Las Ketchup- The Ketchup Song

Description
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé" which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in two versions, Spanish and English, with the latter performed in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish".

The song tells the story of a pimp-like "afro-gipsy, rastafari" character named Diego who walks into a crowded nightclub at midnight, and the DJ, as he sees Diego walk in, plays the "twelve-o'clock anthem", "the song he desires most", which happens to be the 1979 rap hit "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang. Its first verse: "I say the hip hop, the hippie...", prononuced phonetically in Spanish, the way it would sound to someone who does not understand English, becomes the song's chorus. Although technically meaningless and sometimes referred to as gibberish, the chorus is a more-or-less phonetic pronunciation of the first verse almost in its entirety.

The song was performed by a 3-girl Spanish group called Las Ketchup, and had a distinctive accompanying dance known as "The Ketchup Dance". This dance is still performed by some international folk dance groups, despite it not being a true folk dance.

The song was also remade in La Vida Mickey 2 by Walt Disney Records. In 2004, this song was including on the popular children's album series, Kidz Bop 4.

The popular German political comedy program Die Gerd-Show took the music and made a parody to the lyrics, called "Der Steuersong" (The Tax Song) for the taxation policies of the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

Lyrics
friday night it's party time
feeling ready looking fine,
viene diego rumbeando,
with the magic in his eyes
checking every girl in sight,
grooving like he does the mambo
he's the man there en la disco,
playing sexy feeling hotter,
he's the king baliar la ritmo ragatanga,
and the dj that he knows well,
on the spot always around twelve,
plays the mix that diego mixes con la salsa,
y la baila and he dances y la canta

Aserejé, ja de je de jebe tu de jebere sebiunouva
majavi an a bugui an a buididipí (x3)

many think its brujeria,
how he comes and disappears,
every move will hypnotize you,
some will call it chuleria,
others say that its the real,
rastafari afrogitano

he's the man there en la disco,
playing sexy feeling hotter,
he's the king baliar la ritmo ragatanga,
and the dj that he knows well,
on the spot always around twelve,
plays the mix that diego mixes con la salsa,
y la baila and he dances y la canta

Aserejé, ja de je de jebe tu de jebere sebiunouva
majavi an a bugui an a buididipí (x3)

A nanana...wayayéo

Aserejé, ja de je de jebe tu de jebere sebiunouva
majavi an a bugui an a buididipí (x9)