Lambada - Kaoma [Lyrics - Engsub]

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"Lambada", also known as "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)" or "Llorando Se Fue (Lambada)" (both meaning 'crying, he/she went away' in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), is a song by French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma. It featured guest vocals by Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz, and was released as the first single from Kaoma's debut album, Worldbeat (1989).

The song in Portuguese was a mix cover of the 1986 hit "Chorando Se Foi" by Márcia Ferreira (with lyrics translated to Portuguese) and the Cuarteto Continental hit "Llorando Se Fue" (the first upbeat version of the song introducing the accordion), released in 1984 through the Peruvian record label INFOPESA and produced by Alberto Maraví; both songs were adapted from the 1981 Bolivian song "Llorando se fue" by Los Kjarkas.

At the time of release, "Lambada" was regarded as the most successful European single in the history of CBS Records, with sales of 1.8 million copies in France and more than 4 million across Europe. Overall, "Lambada" sold 5 million copies worldwide in 1989 alone according to the New York Times. However, the Kaoma group did not credit the original song of Los Kjarkas, leading to successful plagiarism lawsuits by the original authors of the song, the Bolivian group and their Portuguese-language co-authors.

* The story behind the song:

In Brazil on January 19, 2017, the body of singer Loalwa Braz (63) was discovered in a burned car in the Saquarema region, about 100 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro. According to local police, Loalwa Braz died after being assaulted by robbers.

During his lifetime, Loalwa Braz's name was associated with the globally famous song Lambada. But behind this huge hit, there's also one of the biggest plagiarism cases in the entertainment industry. The song Lambada was released in the summer of 1989. Within six months the song had sold over 5 million copies worldwide, including nearly 2 million singles in the French market alone.

On the cover of the record, the author's name is Chico de Oliveira, but behind this moniker is the filmmaker Olivier Lorsac. He discovered the dance as well as the song Lambada in Porto Seguro, on a trip to northern Brazil with a colleague (Jean Karakos) to prepare scenes for a documentary.

Returning to Paris, this song was recorded with a melodious, romantic and romantic organ arrangement. The song's copyright is registered at the Sacem authors' association in France. The two persuaded producer Henri Bodinat to fund the project. The song was promoted with an unprecedented wave of advertising.

"Lambada" is essentially a spectacular marketing hit: it's both a soda pop (Orangina) and a product introduced by CBS as a "summer dance". . This song is played and replayed hundreds of times on television stations, because TF1 participates as a co-producer.

The problem here is that Lambada's original is not a Brazilian folk song. The original song was composed in Spanish by brothers Ulysse and Gonzalo Hermosa with the title ''Llorando se fue'', which contains two opening lines inspired by a traditional Bolivian folk song. The Hermosa brothers founded the Los Kjarkas choir, which often performed to sponsor the two music schools they opened in Lima and Ecuador. The song "Llorando se fue" was first recorded by these two brothers in 1981, this song became a hit in Brazil when it was translated into Portuguese (Chorando se foi) through the singing of Márcia Ferreira.

In France, the song Lambada is an adaptation of 'Llorando se fue' recorded by Loalwa Braz with the band Kaoma. This group was formed through casting, some of the members having played with the original Senegalese group Touré Kunda. Out of the 14 members, there are 6 different nationalities. Only Loalwa Braz is the only Brazilian singer in the band Kaoma. And Monica Nogueira, thanks to her beautiful model-like face, was selected to advertise the band through photos and video clips.

However, the sudden success of Lambada caused a dispute between EMI and CBS. Without the financial backing of a major record label (EMI), two brothers Ulysse and Gonzalo Hermosa could hardly afford the costs of litigation. For EMI, this is an opportunity to force CBS to share profits. The litigation process lasted for two years and became one of the typical cases of plagiarism and copyright infringement.

The court finally recognized the two brothers Ulysse and Gonzalo Hermosa as the author, the Portuguese lyrics are just extra lyrics for Lambada. In addition to receiving compensation of 6 million francs in 1991 (equivalent to about one million euros), the two authors received additional royalties from then on. The song 'Llorando se fue' was subsequently "borrowed" many times, sometimes illegally.

During the 1990s, Lambada music circled the globe and spawned many other dances (such as the Soca or the Macarena) that exploited the same secret of success. Kaoma band after releasing three self-disbanded albums in 1998.