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| "The 20th Century Fox Mambo" | ||||
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| Single by Smash cast feat. Katharine McPhee | ||||
| from the album The Music of Smash, Bombshell | ||||
| Released | February 13, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:44 (Single Version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman | |||
| Producer(s) | Marc Shaiman | |||
| Smash cast singles chronology | ||||
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"The 20th Century Fox Mambo" is an original song introduced in the second episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "The Callback". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman,[1] but in the show's universe, it was written by songwriting team Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) for their Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell.
In "The Callback" episode, Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) needs to give a dance audition for the producing team as part of trying to get the role of Marilyn in Bombshell. She works with director and choreographer Derek Wills (Jack Davenport) and then performs this song with the ensemble members in front of the producing team.
The song is reprised several more times during the first season. It is performed by Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) in the fourth episode "The Cost of Art", by Karen and Ivy separately in the seventh episode "The Workshop, and by Karen in the fifteenth episode "Bombshell"
The song, with McPhee's vocals, was originally released as a single on iTunes and Amazon.com's MP3 store and is currently available on the cast albums The Music of Smash and Bombshell.