Mambo!

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"Mambo!"

Single by Helena Paparizou
from the album Yparxei Logos, The Game of Love
Released	2005 (Greece), 2006 (Europe)
Format	Digital download (UK) Vinyl single (Italy) CD Single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop
Length	03:07
Label	Sony BMG (Greece,Switzerland,Austria,Poland) Bonnier Music (Scandinavia) EMI (Belgium) AATW (United Kingdom & Ireland) FMA/No Color (Italy) Digidance (Netherlands) Sonic Services (France)
Certification	Platinum in Greece, Gold in Sweden
Chart positions
#1 (Greece, Cyprus, Estonia) #5 (Sweden) #6 (Poland) #10 (Bulgaria) #13 (Romania) #16 (UK Dance) #18 (Belgium) #41 (Russia)
Helena Paparizou singles chronology
A Brighter Day (2005)	Mambo! (2005)	Heroes (2006)

"Mambo!" was Helena Paparizou 5th CD single and the first from her international album The Game of Love. There were two versions; a Greek version and a English Version. The Greek version was released in November 2005 in Greece and was a major hit going straight to number one for ten weeks including christmas number and leaving Helena with her most successful CD single to date. Her single continued to stay in the charts for an amazing 23 weeks. Her single was released as a CD single and Sony BMG also re-released Helena's debut album for a third time with her single in under the name of Protereotita: Euro Edition + Mambo!

In April 2006 it was announced that the English version of her song would be released across the globe in Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey and Spain by Helena's own record company Sony BMG. Other record companies will also release her song in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, Canada, South Africa, and Australia along with other countries. Moda Records will remix her song along with "My Number One" in the USA. The Scandinavian promotion of her song will be from Bonnier Music.

In Sweden "Mambo!" had been released in Sweden as Helena's 4th Swedish single. The single became a big hit there reaching number 5 in the Swedish charts and spending much of its time in the top 10 and it is still charting there. It has sold more than 25,000 copies and certified gold. "Mambo!" was also on Svensktoppen for 9 weeks.

In various European Countries there are only radio airplay charts and "Mambo!" peaked on Estonia airplay chart at 1 and it peaked at 13 in Romania. In Russia it reached 41 on their Top 100 Airplay Chart.

In Poland "Mambo!" grew very popular and peaked on a lot of radio stations at number one. On the official Polish National Top 50 "Mambo!" peaked at number 6.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland "Mambo!" was planned to be released in September but was delayed. Promos were released to clubs in September and the video is now showing on music channels. The official date of Mambo UK release is 13 November^[1], and it was released on iTunes UK on 6 November. It is currently number 16 on the Club Dance Charts in its first week^[2], but only reached 185 on The Official UK Chart.

1 VideoClips of Mambo!
2 Tracklistings
3 Remixes
- 3.1 Official Remixes
- 3.2 Unofficial Remixes
4 Status
5 Release Date
6 C.D covers
7 Chart Positions
- 7.1 Overall Charts Positions
8 External links
- 8.1 References

[edit] VideoClips of Mambo!

The original video for "Mambo!" was released in Greece in February 2006. These video is filmed in Greeklish. In the video Helena is showing of her dancing skills throughout the video. The video has an office theme for most of the video and Helena enters the office and makes everyone in the building dance and have a good time. At the end of the video Helena and dancers dance together in a routine. The video of Helena has been well received in Greece and won 'most played video' in the 2006 MAD TV music awards. Throughout the video there are clips of coca cola.

In Sweden the original video was used but in this video it was all english. In this video there are no coca cola adverts whereas in the Greeklish video filmed for Greece there are.

In May due to Helena starting her international career "Mambo!" got a new video filmed to be aimed at a more global audience. It took only a day to film on a small island in Greece. On the island there is a bar is in the center of the video with lots of people parting and dancing to "Mambo!" Towards the end of the video Helena is seen dancing in a night scene. In early June the video of Helena premiered in France. It has also aired many times in Poland and Romania.

