Chacarron Macarron
| "Chacarron" | ||||
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| Single by El Chombo featuring Andy's Val Gourmet | ||||
| Released | 2005[1] / 2006 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Panamanian reggaetón | |||
| Length | 2:46 (radio edit) 3:00 (re-recorded version) 4:19 (extended version) | |||
| Label | Warner, Substance Records | |||
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| Producer | Rodney S. Clark | |||
| El Chombo singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Chacarron Macarron" on YouTube | ||||
"Chacarron" (often known as "Chacarron Macarron" or "Shark Around"[3]) is a song by Panamanian artists Rodney Clark (El Chombo) and Andres de la Cruz (also known as Andy's Val Gourmet).
It is a reworking of the original version from 2003 by Andy's Val Gourmet, who is credited as 'Andy's Val' on the release.[4] A cover by Yahari appears as the first track of their 2005 album Las + Bailables de .... Yahari.[5]
El Chombo and Andy's Val Gourmet's version reached the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart in December 2006.[6]
The song was included on the compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 65 of the UK series.[7] It was used as walk up music before at bats by José Reyes when he played for the New York Mets,[8] and is also included in the 2021 dance video game Just Dance 2022.[9]
Andy's Val Gourmet died of cardiac arrest on September 11, 2023, as announced on El Chombo's Instagram.[10]
Composition and lyrics
[edit | edit source]"Chacarron" is a Panamanian reggaeton song which samples "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow during the bridge sections.[11] The song is known for its mostly unintelligible lyrics.
Internet popularity
[edit | edit source]The song gained attention online when the chorus was used on a YTMND page by the name of "Ualuealuealeuale" which was created in 2005 by a user named MowtenDoo. It contained a .gif of Batman played by Adam West being drugged in a scene from the 1966 series' first episode. The page also gained popularity on YouTube with a reupload of it gaining millions of views.[12][13]
"Chacarron Macarron" became a popular viral on the Internet owing to its nonsensical lyrics and odd music video. The lyrics mostly consist of gibberish.[14] The "uale" noise earned de la Cruz (Andy Val) the nickname of "The Mute" ("El Mudo" in Spanish), but due to a mispronunciation, he also earned the nickname of "El Mundo", and the song was subsequently used in numerous viral videos and YouTube poops during the mid-2000s, late 2000s and onward.[13] One particular video involved a loop of Nintendo character Mario headbanging from a Singapore Airlines advertisement.[15] The song was also used as part of the Hurr-Durr JavaScript trojan in 2009.
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2005–2007) | Peak position |
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| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] | 2 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[17] | 14 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] | 41 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 20 |
References
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- ^ "El Chombo: Chacarron" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ "El Chombo – Chacarron". Singles Top 100. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
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