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by Kevin Gritzke, for The University Daily Kansan
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MADRID, Spain — Now that the "Macarena" has become a distant memory, along comes "The Ketchup Song" — and dance.
The Spanish pop tune with gobbledygook lyrics is topping charts around the world, and it's accompanied by arm-waving, knee-knocking gyrations.
World relishes 'Las Ketchup'
The Asssociated Press
The album that features the song has sold 900,000 copies around the world, reaching gold status in much of Latin America.
One Danish Internet portal offers the melody for downloading as a cell phone beep.
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Indeed, the limelight is all over the Munoz sisters — Pilar, 29; Lola, 26; and Lucia, 19 — and their song about a fashion-conscious gypsy named Diego who makes up his own kind of rap.
The sisters teamed up a year ago and named themselves 'Las Ketchup' as a homage to their flamenco guitarist-father, nicknamed 'El Tomate.'
Their song, known in Spanish as "Asereje," bases its lyrics on snippets from the 1979 classic "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang, but transmogrifies them with a staccato twist from Las Ketchup's native Andalusia region.
This week, they are visiting Miami and New York to promote the single and the LP, called "Hijas del Tomate," or "Daughters of Tomato."
The refrain goes like this:
"Asereje ja de je de jebte jebere sebioubou majabi an de
That's not Spanish, it's gibberish.
The version released in the United States and most other non-Spanish speaking countries is called "The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)."
bugui an de buididipi."
The refrain's the same but the intelligible part of the song — it actually has one — switches to Spanglish.
The song's wildfire spread is reminiscent of the "Macarena," the 1996 song and dance by the Spanish duo Los del Rio.
Earlier this month, the Munoz sisters sang their song on one of Germany's most popular TV shows—13 million people tuned in and watched as David Bowie, Cindy Crawford and other glitterati did the dance.
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22 Machinery parts
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24 Simple bed
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