Tarzan Boy

Tarzan Boy is a song by Baltimora from the year 1985, which was written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett.

History

As a bridge, the so-called " Tarzan yell " was used, based on the title. He was vocally processed so that the scream to the tune fits. This has been the hallmark of the song, which was also associated with the Italopop. It has been reported that singer Jimmy McShane is not heard themselves, but Maurizio Bassi.

In the episode A Face for Radio New Tricks - The crime specialists could hear the song and also listened to the song in an advertisement of Listerine mouthwash, which he only became popular in the United States.

New recordings of the song were the soundtrack of films like Turtles III and Beverly Hills Ninja - The battle used sausage.

The song is 3:48 minutes long and was released on the album Living in the Background. On the B - side is a remix version of the song.

Success

Tarzan Boy was released on April 5, 1985 worldwide, as a result it became a number -one hit in countries such as Belgium (5 weeks from 10 August to 13 September 1985), The Netherlands (2 weeks from August 31 to 13 September. , 1985 ) and France (5 weeks from September 7 to October 11, 1985 ).

In the U.S., the song successfully placed in the categories Billboard Hot 100 (No. 13), U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ( 6th place) and U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales ( 12th place).

A very successful top ten hit was the song in countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK and Norway.

Was published in 1993 by Baltimora another version of the song with the name Tarzan Boy (1993 Remix), which reached number 51 in the U.S. and soundtrack of the film Turtles III was.

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