Mamãe Eu Quero

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Mamãe Eu Quero , also known under the Spanish title Mamá Yo Queiro (dt. Mama I want ) or the English title I Want My Mama (dt. I want my mom ), is a song in Portuguese composed in 1937 by Vicente Paiva and Jararaca which is one of the most famous musical pieces of the Rio Carnival .

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The fun song tells the story of a baby who longs to suckle milk from its mother's breast but has to be satisfied with a milk bottle and pacifier instead.

Carmen Miranda made the song internationally known.

Versions

The song became internationally known through the recording of the singer Carmen Miranda , who was born in Portugal and grew up in Brazil . Soon there were covers of Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with the English title I Want My Mama .

In the 21st century, the song was covered by King África (2000 under the title Mamá Yo Quiero ) and by T-Rio (2004 under the title Choopeta , derived from the Portuguese word chupeta for pacifier ).

The song in the movie

The song was first heard and seen in 1940 in the film Galopp ins Glück (original title: Down Argentine Way ) in the aforementioned version by Carmen Miranda. With Miranda in 1944 another take was made for the film Four Jills in a Jeep , which later fell victim to editing.

Nevertheless, the song found itself repeatedly in the film world; For example, the Marx Brothers sang it in 1941 in Die Marx Brothers im Kaufhaus (original title: The Big Store ). In 1943 it was heard in the episode Tom as a baby puss (OT: Baby Puss ) of the cartoon series Tom and Jerry and in 1951 there was a corresponding scene in the episode Be a Pal of the sitcom series I Love Lucy .

Several times men danced in women's clothes when this song was performed; so Mickey Rooney 1941 in Babes on Broadway , Jerry Lewis in 1953 in Starr fear (OT: Scared Stiff ) and 1982 Jonathan Sagall , Zachi Noy and Yftach Katzur as a trio in hunting hares , the fourth installment of the film series popsicles .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mamãe eu Quero. Do Carnaval brasileiro para o mundo. (Portuguese; article of February 16, 2012)
  2. ↑ King Africa: Mamá yo quiero on YouTube (from 5:30)
  3. ↑ T-Rio: Choopeta (Mamãe Eu Quero) at YouTube
  4. ↑ T-Rio ( Choopeta Mamãe Eu Quero ) at hitparade.ch
  5. ↑ Carmen Miranda: Mamãe Eu Quero (film scene from Down Argentine Way ) on YouTube
  6. ↑ Carmen Miranda: Mamãe Eu Quero (deleted scene from the film Four Jills in a Jeep ) on YouTube
  7. ^ Scene from The Big Store on YouTube
  8. ↑ Scene from Baby Puss on YouTube
  9. ↑ Scene from Be a Pal on YouTube
  10. ↑ Soundtrack for the episode Be a Pal on IMDb
  11. ↑ Mickey Rooney in Babes on Broadway on YouTube
  12. ↑ Jerry Lewis in Scared Stiff on YouTube
  13. ↑ Film scene from popsicle - hare hunting on YouTube