Tic, Tic Tac

"Tic, Tic Tac"
Single by Carrapicho
from the album Festa do Boi Bumba
B-side	"E' O Sol Adormesce"
Released	1996
Format	CD single, CD maxi 12" maxi
Genre	Latin
Length	3:16
Label	Arista, BMG
Writer(s)	Braulino Lima
Alternative cover Chilli featuring Carrapicho

"Tic, Tic Tac" is a 1996 song recorded by Brazilian band Carrapicho. Released in June 1996, it was its debut single from the album Festa do boi bumba, which was later certified Platinum disc in France. The song was also recorded by Chilli featuring Carrapicho about one year after the first release. Both version achieved a huge success in the countries where they were charted.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Track listings 3 Certifications 4 Charts 4.1 Peak positions 4.2 End of year charts 5 References

Song information

Produced by Patrick Bruel, the song was sponsored by TF1 in France and became one of the major summer hits. In the music video, the band sing "Tic, Tic Tac" on a boat while performing a group choreography.^[1]

The original version even topped the chart in France for three weeks, becoming at the time one of the first two singles certified Diamond. In France, the song is to date the 98th best-selling single of all time, with about one million copies sold.^[2]

Murat Nasyrov made a Russian (parody-)version of the song, A Boy Wants to Go to Tambov (Russian: Мальчик хочет в Тамбов, Malchik Hochet v Tambov).

Alyona Apina made a Russian (parody-)version of the song, A Boy Wants to Go to Tambov 2 (Russian: Мальчик хочет в Тамбов 2, Malchik Hochet v Tambov 2).

In late 1996, French TV host Sophie Favier covered the song in French-language with other lyrics under the title "Il me tape sur les nerfs...". Her version peaked at #31 in France and #16 in Belgium (Wallonia).^[3]

In 1997, the song was covered by Fruit De La Passion.^[4]

The track was featured on Eurotrash Series 7 Show 3.

Track listings

CD single

1. "Tic, Tic Tac" — 3:16
2. "E' O Sol Adormece" — 2:17

CD single

1. "Tic, Tic Tac" (radio edit 1) Chilli featuring Carrapicho — 3:45
2. "Tic, Tic Tac" (radio edit 2) Carrapicho featuring Chilli — 3:45

CD single

1. "Tic, Tic Tac" (radio edit 1) Chilli featuring Carrapicho — 3:45
2. "Tic, Tic Tac" (radio edit 2) Carrapicho featuring Chilli — 3:45
3. "Tic, Tic Tac" (club mix) Chilli featuring Carrapicho — 6:50
4. "Tic, Tic Tac" (copacabana drive mix) Carrapicho featuring Chilli — 6:46

12" single

1. "Tic, Tic Tac" (club mix) — 4:45
2. "Tic, Tic Tac" (eingle edit) — 3:16

2 x 12" maxi

1. "Tic, Tic Tac" (rosabel tiki-tiki dub) — 11:41
2. "Tic, Tic Tac" (rosabel house mix) — 8:41
3. "Tic, Tic Tac" (mardi gras cha cha mix) — 7:07
4. "Tic, Tic Tac" (bang da drum mix) — 7:00
5. "Tic, Tic Tac" (bang da drum dub) — 7:00
6. "Tic, Tic Tac" (play hard house mix) — 6:14
7. "Tic, Tic Tac" (batucada HNRG mix) — 4:30

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Austria[5]	Gold	September 30, 1997	15,000
France[6]	Diamond	1996	750,000	980,000[7]
Germany[8]	Gold	1997	150,000
Norway[9]	Gold	1997	5,000

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1996) Peak position Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[10] 6 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[10] 2 Dutch Mega Top 100[10] 47 French SNEP Singles Chart[10] 1 Portuguese Singles Chart 1 Spanish Singles Chart 3 Chart (1997) 1 Peak position Austrian Singles Chart[11] 2 Canadian Singles Chart[12] 14 German Singles Chart[11] 5 Norwegian Singles Chart[11] 4 Swedish Singles Chart[11] 24 Swiss Singles Chart[11] 6 UK Singles Chart 2 [13] 59 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[12] 8 1 Chilli featuring Carrapicho 2 "Tic Tic Tac"(Dance To Boi Bumba!)

End of year charts End of year chart (1996) Position Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[14] 52 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[15] 10 French Singles Chart[16] 2 End of year chart (1997) Position Austrian Singles Chart[17] 13 Swiss Singles Chart[18] 37

Preceded by "Macarena" by Los Del Rio

French SNEP number-one single July 13, 1996 - July 27, 1996 (3 weeks)

Succeeded by "Macarena" by Los Del Rio

References