Lambada (song) it hit number 46 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming one of the best known Brazilian songs of all time. "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)" was the 37th best-selling single of the United Kingdom during 1989. In France, where it topped the chart for 12 weeks and sold almost two million copies, the single was the number-one on the year-end list. The music video of the song was filmed on stage on Tago Mago Island in the Mediterranean Sea and on Cocos Beach in the city of Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil. It features the Brazilian child duo Chico & Roberta as
Maxixe (dance) Spanish tango, lundu, polka and habanera, and is danced to a rapid 2/4 time. Pianist Ernesto Nazareth composed many Brazilian tangos; he was known for blending folk influences into his tangos, polkas and waltzes. He resisted using folk terms for his compositions; he preferred "Brazilian Tango" to "maxixe". The maxixe was one of the dances that contributed to samba dance styles (such as samba de gafieira) and lambada. Vernon Castle said of the maxixe in his 1914 book "Modern Dancing", "The steps themselves are not difficult; on the contrary, they are childishly simple; it is the easiest dance of all