatrically in front of Disney's The Tigger Movie, and was later included on the VHS/DVD releases of Fun and Fancy Free and A Goofy Movie.{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mambo_No._5&action=submit|title= Review of The Tigger Movie |website=IGN|access-date=22 Feb 2025}}

• CD single

1. "Mambo No. 5" (radio edit) – 3:39
2. "Mambo No. 5" (extended mix) – 5:14
3. "Mambo No. 5" (enhanced CD-ROM video) – 3:42

• Maxi single

1. "Mambo No. 5" (radio edit) – 3:39
2. "Mambo No. 5" (extended mix) – 5:14
3. "Mambo" (Havanna club mix) – 5:48
4. "Mambo" (The Trumpet) – 6:01

• 7-inch 45 rpm single

1. "Mambo No. 5" (radio edit) – 3:39
2. "Beauty on the TV-Screen" – 4:03

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{{Infobox song

| name = Mambo No. 5

| cover = BobtheBuilderMamboNo5.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bob the Builder

| album = Bob the Builder: The Album

| B-side = "Super Spud" (Spud's dub)

| released = {{start date|2001|9|3|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:14

| label = * BBC

• Universal Music Australia

| writer = Paul K. Joyce

| producer = Grant Mitchell

| prev_title = Can We Fix It?

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Big Fish Little Fish

| next_year = 2008

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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.{{cite AV media notes|title=Mambo No. 5|year=2001|type=UK enhanced CD single liner notes|publisher=BBC Records|id=WMSS 6044-2, 6849 116044 2 9}} 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, becoming Bob the Builder's second number-one single on the listing after "Can We Fix It?". In doing so, Bob became the first novelty act to top the UK chart with more than one single.{{cite web|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/2001/week-ending-september-15th-2001|title=Week Ending September 15th 2001|last=Masterson|first=James|publisher=UK Chart Watch|date=9 September 2001|access-date=3 March 2021}} 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".{{cite magazine|title=Radio Acts with Tact to Remove Innapropriate Tracks|magazine=Music Week|page=3|date=22 September 2001}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/sep/20/artsfeatures2|title=Stop spreading the news...|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|website=The Guardian|date=20 September 2001|access-date=13 August 2021}} The song earned a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 12 October 2001 for shipping over 400,000 units. At the end of 2001, it was ranked as the UK's 17th-best-selling single.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2001&year=2001&week=36|title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 6 September 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003140814/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2001&year=2001&week=36|archive-date=3 October 2018|access-date=9 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2001&year=2001&week=37|title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 13 September 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716010915/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2001&year=2001&week=37|archive-date=16 July 2019|access-date=9 September 2022}} It remained in the top 50 for 10 weeks in total. At the end of the year, the song came in at number 42 on Ireland's year-end chart. "Mambo No. 5" debuted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart on 4 November 2001 and reached number two on 18 November. After staying at the position for another week, the song descended the chart, spending nine more weeks in the top 50. 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).

• CD and maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mambo No. 5|year=2001|type=Australian maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=BBC Records, Universal Music Australia|id=116 044-2}}

1. "Mambo No. 5"
2. "Super Spud" (Spud's dub)
3. "Mambo No. 5" (karaoke music)
4. "Mambo No. 5" (video CD-ROM)

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In 1999, Dutch TV character Ome Henk (Frank van der Plas) took a parody of the song called "Mambo Nr 6" to number 17 on the Dutch Top 40.{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/ome-henk/ome-henk-mambo-nr-6-5118#songtekst|title=Ome Henk – Mambo Nr. 6|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=2 April 2021}} 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.

• The original recording by Pérez Prado was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.{{cite web|title=Latin GRAMMY Hall Of Fame|url=http://www.latingrammy.com/en/node/21337|website=Latin Grammy Award|publisher=Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences|access-date=19 August 2014|year=2001|archive-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205122045/http://www.latingrammy.com/en/node/21337|url-status=dead}}
• This song was initially selected as the theme song of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, but this plan was scrapped due to the possibility of people associating the song with Monica Lewinsky, who had a central role in the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, with the chorus, "A little bit of Monica in my life".{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/14/convention.music/ |title=The politics of music - It's showtime at the convention |publisher=Archives.cnn.com |access-date=1 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233958/http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/14/convention.music/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}{{cite web |last1=Fenton |first1=Ben |title=Clinton has his final fling with Hollywood |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1352758/Clinton-has-his-final-fling-with-Hollywood.html |website=The Telegraph |access-date=19 September 2018 |date=13 August 2000}}
• The Lou Bega version has become associated with the England cricket team and Test cricket after it was used by UK broadcaster Channel 4 as the theme for their live coverage of England Test matches between 1999 and 2005; the music also accompanied the return of cricket to the channel during the 2021 India–England series.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/03/a-long-16-year-wait-channel-4-confirms-india-v-england-test-tv-rights-cricket|title='A long 16-year wait': Channel 4 confirms India v England Test TV rights|date=3 February 2021|website=the Guardian}} Having been particularly famous during the 2005 Ashes series won by England, the song is still played today by the England cricket fans, the 'Barmy Army'.{{When|date=June 2022}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
• Mambo V (Michael Dobson), a character in Ninjago, is named after the song.{{cite tweet |user=TommyAndreasen |author=Tommy Andreasen|number=1152209562080071681 |title=Yep. We're simple people. |date=19 July 2019 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
• The Florida Panthers, a National Hockey League team, play the song after they score their fifth goal in a game[https://thebrunswicknews.com/sports/national_sports/panthers-looked-like-a-contender-to-actually-become-one-they-had-to-change-everything/article_9bf8dda1-42aa-58a5-adc5-fc7a547f137c.html]

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