Lambada wave motion is reproduced by the dancers' bodies, and is one of the main elements that distinguish Lambada from other Latin dances. Around 1983, the Carimbó dance started again to be danced in couples, in a 2-beat style, something very close to Merengue, but with more spins. "Aurino Quirino Gonçalves", or simply Pinduca, is a Brazilian musician and singer in the north of Brazil (Amapá and Pará area), where it is strongly believed he is the true father of the lambada music. Pinduca is a musician and composer of mainly Carimbó. He is the singer and composer of the "King
Lambada (song) by Brazilian singer-songwriter Márcia Ferreira (with co-writer José Ari) in 1986 under her third album. Nowadays the song is credited to the Hermosa brothers (authors), Alberto Maravi, Márcia Ferreira and José Ari. In France, the song was used in a television advertisement for Orangina. The single became a worldwide summer hit, selling over 5 million copies in 1989 and was part of the Lambada dance craze. It reached number one on eleven different charts, as well as number four on both the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart, number five on the Australia ARIA Singles Chart, and in 1990