"Tingalingaling" (also credited as Tingeling) is the thirteenth single by the Dutch girl group

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, released in the summer of 1981 by CNR/

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. The song appears on the Forever Yours album and the

Goodbye Luv' ''Goodbye Luv is a compilation album by Dutch girl group Luv' released by CNR/Carrere Records in 1981 after the formation announced its break-up. It features hit singles taken from the studio albums ''True Luv (1979) and '' Forever Yours'' (1 ...

compilation. It was meant to be Luv's farewell to their public. The members of the female pop act didn't know at this time they would make several reunions in the future.

Background

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was a smash hit in

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, proving that Luv's new member

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(who replaced

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) was accepted by the public. However, just before Christmas 1980,

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became overworked and had to be on sick leave until February 1981. The group had to stop all its activities. In early March 1981, Luv's break-up was announced in the media. A Dutch radio DJ, Hugo van Gelderen, often played "Tingalingaling" (an uptempo post-disco and synth-pop track taken from the Forever Yours album) on

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station. The song was so popular among the TROS listeners and Luv's fans that

decided to release it as a single. The group made a farewell performance on July 22, 1981, on the "Nederland Muziekland" show on

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to promote what was supposed to be their final single. Then, a compilation entitled

, including the trio's repertoire from 1979 to 1981, came out.

Commercial performance

Due to a limited promotion by the Luv' singers, "Tingalingaling" only charted in the Netherlands and was a moderate hit in comparison with the million-sellers

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and

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Lyrics to Tingalingaling
{{Luv' 1980 songs 1981 singles Luv' songs Songs written by Hans van Hemert Songs written by Piet Souer Carrere Records singles