The Ketchup Song
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"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé" which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in two versions, Spanish and English, with the latter performed in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish".
The song tells the story of a pimp-like "afro-gipsy, rastafari" character named Diego who walks into a crowded nightclub at midnight, and the DJ, as he sees Diego walk in, plays the "twelve-o'clock anthem", "the song he desires most", which happens to be the 1979 rap hit "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang. Its first verse: "I say the hip hop, the hippie...", prononuced phonetically in Spanish, the way it would sound to someone who does not understand English, becomes the song's chorus. Although technically meaningless and sometimes referred to as gibberish, the chorus is a more-or-less phonetic pronunciation of the first verse almost in its entirety.
- I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
- Aserejé ja de jé de jebe
- to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop
- tu de jebere sebiunouva
- the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie
- majabi an de bugui
- to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
- an de buididipí
The song was performed by a 3-girl Spanish group called Las Ketchup, and had a distinctive accompanying dance known as "The Ketchup Dance". This dance is still performed by some international folk dance groups, despite it not being a true folk dance.
The song was also remade in La Vida Mickey 2 by Walt Disney Records. In 2004, this song was including on the popular children's album series, Kidz Bop 4.
The popular German political comedy program Die Gerd-Show took the music and made a parody to the lyrics, called "Der Steuersong" (The Tax Song) for the taxation policies of the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
| Preceded by "The Long and Winding Road / Suspicious Minds" by Will Young & Gareth Gates |
UK number-one single October 13, 2002 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| Preceded by "The Logical Song" by Scooter |
ARIA (Australia) number one single October 13, 2002 |
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| Preceded by "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne |
World number one single October 26, 2002 - December 07, 2002 (7 Weeks) |
Succeeded by "Die Another Day" by Madonna |
| Preceded by "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
ARIA (Australia) number one single November 17, 2002 - November 24, 2002 |
Succeeded by "Born To Try" by Delta Goodrem |
| Preceded by "Jenny from the Block" by Jennifer Lopez |
Canadian number-one single February 22, 2003 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera |
Categories: 2002 songs | Spanish language songs | Spanish songs | Number-one singles in Canada | Number-one singles in the United Kingdom | Number-one singles in Germany | Number-one singles in Australia | Number-one singles in Ireland | Number-one singles in the Netherlands | Multilingual songs | Number-one singles in New Zealand
