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Who sang Lambada?

Release date: 11/7/1989

Duration: 03:27

Kaoma released the song Lambada. Date of release: 11/7/1989.

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This song is about a love that wasn't meant to be, and the memories of that love.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Lambada’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.

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Kaoma - Short Biography

- Kaoma is a French-Brazilian band formed in 1988.
- The group was composed of Loalwa Braz, Chyco Dru (bass), Jacky Arconte (guitar), Jean-Claude Bonaventure (keyboard), Michel Abihssira and Fania.
- Dru is originally from Martinique, Arconte from Guadeloupe and Braz from Brazil.
- The group had a successful career, with their 1991 single "Lambada" topping the charts in several countries.
- Kaoma disbanded in 1996, but Loalwa Braz continued a solo career until his death in 2019.

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- The lambada dance has continued to develop in Brazil and elsewhere, for example through the Brazilian Zouk.
- The lambada dance is typical of Belém in the state of Pará in Brazil.
- The word lambada literally means "whip" (in Portuguese-Brazilian) or "slap".
- The lambada was popularized in the world by a French hit in the summer of 1989.
- French producers brought the rhythm of the lambada from Brazil to France, adapting and recording the melody of the song Llorando se fue, by the Bolivian group Los Kjarkas.
- These will assert their rights and will obtain victory in 1991.

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