Lambada (Kaoma song)

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“Lambada”
“Lambada” cover
Single by Kaoma
from the album World Beat
Released 1989
Format 7" vinyl
12" vinyl
CD single
CD maxi
Genre World
Length 3:28
Writer(s) Chico de Oliveira
Producer Jean-Claude Bonaventure
Certification Platinium SNEP, 1989
Kaoma singles chronology
"Lambada"
(1989)
"Dançando lambada"
(1989)

"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
  1. "Lambada" — (3:28)
  2. "Lambada" (Instrumental) — (3:48)
12" Maxi CBS
  1. "Lambada" (Extended Version) — (6:44)
  2. "Lambada" (Instrumental Version) — (3:48)

[edit] Charts, certifications, sales

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 1 (3)
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1 (15)
French Singles Chart[5] 1 (12)
Italian Singles Chart[6] 1
Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[7] 12
Norwegian Singles Chart[8] 1 (5)
Swedish Singles Chart[9] 1 (5)
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 1 (14)
UK Singles Chart 4
Charts (1990) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 46
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 21
Annual Chart (1989) Position
France 1
Brazil 8
Country Certification Sales/shipments
France Platinum 1,735,000[11]
Japan Platinum 265,920[12]
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

  1. ^ timemachine1990
  2. ^ "Lambada", by Carioca, French Singles Chart Leschart.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  3. ^ "Lambada", Australian Singles Chart Australian-charts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  4. ^ "Lambada", Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  5. ^ "Lambada", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  6. ^ "Lambada", Italian Singles Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 31, 2008)
  7. ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - Japanese Charts-The newest charts
  8. ^ "Lambada", Norwegian Singles Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  9. ^ "Lambada", Swedish Singles Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  10. ^ "Lambada", Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  11. ^ Certifications Kaoma singles Infodisc.fr (Retrieved December 12, 2007)
  12. ^ Certifications Kaoma singles [1] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
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