"Chacarron" (often known as "Chacarron Macarron") is a song by Panamanian artists
Rodney Clark (El Chombo) and Andres de la Cruz (also known as Andy's Val Gourmet).
It is a reworking of the original version from 2003 by Andy's Val Gourmet, who is credited as 'Andy's Val' on the release. A
cover
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by Yahari appears as the first track of their 2005 album ''Las + Bailables de .... Yahari''.
El Chombo and Andy's Val Gourmet's version reached the top 20 on the
UK Singles Chart in December 2006.
The song was used as
walk up music before
at bats by
José Reyes when he played for the
New York Mets. The song is included in the 2021 dance video game ''
Just Dance 2022''.
Internet popularity
The song gained attention online when the chorus was used on a
YTMND page by the name of "Ualuealuealeuale" which was created in 2005 by a user named MowtenDoo. It contained a
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of
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played by
Adam West being drugged in a scene from the
1966 series' first episode. The page also gained popularity on
YouTube with a reupload of it gaining millions of views.
"Chacarron Macarron" became
viral
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on the Internet owing to its
nonsensical lyrics and odd music video. The lyrics consist of
gibberish
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. The "uale" noise earned de la Cruz (Andy Val) the nickname of "The Mute" ("El Mudo" in Spanish), but due to a mispronunciation, he also earned the nickname of "El Mundo", and the song was subsequently used in numerous viral videos and
YouTube Poops during the late 2000s and onward. One particular video involved a loop of Nintendo character
Mario headbanging from a
Singapore Airlines advertisement.
The song was also used as part of the Hurr-Durr
JavaScript trojan in 2009.
Charts
References
2003 songs
2005 singles
2006 singles
Novelty songs
El Chombo songs
Warner Music Group singles
Internet memes introduced in 2005
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