January 31, 20169 yr Author Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/tonyttt31/mac.jpg Date 28th July 1996 6 Weeks Official Chart Run 64-74R(6)-11-8-4-5-2-4-7-7-9-12-18-26-35-42-58-66-70 (19 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. From the sublime to the ridiculous. The origins of this song are reportedly an occasion where Los Del Rio, an Andalusian lounge act that had been together since 1962, were invited to a formal event in Venezuela while on tour there in 1992. A flamenco dancer performed that evening, at which point Antonio Romero Monge (the less dark haired one) from the band improvised a song about the impressive dancer. The duo expanded on this improvisation when they next entered the studio and recorded the song as a rumba in 1992. Further versions were experimented with. A "new flamenco" version became a hit in Spain, Mexico and Columbia. It followed that cities in the US with a sizable latin American community would be exposed to Macarena's catchy charms - including Miami. Johnny Caride, a DJ in Miami, became aware of the song due to it being continually requested of him. When he heard the original he hit upon the idea of making a pop-dance version with English lyrics but retaining the Spanish chorus. He recruited two other producers (Mke Triay, Carlos de Yarza) to work on the remix. The trio would become known as the Bayside Boys and the version we all know and love is the Bayside Boys Remix. The success that awaited the song was both unexpected and impressive. Macarena took 33 chart weeks to hit number 1 in the Billboard Top 100 (still a record) but when it got there it wouldn't let go, easily. It stayed at number 1 in the US for 14 weeks - one of the longest ever residencies at pole position. It was the best selling single of 1996 and finished at number 2 on the Billboard Top 20 of the 1990s. In the UK a cover of the song by Los Del Mar charted in the lower reaches of the chart for 7 weeks - this was featured on Now 34 and not the much bigger hit of the same song. In our rundown Macarena stays on top for six weeks. Los Del Rio released singles intermittently every few years after 1996 but would never chart again. XiBYM6g8Tck
January 31, 20169 yr If you take away the vocals the music is very much Shamen-esque. Kind of true. The laughing in the song is a sample of Yazoo's Situation.
January 31, 20169 yr I think that Justin Bieber's "Sorry" dance video is like a tribute to the Macarena one. One of the sample laughs is from Allison Moyet's in Yazoo's "Situation" and contrary to popular belief, the "I'm not trying to seduce you" wasn't taken from The Graduate but from a Janet Jackson interlude. Edited January 31, 20169 yr by N-S
January 31, 20169 yr That sample was also in George Michael's Too Funky, wasn't it? Exactly that came to my mind too :lol:
January 31, 20169 yr There was also a Christmas version of Macarena :lol: It's pretty dreadful though. RJcQLZuhbeA
January 31, 20169 yr This was the UK cover http://cdn.discogs.com/V24V4Qv14BTGrmEZGdxgesUiiO8=/fit-in/600x466/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-7147599-1434792826-8960.png.jpg
January 31, 20169 yr Author This was the UK cover http://cdn.discogs.com/V24V4Qv14BTGrmEZGdxgesUiiO8=/fit-in/600x466/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-7147599-1434792826-8960.png.jpg I wasn't really paying attention back in 1996 so I didn't know which one the exact one was. Thanks.
January 31, 20169 yr every single kids disco had macarena on. every single one. i do quite love it secretly tho
February 1, 20169 yr haha really went from the best -Born Slippy- to the worst - Macarena. I wasn't really expecting it to show up in this countdown cos for some reason I never saw it as a dance song, more like a novelty record you can dance to :D
February 1, 20169 yr When I heard Born Slippy Nuxx for the first time I just thought "Man, the guy is so annoying, won't he ever shut up?" I think I started really enjoying on the 42nd or 43rd listen but I love it ever since. And it's perfect to illustrate Trainspotting's final scenes. I was kinda different. I think I heard it for the first time in Trainspotting and I loved it. I remember hogging the listening post in the Glasgow Virgin Megastore for about half an hour listening to it. Somebody in my halls had the 1995 single and it became the hottest swap but mainly for the B-side. To be honest, by the time it finally came out as an A side we were mostly already bored of it!
February 1, 20169 yr Macarena definitely isn't the worst dance number 1 of 1996. It's cheesy but it's nowhere near as cheesy AND BAD as Living Joy and Robert Miles!
February 1, 20169 yr Author I wasn't really expecting it to show up in this countdown cos for some reason I never saw it as a dance song, more like a novelty record you can dance to :D Well, I figured if we included Whigfield's Saturday Night then we'd have to include Macarena.
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