"Dançando Lambada" is a song by French-Brazilian group
Kaoma
Kaoma was a French-Brazilian band formed around 1989 by French producers Jean Georgakarakos and Olivier Lorsac to promote the song "Lambada (song), Lambada". Loalwa Braz was hired to sing lead vocals, other musicians were Chyco Dru (bass), Jacky ...
with the Brazilian vocalist
Loalwa Braz
Loalwa Braz Vieira (3 June 1953 – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian singer, best known for providing the lead vocals for the French-Brazilian recording act Kaoma for their 1989 cover of the hit "" (by Ulysses Hermosa, lead singer of the popula ...
. It was the second
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from Kaoma's debut album ''
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'' and followed the smash worldwide hit "
Lambada
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". Released in October 1989, it achieved success, peaking at number four in France, number six in Switzerland and number 11 in Ireland, but was unable to duplicate the success of the band's previous hit single. A dub version of "Lambada" was available on the 12" and CD maxi.
Critical reception
David Giles, reviewer of ''
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'', presented "Dançando Lambada" as a "Parisian re-working of a Brazilian tune that should do well at club level", while wondering whether the sound's novelty can be maintained after "Lambada". To Lisa Tilston of ''
Record Mirror
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'', "this is as funky and Latinate and thoroughly good fun as "Lambada"".
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of the same magazine considered "Dançando Lambada" as being "less exotically swirling but doubtless easy to programme and useful follow-up for dirty dancing fans, presumably again in Portuguese although almost sounding more African than South American this time".
Track listings
; 3" single
# "Dançando Lambada" (single version) — 3:48
# "Dançando Lambada" (version maxi) — 4:44
# "Lamba Caribe" — 3:36
; 7" single
# "Dançando Lambada" — 3:48
# "Lamba caribe" — 3:35
; 12" maxi
# "Dançando Lambada" — 4:45
# "Lamba caribe" — 5:29
; 12" maxi
# "Dancando Lambada" (LP version) — 4:44
# "Lambada" (dub mix) — 4:25
# "Lamba Caribe" (extended version) — 5:29
; CD maxi
# "Dancando Lambada" (single version) — 3:50
# "Dancando Lambada" (version maxi) — 4:46
# "Lamba Caribe" (extended version) — 5:31
# "Lambada" (dub mix) — 4:28
Charts and sales
Peak positions
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1989 singles
Kaoma songs
1989 songs
Columbia Records singles