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The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent; however, the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish. [8] [9] Andrew Khan, writing in The Guardian, later described the sound as reminiscent of Bob Dylan's output from the 1980s. [9]
"Gibberish" is a song by American singer MAX. The song was released as a single on March 23, 2015. It features the vocals of Hoodie Allen. The music video was released the same day and as of October 2017 has over 20 million views on YouTube. The song was featured on the dance game, Just Dance 2016.
In 1905 the song, with Scandinavian spelling of the gibberish, was presented at a New Year’s cabaret in Gothenburg, Sweden. [1] [2] The lyrics and the melody were presumably derived from student singing in Central Europe.
The popularity of the song is lampooned in a 1940s film short. [4] In the film, The King's Men (who also performed on Fibber McGee and Molly) play young men living in a boarding house who are endlessly singing the song while getting dressed, eating dinner, playing cards, etc., until an exasperated fellow boarder (William Irving) finally has them removed to an insane asylum.
A TikToker shared a famous song that apparently mimics what English sounds like to non-English speakers. TikTok dumbfounded by gibberish song that sounds like English: '[Like] watching TV without ...
The song lyrics were written primarily in English, but Richie has admitted in at least one press interview that "African" lyrics in the song, such as "Tam bo li de say de moi ya" and "Jambo jumbo", were in fact gibberish. [7]
Other songs on the album are also of the same nonsense song genre. The closing theme song of the 1970s-80s sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati by Jim Ellis features gibberish lyrics. "Monster In The Mirror" from Sesame Street (1989) "The Gibberish Song" from Judy and David's Boombox (1999/2000)
The music and the concept itself is a parody of the song "Baby Cakes" by the American singer Dee Dee Sharp, released in 1962. "Butse Kik" (" buche cake ") is a play on the title "Baby Cakes". In Filipino cuisine, " butse ", " buche " " butsi " or " buchi " is a deep-fried pastry made of sticky rice flour with sweet red bean filling.