Mambo No. 5 the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Bob the Builder's second number-one single there after "Can We Fix It?". The song experienced major success in Australia and Ireland. In the former country, the song debuted at number three on the ARIA Singles Chart on 4 November 2001 and reached number two on 18 November, held off the top spot by Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal". After staying at number two for another week, the song began to leave the chart, spending nine more weeks in the top 50. In Ireland, the song first
Mambo No. 5 Mambo No. 5 "Mambo No. 5" is a mambo and jazz dance song originally recorded and composed by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949. The song's popularity was renewed by German artist Lou Bega's sampling of the last 30 seconds of the original, released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album "A Little Bit of Mambo". Lou Bega's cover was a hit in the United Kingdom and in Australia, where it reached number-one in 1999. It stayed at number-one in Australia for eight weeks, ultimately becoming the best-selling single of 1999. It also topped almost every chart