| "Tarzan Boy" | ||||
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| Single by Baltimora | ||||
| from the album Living in the Background | ||||
| B-side | "DJ version" | |||
| Released | 1985 | |||
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| Length | 6:15 (album version) 3:50 (single version) 3:37 (DJ edit) | |||
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| Producer(s) | Maurizio Bassi | |||
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| "Tarzan Boy" on YouTube | ||||
"Tarzan Boy" is the debut single by Italian-based act Baltimora. The song was written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett, and released in 1985 as the lead single from Baltimora's debut album Living in the Background. The song was remixed and re-released in 1993, and has been covered by several artists throughout the years.
The refrain uses Tarzan's cry as a melodic line. The song is rhythmical, with an electronic melody and simple lyrics.[3] Baltimora are often considered a one-hit wonder due to the success they experienced with "Tarzan Boy".[4] It features a melodic motif that was later named the millennial whoop.[5]
The music video for the song features the frontman for the band's performances, Jimmy McShane, who according to some sources did not actually sing the song but rather lip synced it.[4]
- ^ Eddy, Chuck (8 July 2013). "Disco 101: Real '80S Italo". Rhapsody. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Suiveng, Yannick (30 October 2013). "Flashback Top 50 : qui était n°1 en octobre 1985 ?". Charts in France (in French). Pure Charts. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Habib, Elia (2002). Muz hit. tubes. Alinéa Bis. p. 49. ISBN 2-9518832-0-X.
- ^ a b Marx, Tommy (17 July 2009). "One Hit Wonder: Baltimora". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ Metzger, Patrick (20 August 2016). "The Millennial Whoop: A glorious obsession with the melodic alternation between the fifth and the third". The Patterning. Retrieved 27 April 2019.