Bamboléo

Origin

Track list

• A-Side: "Bamboléo"
• B-Side: "Quiero Saber"

• A-side: "Bamboléo"
• B-side: "Bamboléo " / "Quiero Saber"

• A-side: "Bamboléo"
• B-side: "Bamboléo "

• A-Side: "Bamboléo "
• B-side: "Bamboléo "

  On other Gipsy Kings albums

Versions

• Celia Cruz also recorded a version of this song.
• Julio Iglesias also recorded a version of this song, which became popular.
• Spanish teen band Gypsy Teens released a revamped recording in 2001.
• Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum used the refrain in a bonus track titled "Bamboleo " on their 2012 album Unsung Heroes.

  Mashups

• The season 3 episode "The Spanish Teacher" of the American television series Glee featured a mashup of "Bamboléo" with Enrique Iglesias's "Hero", titled "Bambolero/Hero". The main vocals were by Chord Overstreet.

  Samplings

• Umboza song "Sunshine", their biggest hit in the UK, is based on a sample of "Bamboléo".

  In other media

• The Nintendo Wii version of 1999 video game Samba de Amigo includes this song as a selection.
• Since January 2014, "Bamboléo Wednesday" has been a feature on the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1, which involves the weekly playing of the song, whilst listeners who are "Bamboleing" text in for shout outs. Short clips of highlights from the show are played in the gap before the first chorus and throughout the song. During the "clappy bit", a clip of former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman saying "phwoar, smack me with a damp chamois leather will you, this is heaven" or "can we get another dick back there" is played. Prior to his death, a clip of Bruce Forsyth saying "forty of those" whilst slapping his calves was used instead. The song ends with Scott and Chris Stark singing the last few words, and shouting "BLAZIN" in the style of Fuse ODG.
• In 20th Century Fox's 2015 animated film The Peanuts Movie, Snoopy dances to part of the Bamboléo chorus to show Charlie Brown dance moves.
• In Illumination Entertainment's 2016 animated film Sing, Rosita dances to part of Bamboléo at the supermarket. The song also appears on the film's soundtrack.