Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A footnote on the back of the Aquarium CD case precisely stated that "The song 'Barbie Girl' is a social comment and was not created or approved by the makers of the doll." [12] "Barbie Girl" is written in the key of C-sharp minor, [13] using major chords and an upbeat tempo to create an effect Rasted calls "the plus and minus". [14]
The song later peaked at number 7 in the United States, at the end of 1997. Its success helped the album reach number one in both the group's home countries, and make the top 10 in the UK and US. While not selling as highly as "Barbie Girl", the album's fourth single, "Doctor Jones", was released in late 1997 and became a number one hit in ...
In 2009, as part of a marketing strategy to revive sales, Mattel released a promotional video featuring a version of "Barbie Girl" with modified lyrics. [11] [12] In 2023, the soundtrack of the Mattel-produced film Barbie included the song "Barbie World" by rappers Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, which samples Aqua's single. [13]
Get nostalgic about the original Barbie doll -- and watch the original commercial from 1959! Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
The song debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Aqua's second single to enter the Top 10, and their first since "Barbie Girl". "Barbie World" also reached the Top 5 in the UK Singles Chart, in the same week that "Barbie Girl" returned to the UK Top 40 for the first time in 25 years. [30] [31] "Barbie World" debuted at number ...
Eilish said that one of the scenes they watched before writing the song was one toward the end with Margot Robbie’s Barbie and Rhea Perlman’s Ruth Handler (Barbie’s original creator), which ...
Billie Eilish set out to write the “Barbie” movie’s end credits song “What Was I Made For?” about the titular Mattel doll at the center of the summer’s biggest blockbuster. But the ...
"My Boy Lollipop" (originally "My Girl Lollypop") is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in 1956 by American singer Barbie Gaye under the title "My Boy Lollypop".