Maya the Bee (song)

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the bee Maja
Karel Gott
publication 1976
length 3:30
Genre (s) Bat
Author (s) Karel Svoboda , Florian Cusano
text Florian Cusano
music Karel Svoboda

Maya the Bee is a song by the Czech composer Karel Svoboda and the lyricist Florian Cusano . It was sung in the first version by the pop singer Karel Gott as the theme song for the German version of the German-Japanese cartoon television series Die Biene Maja from 1975. The song also serves as the theme song in the Franco-German version of the same name , which has been produced since 2013 , this time sung by Helene Fischer .

Background and origin

The first broadcast of the series Maya the Bee in the Federal Republic of Germany took place from September 9, 1976 to September 1977, every Thursday on ZDF , Austria followed ten days later. The series quickly developed into the most successful cartoon series on ZDF at that time, with an average of three to four million children between the ages of three and 13 watching the first broadcast. The title song sung by Karel Gott appeared as a Polydor single with Bunter Schmetterling as B-side on March 3, 1977 and reached number 1 in the NDR hit parade in early May 1977. The end credits were an instrumental version by the James Last Orchestra , which was not published at the time.

The theme song of the second season was sung by Karel Gott only in the first episodes and was later replaced by an up- tempo version by James Last (not identical to the end credits version), who sang a female choir. In contrast to the TV reruns, this was replaced by Karel Gott's version before all episodes were released on DVD.

A version of the film music recorded by Karel Gott and Norbert Dickel in 1996 as a possible club anthem of Borussia Dortmund under the title Black and Yellow - Wie Biene Maja was less successful with the fans than the opponents of the Black and Yellows.

In 2013, the song was replaced by a version sung by Helene Fischer in the 3D animated new edition of the series .

reception

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Karel Gott
  AT 18th 05/15/1977 (4 weeks)
Helene Fischer
  DE 78 04/12/2013 (1 week)

The song has established itself very well in the German-speaking area and is one of the classic television hits, together with other songs by Karel Svoboda such as Pinocchio , Nils Holgersson or Hey, Hey Wickie . Maya the Bee appeared in the original version on numerous samplers with children's songs or TV series hits. In May 1977 the song entered the Austrian singles charts at number 18 and stayed there for four weeks.

The song has been published or covered by numerous musicians and bands, some of them internationally in their own language versions, including:

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Harald R. Fabian: Summ, hum, hum - how the little Maya the bee became a big star. Funk Uhr 25/1977, pp. 14-15.
  2. ↑ Vote ! Which BVB anthem is the best? ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. By Anne-Kathrin Neumann, May 13, 2011, Dorstener Zeitung  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dorstenerzeitung.de
  3. ↑ Karel Gott - Maya the Bee. austriancharts.at, accessed on September 10, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Helene Fischer - Maya the Bee. officialcharts.de, accessed on September 10, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Giraffenaffen 6 / Sampler / Neues Album / 2020. cd-lexikon.de, accessed on July 13, 2020 .