Tarzan boy
| Tarzan boy | |
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| Baltimora | |
| publication | April 5th 1985 |
| length | 3:48 (7 "), 6:15 (12", album) |
| Genre (s) | Synth-pop , Italo-disco |
| Author (s) | Maurizio Bassi, Naimy Hackett |
| Producer (s) | Maurizio Bassi |
| Label | EMI , Capitol / Manhattan |
| album | Living in the background |
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Tarzan Boy is a 1985 Baltimora song written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett.
history
The so-called " Tarzan Scream" was used as the bridge , based on the title. His vocals were edited so that the scream matches the melody. This became the trademark of the song, which was also assigned to the Italopop . It was reported that singer Jimmy McShane cannot be heard himself, but Maurizio Bassi.
In the episode A Face for Radio of New Tricks - The crime specialists could hear the song also was heard the song in a commercial of Listerine -Mundwasser, making it in the US only became popular.
Re-recordings of the song were used as the soundtrack of films such as Turtles III and Beverly Hills Ninja - Die Kampfwurst .
The song is 3:48 minutes long and appeared on the album Living in the Background . On the B-side is a remix version of the song.
success
Tarzan Boy was released worldwide on April 5, 1985, subsequently it became a number one hit in countries like Belgium (5 weeks from August 10 to September 13, 1985), the Netherlands (2 weeks from August 31 to September 13, 1985), Netherlands (2 weeks from August 31 to September 13, 1985) September 1985) and France (5 weeks from September 7th to October 11th 1985).
In the USA , too, the song was successfully placed in the Billboard Hot 100 (13th place), US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (6th place) and US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales (12th place) categories .
The song became a very successful top ten hit in countries such as Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Great Britain and Norway .
In 1993 Baltimora released another version of the song called Tarzan Boy (1993 Remix) , which reached number 51 in the US and became the soundtrack of the film Turtles III .
Cover versions
- 1992: Video Kids
- 1997: Pappa Bear
- 2001: Destiny's Child ( Nasty Girl )
- 2006: Soraya Arnelas
- 2010: DJ Bobo
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 France (SNEP)
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 gold
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500,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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gold
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50,000 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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gold
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25,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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 silver
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250,000 |
| All in all |
1 × silver 3 × gold |
825,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://hitparade.ch/song/Baltimora/Tarzan-Boy-1258
- ↑ Sources Chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH Tarzan Boy in the Official UK Charts (English) US
- ↑ Tommy Marx: One Hit Wonder Baltimora. In: PopMatters. July 17, 2009, accessed May 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Baltimora - Tarzan Boy. In: El Museo del One Hit Wonder. October 16, 2009, Retrieved May 12, 2016 (Spanish).
- ^ Award in France
- ↑ Award in Canada
- ↑ Award in Spain
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom
