![]() ![]() Kaoma dropped the song of the summer in July 1989, a catchy Brazilian track accompanied by a racy video that made an instant impression. The story at first seems pretty straight. To put it in context, picture the conservative media reaction to “WAP,” then imagine major motion picture studios releasing multiple films based on the song only to find out nothing about the song was real. Looking back, it’s far from a product of its time, since the discourse then echoes in cultural products of our time. While “Lambada” might be a dated artifact of the dawn of the ‘90s, at the time it was a cultural watershed moment, a global Latinx music hit when those were not as common as they are today, a bastion of public moral decency that reeked of classist and racist connotations, and an example of when a fad could be taken too far. In 2020, “Lambada” seems like little more than a bleep in pop culture history it’s hard to picture the massive worldwide phenomenon it was. ![]() ![]() The song in Portuguese is a mix cover of Márcia Ferreira's 1986 hit "Chorando se foi" (lyrics translated to Portuguese) and the Cuarteto Continental hit "Llorando se fue" (first upbeat version of the song introducing the accordion), released in 1984 through the Peruvian record label INFOPESA and produced by Alberto Maravi both songs were adapted from the 1981 Bolivian song Llorando se fue by Los Kjarkas.Welcome to Ponlo En Repeat where we revisit Latinx music history’s biggest hits, misses, and unbelievable moments and how they impact our world today. The video, filmed on Cocos beach in the city of Trancoso, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, features the Brazilian child duo Chico & Roberta. It was released as the first single from Kaoma's debut album Worldbeat. It features guest vocals by Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz. ![]() This song is part of many ethnic places and cultures such as Latin America and the Philippines. "Lambada", also known as "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)" or "Llorando se fue (Lambada)" (both meaning "Crying went away" in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), is a song recorded by French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma. ![]()
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