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Somebody seems to have butchered this article. If that person would like to comment on his/her reasons for doing such a massive edit, I am more than willing to consider the arguments. Until that happens, I think that it is best to do a revert. I will continue to revert destructive editing of this article until further notice. Ycaps123 21:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
I recently came across a German version of the song and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it?
I tried looking it up more on the internet but I haven't found anything except the video which is here: 1.
So that means a German Macarena exists and I thought it would make a good addition to the page if we could find out more. 76.186.121.104 ( talk) 04:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
I have noticed that the dance which accompanied the song Macarena has been credited to a ‘Venezuelan Flamenco instructor created it for her class to dance to, and it eventually caught on with the rest of the world.’.. no name, which doesn’t surprise me in the least. The same steps/moves for this dance were doing the rounds in the 1970’s and usually to ‘The Locomotion’ (Little Eva). As a DJ during that period (before and after) I saw the dance performed at least once a week. In 1989 I even video’d my own daughter (aged 8) doing the exact same dance (but this time to Kylie Minogue’s version). I would like to say that this type of action is very rare.. but sad to say it is not – though in this case the claimant seems to have remained anonymous (for whatever reason) … maybe in a few years time someone will pop up and say ‘I wrote that dance’. Anyone taking bets???
Well i just did an internet search and popular opinion seems to credit Mia Frye with having invented the Macarena dance in 1996. she is a choreographer, taught as a dance instructor. Los del Rio "Macarena" 1993 was a song with no video, until a French record company commissioned a video and that was apparently what led to it really taking off. Mia Frye is the original choreographer for the video, and hence (apparantly) the Macarena dance today.
Interesting information from the internet. One has to remember that a 'choreographer' as well as 'writing' dances also (usually) instructs other people in the art form. Choreographers are mentioned many times within film or tv/media screen credits, this does not mean that they have written (choreographed) the dances shown. They, in most cases have provided only the instruction which may have included some artistic direction.
I recall, not only the [ongoing] debate about the dance 'The Electric'/'Electric Slide' but also a dance called 'Footboogie'and the more than passing similarity to the dance 'Natalies Night Flyer'... but strange as it seems the two choreographers in question have not (or admit to) seeing the film 'Footloose' which preceeded both dance by more than a few years. For during that film - and also at the very end where they are all dancing in the 'flour mill' - are a number of the step combinations later used for BOTH dances.
I will stand by 101% on the dates etc given on my previous posting.. and add.. that on talking to and emailing different people, this 'dance' was indeed as popular as what I said and across most of the U.K..as well as undeniable video evidence. ... let a popular dance go dormant for a while without anyone claiming to be the choreographer.. and sooner or later 'someone' will claim the prize.
I have been a choreographer of dance (Ballroom/Line/Soul) for nearly 40 years and have choreographed (written) nearly 400 dances including an easily identifiable 'Line' dance going back to 1968 (which may blow the myth about 'The Bus Stop' being the first in 1975).. whoa betide anyone laying claim to any of those in 5 or 10 years time.
The first paragraph says that the song first became a hit in the U.S. when the Bayside Boys remixed it in 1996. But then it says that the song was "later" covered by Los Del Mar as a single. So which version was the one that first became a hit?
The original song was popular in South America in 1993, which is well ahead of the global spread of the remix. Article should be adjusted to reflect this history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.202.149 ( talk) 20:13, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Should the dance be considered as part of (or at least inspired by) the Parapara genre, in that it involves preset movements and specific to arm movements? This style of dance has been popular in Asia for decades.
It's understood that this type of dance movement [Para Para]originated in Japan in the early 1970's... whereas dances such as The Locomotion with its arm movements is very 1960's... Even the 'original' dance that was also done to the Macarena (though credited to the Venezualian dance teacher)had similar arm/hand movements to that of The Locomotion. Also looking at the description of very early Contre (Contra - Country) and even 'Court' dances of the Elizebethian period hand movements were as equally important to the dance as were the steps/footwork.
Since I only have my own experience, it is not "verifiable" information I can add to the article, but I think it is an important addition to the history of the song. I was in Roma in the Christmas season of 1995, visiting my wife who was working in a movie. While there, I had the pleasure of watching homosexual Italian men perform the "Macarona," a parody of the Macarena. "Macarona," singular form of macaroni, was (is?) a slang word for penis in Italian. The dance consisted of a chopping motion of one hand along the other arm, which represented the measuring out of a larger and larger "macarona." Therefore, each time they repeated the word "macarona" they sounded more and more impressed. If this anecdote can be verified by more sources (and if it were widespread in Italia), then perhaps it could make the real entry.
