| "Lambada" | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Lambada_(cover).jpg) "Lambada" artwork | ||||
| Single by Kaoma | ||||
| from the album Worldbeat | ||||
| Released | July 20, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | CBS, Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Los Kjarkas, Gonzalo & Ulises Hermosa-Gonzales | |||
| Producer(s) | Jean-Claude Bonaventure | |||
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"Lambada", also known as "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)", or "Llorando Se Fue (Lambada)" (both meaning "crying, he/she went away" in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), is a song originally written and sang by Los Kjarkas. Later it was without authorization by translated into Portuguese by French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma. It features guest vocals by Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz and was released as the first single from Kaoma's 1989 debut album, Worldbeat. The accompanying music video, filmed in June 1989 in Cocos beach in the city of Trancoso, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, featured the Brazilian child duo Chico & Roberta.
Sung in Portuguese, it is a cover of the 1986 hit "Chorando Se Foi", by Márcia Ferreira, itself based on the Cuarteto Continental version of "Llorando se fue" (the first upbeat version of the song introducing the accordion), released in 1984 through the Peruvian record label INFOPESA and produced by Alberto Maraví;[1][2] both songs were adapted from the 1981 Bolivian original song by Los Kjarkas.
At the time of release, "Lambada" was regarded as the most successful European single in the history of CBS Records, with sales of 1.8 million copies in France and more than four million across Europe.[3] Overall, "Lambada" sold five million copies worldwide in 1989 alone, according to the New York Times.[4] However, Kaoma did not credit the original songwriters, Los Kjarkas, leading to successful plagiarism lawsuits.[4][5]
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- ^ Morales, E. (29 April 2009). The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots kf Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond. Da Capo Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780786730209. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Cinema in guerra a colpi di lambada". La Stampa (in Italian). 20 March 1990. p. 31. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b Riding, Alan (4 July 1990). "Brazilian Wonder Turns Out Bolivian". The New York Times. p. 16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Bernardo, André (20 January 2017). "'Chorando se Foi': Loalwa Braz e Kaoma conquistaram o mundo com versão de canção boliviana". BBC Brasil.