¡Ay, caramba! "''¡Ay, caramba!''" (), from the Spanish interjections (denoting surprise or pain) and (a minced oath for ), is an exclamation used in Spanish to denote surprise (usually positive). In popular culture and arts The exclamation became associ ...

'' is a Spanish language exclamation used to denote surprise. Caramba may also refer to:

Music

* Caramba (band), a Swedish music group or their 1981 self-titled album *''Caramba'', an orchestral overture by

William Blezard William Blezard (10 March 1921 in Padiham, Lancashire – 2 March 2003 in Barnes, London) was a pianist and composer who was musical director to Noël Coward, Marlene Dietrich and Joyce Grenfell. Personal life Blezard's parents worked in one ...

*''El caramba: canción andaluza'', composition for voice and piano or guitar by Ramon Carnicer

Albums

* ''Caramba!'' (album), a 1968 album by Lee Morgan * ''¡Ay Caramba!'' (album), by Ska Cubano, 2006 *''Caramba'', by Carmen González, or the title track, 2000 *''Caramba'', a series of albums by

Horst Wende Horst Wende (5 November 1919 – 23 January 1996) was a German bandleader, arranger and composer. He made easy-listening records under his own name as well as under the name Roberto Delgado. He was part of the wave of German-based easy-listening art ...

, also known as Roberto Delgado

Songs

*''Hey Caramba'', by

Compay Segundo Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Biography Compay (meaning ''compadre'') Segundo, so called because he was a ...

*"Caramba!... Galileu da Galileia" by Jorge Ben from ''

Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson or Ebenezer, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin ...

'', 1972 *"Caramba! It's the Samba", by

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local r ...

*"Caramba", by

The Champs The Champs are an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged 1958 instrumental single "Tequila (The Champs song), Tequila". The group took their name from that of Gene Autry's horse, Champion, and was formed by recording s ...

, 1959

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La Caramba María Antonia Vallejo Fernández (9 March 1751 – 10 June 1787), also known as La Caramba, was a Spanish singer and dancer of ''tonadilla'' music. Biography María was born on 9 March 1751 to Bernardo Vallejo and María Manuela Fernández. ...

, stage name of flamenco singer and dancer Maria Antonia Fernandez (1751–1787) *FC Caramba Riga, a predecessor of the

Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian Association football, football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 Latvian Higher League, 2016, the club has been playing in the Latv ...

, football club

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