Samuel Ramirez of Sam & Simon made a parody called "Gonorrhea". This one is also popularly mis-attributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic & Cheech & Chong. in this line Samuel Ramirez is linked to the Wall street exec Samuel Ramirez. I don't know for sure but something tells me that that is not the same Samuel who created the song.
i removed "*At River Middle School, Napa California, Everyone at their school dance did the macarena simulatneously. " as i didnt think it was relavent.
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I have noticed that the dance which accompanied the song Macarena has been credited to a ‘Venezuelan Flamenco instructor created it for her class to dance to, and it eventually caught on with the rest of the world.’.. no name, which doesn’t surprise me in the least. The same steps/moves for this dance were doing the rounds in the 1970’s and usually to ‘The Locomotion’ (Little Eva). As a DJ during that period (before and after) I saw the dance performed at least once a week. In 1989 I even video’d my own daughter (aged 8) doing the exact same dance (but this time to Kylie Minogue’s version). I would like to say that this type of action is very rare.. but sad to say it is not – though in this case the claimant seems to have remained anonymous (for whatever reason) … maybe in a few years time someone will pop up and say ‘I wrote that dance’. Anyone taking bets???
Well i just did an internet search and popular opinion seems to credit Mia Frye with having invented the Macarena dance in 1996. she is a choreographer, taught as a dance instructor. Los del Rio "Macarena" 1993 was a song with no video, until a French record company commissioned a video and that was apparently what led to it really taking off. Mia Frye is the original choreographer for the video, and hence (apparantly) the Macarena dance today.
Interesting information from the internet. One has to remember that a 'choreographer' as well as 'writing' dances also (usually) instructs other people in the art form. Choreographers are mentioned many times within film or tv/media screen credits, this does not mean that they have written (choreographed) the dances shown. They, in most cases have provided only the instruction which may have included some artistic direction.
I recall, not only the [ongoing] debate about the dance 'The Electric'/'Electric Slide' but also a dance called 'Footboogie'and the more than passing similarity to the dance 'Natalies Night Flyer'... but strange as it seems the two choreographers in question have not (or admit to) seeing the film 'Footloose' which preceeded both dance by more than a few years. For during that film - and also at the very end where they are all dancing in the 'flour mill' - are a number of the step combinations later used for BOTH dances.
I will stand by 101% on the dates etc given on my previous posting.. and add.. that on talking to and emailing different people, this 'dance' was indeed as popular as what I said and across most of the U.K..as well as undeniable video evidence. ... let a popular dance go dormant for a while without anyone claiming to be the choreographer.. and sooner or later 'someone' will claim the prize.
I have been a choreographer of dance (Ballroom/Line/Soul) for nearly 40 years and have choreographed (written) nearly 400 dances including an easily identifiable 'Line' dance going back to 1968 (which may blow the myth about 'The Bus Stop' being the first in 1975).. whoa betide anyone laying claim to any of those in 5 or 10 years time.
The first paragraph says that the song first became a hit in the U.S. when the Bayside Boys remixed it in 1996. But then it says that the song was "later" covered by Los Del Mar as a single. So which version was the one that first became a hit?
The Los Del Rio (Bayside Boys Remix) version is the massive hit that swept throughout the U.S.
Should the dance be considered as part of (or at least inspired by) the Parapara genre, in that it involves preset movements and specific to arm movements? This style of dance has been popular in Asia for decades.
Who was this "famous" actor? Cannot find him in imdb nor in google at all. There's just a reference to this page here.
Also it says that he had a "heart stroke"... I'm not sure if that's an accurate term, i'm guessing not ( MGoers37 02:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC))
Does somebody know where can I get the oroginal 1993 version? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.125.51.73 ( talk) 01:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The song's artist credit goes to Los Del Rio since they created the original version. I was wondering if anybody knows who is the female singer in the Bayside Boys Mix (the music video version) that the women in the music video lip-synch to? I think it's important to place that information in the article otherwise if it wasn't for her school-girlish voice it probably wouldn't have been the megahit it was.
