Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na.flv

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahna_Ma...

Original version
"Mah Nà Mah Nà" debuted as part of Umiliani's soundtrack for the Italian mondo film Svezia, inferno e paradiso (Sweden: Heaven and Hell) (1968), a pseudo-documentary about wild sexual activity and other behavior in Sweden. The song accompanied a scene in the film set in a sauna. The lead part was sung by Italian singer/composer Alessandro Alessandroni.[1] The song also appeared on the 1968 soundtrack album released for the film.

"Mah Nà Mah Nà" was a hit in many countries in 19681969. In the U.S. it peaked at #55 in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #44 on the Cash Box magazine chart in October 1969.

The song's lyrics contain no actual words, only nonsense (iambic) syllables resembling scat singing. The original version interpolates melodies from "Swedish Rhapsody" (Midsummer Vigil) by Hugo Alfvén, "Santa Lucia", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland", and others.

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[Joseph Lilley]

this should be played in every elevator

[beckyboston]

Sesame Street's music has bizarre origins...

[Jake Cain-Roser]

lol

[Jake Cain-Roser]

haha, true

[hissingweasel]

It WS first on an Italian porno

[bill allen]

to settle all the arguments; one word: benny hill.

i know, i know..that's two words. still, it was long before

'sesame street' was a twinkle in pbs' eye.

check out 'johnny trunk's ost show' on resonance fm

for a great sesame street music history show;

there's tons of rare sesame street tunes. you're welcome, y'all.

[johnnystaccata]

I think this song was featured on the Smothers Brothers show before Sesame Street..

[James Sheen]

It was definitely NOT on sesame street first... the tune got in the uk charts in 1969

[RYN988]

It was on Sesame Street first though.

[LibertyBoss24]

mais non mais non lol

[areyousmokingthehash]

my mistake so.

[dvdcase56]

Nope it was featured in the first season of Sesame Street. And then it coverd by The Muppets