Bum Bum Tam Tam

"Bum Bum Tam Tam"
Single by MC Fioti
Released8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)
Recorded2017
GenreFunk carioca
Length2:50
Songwriter(s)Leandro Aparecido Ferreira
Producer(s)Lucas Junior
MC Fioti singles chronology
"Vai Toma"
(2016) 		"Bum Bum Tam Tam"
(2017) 		"Você Me Deixou"
(2017)
Music video
"Bum Bum Tam Tam" on YouTube

"Bum Bum Tam Tam" (also known by the title "Joga O Bum Bum Tam Tam"[1]) is a song recorded by Brazilian funk rapper MC Fioti. The music video was released on 8 March 2017. The song samples Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita in A minor for solo flute.[2] The song has peaked at number one in the Netherlands and the top 5 in France.

The song's music video is currently the most viewed video from Brazil on YouTube.

Due to the similarity in sonority between "Bum Bum Tam Tam" and Instituto Butantan, the institute responsible for one of the COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed in Brazil, MC Fioti released a new version of the song in 2021, Vacina Butantan ("Butantan vaccine"). The modified lyrics incentive people to take the vaccine and was recorded inside the facilities of Instituto Butantan with employees dancing.[3] One week after being posted, the video had amassed over six million views on YouTube.[4]

  1. ^ "Joga O Bum Bum Tam Tam – Single by Mc Fioti on Apple Music". Apple Music. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "MC Fioti's 'Bum Bum Tam Tam' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ Senra, Ricardo (15 January 2021). "'É o funk unido à medicina': MC Fioti grava novo vídeo de 'Bum Bum Tam Tam' na sede do Butantan" ['It's funk combined with medicine': MC Fioti records new video for 'Bum Bum Tam Tam' at Butantan headquarters]. BBC News (in Brazilian Portuguese). London. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ Brodsky, Rachel (29 January 2021). "Brazilian rapper MC Fioti's Covid-19 'vaccine anthem' goes viral". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.