Her name is Carla Vanessa — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.54.143.248 ( talk) 06:33, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
From the comments on this video it would seem that it is Carla Vanessa. Can this be changed? —Gina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwNuxhL1Kc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.37.239.136 ( talk) 02:21, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
In the music video for the song, there's a line where a person says "I am not trying to seduce you!" If you've seen The Graduate, this line in the music video sounds exactly like the line Mrs. Robinson says to Ben. Did the Bayside Boys sample this line from the movie for their video? Worth mentioning in the article, if true? DippyDawg ( talk) 23:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
How many of these should we keep? Most likely the GrooveGrass Boyz version since it charted, but beyond that I'm lost. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 00:45, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
By the way, can the Hydrogen by M.O.O.N. be counted as cover versin of Macarena? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.15.195.247 ( talk) 11:56, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
We have enough parodies and mentions listed. Let's not turn this article into a list of every time someone mentioned the song. Cases like the GrooveGrass Boyz and Animaniacs parodies are certainly non-trivial, but we don't need every instance of a parody. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 17:56, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
I notice the origin of the dance is hotly debated, but I think the dance (craze) itself is notable enough to bear a description. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.191.125.142 ( talk) 04:19, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
The current version [1] of the article has this sentence in the lead paragraph:
The "Bayside Boys Mix" became the best known version of the song, as it had English lyrics, sung by an uncredited artist.
I'm deleting this piece of crap sentence. 74.178.230.234 ( talk) 04:30, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
it was an international hit in 1995, 1996, and 1997, and continues to have a cult following
Cult following sounds like exaggeration. NotYourFathersOldsmobile ( talk) 01:34, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
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The "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" is parodied in the Animaniacs episode 92 [1] as "Macadamia Nut" from Animaniacs (after the nut of the same name). The cartoon is a parody of the "Macarena" music video starring Dot and the entire Animaniacs cast. Unlike most song parodies on the show, this one uses the actual music from the song, with only minor alterations. This is because at the height of its popularity, Warner Bros. Records purchased the publishing rights to the song. The parody lyrics were written by Tom Ruegger. Rob Paulsen can be heard in the beginning in the background vocal. The parody lyrics can be translated as "¿Donde que vas a Nintendo?" ("Where did you go to, Nintendo?"), a reference to Nintendo, "¿Hola, que pasa, you grande sack o' grain-ia?" ("Hi, what's up, you big sacks of grain?"), a reference to the Squash and stretch technique, "Qui a coupe le fromage, we abstrain-ia" ("Who cut the cheese? We abstrain"), a reference to the Freakazoid episode "Frenching with Freakazoid", "Lava tus manos, por favor" ("Wash your hands, please"), and "Otra vez on y vas the repetitive refrain-ia" ("One more time and you go the repetitive refrain.") [2]During the song, after Dot Warner, Skippy Squirrel, Pinky, Minerva Mink, Hello Nurse laugh, Slappy asks, "I don't get it, what's the joke?!" and Minerva Mink, Hello Nurse, Skippy Squirrel, Pinky, and Dot Warner all answer, "Uh..." and the song resumes, and ends when The Warner Siblings say, "Oy, Macadamia Nuts!". In an interview, Jon McClenahan, animator of Animaniacs, and founder of StarToons, said of the experience, [3]"'Dot the Macadamia Nut' was my pet project, and I laid it all out (not hard with white card BG's!) & animated as much of it as I could - in the end I think I did close to 60% of the animation for that. Dave Pryor did a few shots, Sternecky (freelancing) did a couple shots, (as yet not hired director) John Griffin also did a few, and I believe TJ House may have done a few." [3] He also said, [4]"In the Kids WB Animaniacs marathon, 'Dot the Macadamia Nut' was included, but apparently not as a viewer selection. It was introduced as 'PRODUCER TOM RUEGGER'S FAVORITE!' Ruegger regularly gushed about our work, and yes, he particularly liked "Macadamia" (the original simpler title). He never withheld compliments." [4] [5] It was performed by Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jess Harnell, Frank Welker, Sherri Stoner, Nathan Ruegger, and Julie Brown. [6] 68.49.78.77 ( talk) 19:23, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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I would recommend a bit more context about the dance in this article - seems more notable than the article implies, as the article mostly focuses on the song with only minor references to the dance craze. - KaJunl ( talk) 02:46, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Meant to say "content" not "context" - KaJunl ( talk) 02:46, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
The link takes you to the remix. It should go to the original. 24.165.142.140 ( talk) 00:54, 12 October 2022 (UTC)