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"Panda Madam" (often stylized as "pAnda mAdam") is a song by Romanian singer
Anda Adam Anda Adam (born 27 April 1980) is a Romanian singer and model. She is best known for her singles " My Love on You" and " Panda Madam". Anda began her music career in 1999, after collaborating with Romanian band R.A.C.L.A. on the songs "Nu mă u ...
, recorded and released for her third studio album ''AMO'' (2013). It was released as the fifth single from the record on 14 February 2012, following the previous singles — " My Love on You" (2009), "Cadillac" (2010), "Show Me" (2010), and "Trust" (2011). The track was written and produced by
Marius Moga Marius Moga () is a Romanian singer, songwriter, producer and television personality. He writes and produces music in various styles and genres, especially pop, R&B and club music. In 2011, he became the judge and mentor of the reality singing sho ...
, who has previously produced many of Anda's works. The song experienced moderate chart success in Sweden, Romania, and Turkey, peaking number 29, 26, and 3 respectively. A remix EP was also released in 2012, which featured remixes of the songs "Panda Madam", "Feel" (2012), and "Show Me". An accompanying music video for "Panda Madam" was premiered on November 14, 2011. Directed by Alex Ceaușu, the clip features Anda Adam and couple of her friends in stewardess and pilot costumes flying in an airplane around the world in all seven continents. The song was met positively, a critic comparing it to the singer's biggest hit in the native country, "Ce ți-aș face (Selecta)" (2005) by calling it a "revival".


Promotion and music video

Anda performed the song live on the Romanian TV show ''Neatza cu Răzvan și Dani'' on 27 December, 2011. The singer also performed the song at NRJ Music Tour in
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on 2 July, 2012. The music video, shot and directed by Alex Ceaușu, was premiered on November 14, 2011. It managed to gain over 12.000 views in the first 24 hours of its upload. The video for the song represents Anda dressed in a pilot costume flying in a plane with a couple of fellow females, dressed as stewardesses. The music video shows various people from different countries dancing to the song, including
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and many others from all the continents.


Critical reception and Charts Performance

Alexandru Manea of Romanian website ''ADPM'' called the song "cool" with some accents of "hip-hop". He compared the song to "Ce ți-aș face (Selecta)" which became the singer's biggest hit in the native country, by calling it a "revival", and later "Selecta 2011". Commercially, the song experiences moderate chart success in countries such as Sweden, Romania and Turkey. In the singer's native country, Romania, the song spend seven weeks on the
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, reaching its peak of 26 in its sixth week.


Track listing

*Official versions #"Panda Madam (Radio Edit)" – 3:27 #"Panda Madam (Extended Version)" – 5:15 #"Panda Madam (Zampa Tools Mix)" – 4:50 #"Panda Madam (LLP Remix)" – 5:07 #"Panda Madam (Lazybox Remix)" – 5:54 #"Panda Madam (Lazybox Remix Edit)" – 3:25


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References

{{reflist 2012 songs 2012 singles Anda Adam songs English-language Romanian songs Songs written by Marius Moga