[edit] Tracklistings

UK CD

"Mambo!" [Radio Edit]
"Mambo!" [Dancing DJ's Remix]
"Mambo!" [Fugitive Club Mix]
"Mambo!" [Flip & Fill Remix]
"Mambo!" [Ruff & Jam Club Mix]
"Mambo!" [Alex K Remix]

Greek CD

"Mambo!" [Greek Version]
"Panta Se Perimena"(Idaniko Fili)
"I Agapi Sou Den Meni Pia Edo"(Adam Gibi)
"Asteria"
"Mambo!" [English Version]

Dutch CD

"Mambo!" [English Version]
"You Set My Heart On Fire"
"Mambo!" [Greek Version]

Scandinavian CD

"Mambo!" [English Version]
"Mambo!" [Greek Bersion]

Austrian/Belgian/Swiss CD

"Mambo!" [English Version]
"You Set My Heart On Fire"

Italian Vinyl

Side A:

"Mambo!" [Ruff & Jam Remix]
"Mambo!" [Original Version]

Side B:

"Mambo!" [Bikini Extended Mix]
"Mambo!" [Ruff & Jam Radio Edit]

[edit] Remixes

The cover of the promotional release by AATW to DJ's only in the UK.

[edit] Official Remixes

"Dancing DJs Remix"
"The Fugitives Club Mix"
"Flip & Fill Remix"
"Ruff & Jam Remix"
"Alex K Remix"

[edit] Unofficial Remixes

"Extended Version"
"Tech Mix"
"Jay's Boost Mix"
"Instrumental Version"

There are rumours saying that Norty Cotto will remix Helena's song when Moda Records releases it in the US, but are yet unconfirmed. Furthermore, Raff and Jam have already finished Radio and Club remixes for "Mambo!".

The complilation called "Dance Mania", where the "Mambo" (Dancing Dj Mix) is included, was No 1 in the UK Charts

[edit] Status

Greece:(P) Platinum (more than 35.000 copies)
Sweden:(G) Gold (more than 30.000 copies)

[edit] Release Date

"Mambo!" has been released in a number of countries throughout Europe including; Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. In some other countries in Europe it hasn't been released but it has entered Radio Airplay Charts: Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and others.

Shortly "Mambo!" will be released in Western Europe such as Germany, France and Spain.It will also be released in Australia and America; including Canada.

[edit] C.D covers

* 2005 - Greek cover

* 2006 - Scandinavian cover

* 2006 - Global cover

* 2006 - Italian cover

[edit] Chart Positions

Greek Charts

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Greek Singles Charts Top 50
Chart position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	7	17	27

Swedish Charts

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Swedish Singles Charts Top 60
Chart position	18	13	15	12	11	8	5	10	8	11	9	11	15	13	19	17	21	23	24	24	26	35	39	54	49

Belgian Charts

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Belgian Singles Charts
Chart position	30	22	26	25	22	21	19	18	22	25	25	25	29	35	41	41

Romanian Charts

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Romanian Airplay Singles Charts Top 100
Chart position	95	71	49	30	20	17	13	21	18	23	19	24	16	18	24	21	15	18	24	35	50	52	63	54	50	74	70	52	47	98

European Charts

Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Euro Airplay Hot 100
Chart position	95	43	37	36	36	31	28	31	23	32	20	79	36	55	72

[edit] Overall Charts Positions

Chart	Peak position
Greek Top 50 IFPI Singles	1 (10 weeks)
Estonian Airplay Charts	1
Swedish Top 60 Singles	5
UK Club Breaker Charts	6
Polish National Top 50 [1]	6
Belgian Radio GRK	7
UK Club Commercial Charts	9
Norwegian i-tunes Chart	10
Bulgarian Official Airplay Charts	10
Romanian Airplay Top 100	13
UK Club Dance Charts	16
Belgian Top 50 Singles Charts	18
Russian Airplay Top 100 Charts	41
DMC World Charts	57
European Top 200 [2]	58
UK Official Singles Charts	185