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"Mambo No. 5" | |
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Song by Pérez Prado | |
Released | 1950 |
Recorded | 1949 |
Genre | Mambo, jive dance |
Length | 3:42[citation needed] |
Songwriter(s) | Dámaso Pérez Prado |
"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year.[1]
German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo.[2]