THE YEAR IS 1999!
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This song was originally done in 1952 by the Cuban-Mexican bandleader Perez Prado. Known as the ‘King of the Mambo,’ Prado recorded numerous mambos and when he ran out of inspiration, he would simply number them, and “Mambo No 5” was one of a series of 8.
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On VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders, Lou Bega said: “When I wrote the song, I believed it could be the thing it is today. All of the people who love it or hate it completely, that’s what I thought. I knew it wouldn’t swim in the middle because it was too different from all the stuff that was outside, so I’m quite happy with it. Mambo makes you happy, Latin music makes you happy, its sexual, its erotic, energetic, I think that’s the point.”
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Bega told Fox News that the story behind the song was a simple one. “I dated a lot of pretty nice ladies when I was younger,” he said. “These names of my past, you know, just came to me and I wrote it down, got the melody and the rest is history.”
Asked if he had a favorite, Bega replied, “My favorite is Sandra, that’s why she was the one in the sun.”
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