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"Lambada" (also released as "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)") is a 1989 song recorded by the French pop group Kaoma with the Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz. The video features the children duet Chico and Roberta.
The lyrics of "Lambada", which is also the name of a Brazilian music style, was an unauthorized translation of the song "Llorando se fue", an acoustic song recorded by the Bolivian group Los K’jarkas. The unauthorized use later resulted in a successful lawsuit from Los K’jarkas. The single became a worldwide summer hit, selling over 5 million copies in 1989 and starting the Lambada dance craze. It reached #1 on seven different charts, as well as #46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart.
It was the 8th most popular song in Brazil for the year-end chart of 1990. It was even more popular than Madonna's number-one hit "Vogue". [1]
In France, it was covered by another group, Carioca, which peaked only at #22 on September 9, 1989, and remained on the chart for 9 weeks[2].
[edit] Formats and track listings
- 7" Single CBS
- "Lambada" — (3:28)
- "Lambada" (Instrumental) — (3:48)
- 12" Maxi CBS
- "Lambada" (Extended Version) — (6:44)
- "Lambada" (Instrumental Version) — (3:48)
[edit] Charts, certifications, sales
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Country |
Certification |
Sales/shipments |
France |
Platinum |
1,735,000[11] |
Japan |
Platinum |
265,920[12] |
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Preceded by
"Johnny, Johnny Come Home" by Avalanche |
French (SNEP) number-one single
July 29, 1989 - October 14, 1989 |
Succeeded by
"Cœur de loup" by Philippe Lafontaine |
Preceded by
"Batdance" by Prince |
Swiss number-one single
August 27, 1989 - November 26, 1989 |
Succeeded by
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli |
Preceded by
"Swing the Mood"
by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
Austrian number-one single
October 15, 1989 - November 15, 1989 |
Succeeded by
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli |
Preceded by
"Jag mår illa" by Magnus Uggla |
Swedish number-one single
October 18, 1989 - December 13, 1989 |
Succeeded by
"Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins |
Preceded by
"Swing the Mood"
by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
Norwegian number-one single
43/1989 - 49/1989 |
Succeeded by
"Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins |
Preceded by
"Nuit de folie" by Début de Soirée |
French single of the year
1989 |
Succeeded by
"Maldòn (la musique dans la peau)" by Zouk Machine |
Preceded by
"La Cima del Cielo" by Ricardo Montaner |
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single
February 10, 1990 - March 24, 1990 |
Succeeded by
"Abre las Ventanas al Amor" by Roberto Carlos |
[edit] References
- ^ timemachine1990
- ^ "Lambada", by Carioca, French Singles Chart Leschart.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ "Lambada", Australian Singles Chart Australian-charts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ "Lambada", Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ "Lambada", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ "Lambada", Italian Singles Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 31, 2008)
- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - Japanese Charts-The newest charts
- ^ "Lambada", Norwegian Singles Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ "Lambada", Swedish Singles Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ "Lambada", Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
- ^ Certifications Kaoma singles Infodisc.fr (Retrieved December 12, 2007)
- ^ Certifications Kaoma singles [1] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
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