"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 song by the Spanish vocal duo

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, released as the first single from their debut album ''

''. Written by Frank Dostal and , and produced by Soja, the song was a hit across Europe and became the duo's sole number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top of the UK Singles Chart in October 1977. Baccara were Spanish

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dancers Mayte Mateos and

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. They were discovered on the island of

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in the

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executive Leon Deane, who saw them dancing flamenco and singing traditional songs for tourists and signed them to the label.

Other uses

* Latvian singer Nora Bumbiere recorded a cover of the song titled in latvian ''Es gribu dejot bugi'' in the 1980s * Czech singer

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recorded her cover version on September, 28^th 1977. * Finnish singer had her first hit in Finland with a

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version called "Yes sir, " in 1978. * British singer

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recorded a cover of the song as a bonus track for her second studio album '' Shoot from the Hip'', and released it as the B-side of the single " I Won't Change You". This version would be included in the soundtrack of the 2018 Netflix series '' The House of Flowers''. * Lola (

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) performs the song during the closing scene of the 2005 movie '' Kinky Boots''. * In 2014, the song was used in a television advertisement in the United Kingdom for

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. * The song was adopted by fans of the

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in 2020 following the team's qualification for the

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championships. It had first become notable locally in 2015, due to a

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video of

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defender

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miming to the song while dressed in drag. Five years later, after Scotland defeated

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to reach their first major tournament since

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, videos of the players (including Considine) chanting the song in celebration after the match went viral on social media. Following the renewed success of the song, one half of Baccara,

, said that she would be happy to re-record the song for the people of Scotland. Following renewed popularity, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 57 on 20 November 2020. In June 2021, Scottish DJ George "GBX" Bowie released a new remixed version of the song for Scottish fans to use as an anthem for UEFA Euro 2020. This dance version included new vocals from Baccara and peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has since been considered an unofficial anthem of the Scottish national team. ** Glaswegian band

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performed a live version of "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" for their appearance on ''

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'' on 26 March 2021. The positive response to their version prompted the band to release a recording of their performance of the song as part of the Charity Boogie Bundle, a special edition digital download of their then-latest album ''Half Drunk Under a Full Moon'', with all profits going to the Tartan Army Children's Charity,

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and the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund. The band also announced plans to record a studio version of their cover with new lyrics, which would be released ahead of the Scotland national football team's opening game at Euro 2020 against the

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on 14 June 2021. While Mary Dostal and Marie-Luise Soja, widows of the song's writers Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja respectively, endorsed the Fratellis' version of the song and asserted that their late husbands would have also approved, Baccara vocalist María Mendiola was less keen on it, stating that she felt that they made the song sound more like the

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instead of disco. Having said that, Mendiola still considered the Fratellis "fantastic" and would be happy for their version of the song to be successful. * In 2022, clothing chain store '' H&M'' used the song in an advertisement. * In 2023, It was featured in an episode of '' The Continental: From the World of John Wick''. * In 2023, it was featured in Sofia Exarchou's feature film ''

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''. * In 2023, it featured in the '' Wicked Little Letters'' movie trailer for cinema release in 2024. * In 2024, it featured in the movie about the relationship between

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and

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, '' The Apprentice''.

Track listings

7" single (Europe & US) # "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 4:28 # "Cara Mia" – 2:53 12" maxi single (US only) # "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 6:50 # "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 6:50

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References

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