Caramba (band)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Caramba   SE 14th 09/25/1981 (7 weeks)   NO 14th 43/1981 (8 weeks)

Singles

Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot   SE 1 04/10/1981 (13 weeks)   NO 1 27/1981 (22 weeks)

Caramba is a fun music project by the Swedish sound engineer and producer Michael B. Tretow with the singer Ted Gärdestad and other musicians from the ABBA environment .

background

In 1981 he recorded an album of happy songs in the styles of different countries. In addition, nonsense texts were sung, which should sound like the respective national language. All those involved also chose nonsense names for the credits, so that to this day only a few of them are known. In addition to Tretow and Gärdestad, who included Caramba songs in their greatest hits compilations, only ABBA accompanying drummer Roger Palm and Björn Skifs from Blue Swede are certain. It was released under the fictional label name Trash Records .

The most famous song of the project is Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot . It became a number one hit in Sweden and Norway and other European countries as well. In Germany, the piece ran in the credits of the sketch music show Bananas .

Discography

Albums

• 1981: Caramba

Singles

• 1980: Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot
• 1981: Carambas Jul

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1. ↑ Chart sources: Sweden / Norway
2. ↑ Musicians' information on Abba - The Show ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Bananas in the Fernsehlexikon.de

Web links

• Caramba at discogs
• Info and single cover at disco-disco.com (English)