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"Barbie Girl" is a song by Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua. It was released in April 1997 by Universal and MCA as the third single from the group's debut studio album, Aquarium (1997). The song was written by band members Søren Rasted , Claus Norreen , René Dif , and Lene Nystrøm , and was produced by the former two alongside Johnny ...
Aquarium is the debut studio album by Danish band Aqua, released on 26 March 1997.The album is best known for including the globally successful single "Barbie Girl", which went on to become a widely recognizable hit around the world, as well as the popular track “Lollipop (Candyman)”.
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]
(It should be noted that while “Barbie Girl” was Aqua’s only hit in the U.S. — which Rasted blames on their American label, MCA Records, making the “weird decision” to pick “Lollipop ...
Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian Europop band, [6] [7] best known for their 1997 single "Barbie Girl". [8] [9] The group formed in 1995 in Copenhagen [10] and achieved international success around the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band released three albums: Aquarium in 1997, Aquarius in 2000 and Megalomania in 2011. The group sold an ...
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have officially dropped the music video for “Barbie World,” which appears on the Barbie movie soundtrack and samples the iconic Aqua song “Barbie Girl.” And in ...
"Doctor Jones" is a song by Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua, released as the fourth single from their debut album, Aquarium (1997). It was the follow-up to their most successful song, "Barbie Girl", and first released as a single in most of Europe in October 1997 by Universal Records.
The song received positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic editor William Cooper described it as a "bouncy eurodisco hit", and noted further that it was "reminiscent of Aqua's 'Barbie Girl', with its singalong chorus, cutesy female vocal squeal, and wacky synth beats."