Who had the 1965 instrumental hit 'Spanish Flea'?
Spanish Flea Spanish Flea "Spanish Flea" is a popular song written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by Cissy Wechter. The song is best known from an instrumental version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, released as a B-side to the single "What Now My Love" and on their 1965 album "Going Places". The album was a No. 1 hit in the U.S. and the single peaked at #27 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and gained a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental. "Spanish Flea" featured Alpert's trumpet over a Latin rhythm backing. In the United States, the song
Spanish Flea In an episode of "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer", Vic Reeves plays the song through a prosthetic arm. In the Philippine Noontime show "It's Showtime" on ABS-CBN, this song was played for taking a picture of a person's face with a frame called "Face Dance". In "American Pie 2", the band camp counselor plays the song on his trumpet, not knowing that the trumpet had just been inserted into Jason Biggs' character's anus. The 1997-2001 Nickelodeon TV show "The Angry Beavers" had a theme song reminiscent of "Spanish Flea". In an episode of "Supernatural", the song is played when