Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
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"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" is a song by Mexican-American Tejano pop
singer Selena
from her album Amor Prohibido
(1994). The album's second single, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was written by Selena and Pete Astudillo
. It was produced by A.B. Quintanilla III
– Selena's brother – and Bebu Silvetti
. The song was released on August 13, 1994, in the United States. It was picked up by Tejano, rhythmic contemporary
and Contemporary Latin radio stations
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", regarded as Selena's signature song
, was an unplanned song. After its first draft by Selena, the unfinished song was performed during her Entre A Mi Mundo Tour during 1992 to 1993. Selena wanted to see her fans' reaction before completing it. Despite the positive reaction of fans, the song was not recorded at the time. It was modified to a roots reggae
style to become accessible for Hispanics who were unfamiliar with her music. It won the award for "Most Performed Song of the Year" at the 1996 Broadcast Music Incorporated Latin Awards. At the 1994 Tejano Music Awards
, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" won Song of the Year, while at the 2010 ceremony, it won Best 1990s Song. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and the music video were given mixed to positive reviews.
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" had extensive airplay in the United States, peaking at No. 1 on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks
, the second consecutive number-one single from Amor Prohibido. The single failed to impact any music chart. Music critics from Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Cuba, and Ecuador complained about its lack of chart success in their countries. Selena had promoted the song during three world concerts, including the Entre A Mi Mundo Tour (1992–93), Selena Live! Tour
(1993–94), and the Amor Prohibido Tour
(1994–95). The accompanying music video
was released on May 10, 1994, on the major Spanish-language television channels. The song has been covered
by many artists, with the most notable example being by Alejandra Guzmán
, who both recorded and sang in homage to Selena during the Selena ¡VIVE!
tribute concert, which was held on April 7, 2005.
(1994), was one of Selena's signature song
s. It was written by Selena and Pete Astudillo
before being arranged
by Roger Emerson. The song was produced by A.B. Quintanilla
, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. and Bebu Silvetti
; Brain "Red" Moore, a family friend, audio mixed
the song. Selena recorded the song at Q-Productions
, her father's recording studio, in Corpus Christi
, Texas.
Selena and her band Los Dinos occasionally covered popular songs during their tours. To support of her previous album, Entre a Mi Mundo
(1992), during the Entre A Mi Mundo Tour (1992–1993), Selena decided to sing a song which she had recently written. Initially, the song described a fish swimming freely in the ocean. Originally dubbed "Little Bidi Bubbles", then "Little Bubbles" and "Swim Swim Swim!", the song was a combination of roots reggae and cumbia music. The song was used for sound checks at the band's rehearsals. Selena wanted to witness her fans' reactions to the song before completing it. Despite her fans' positive reactions, this version of the song was not recorded following the tour. While gathering inspiration to release an exotic progressive
album to help expand Selena's fan base, A.B. decided to complete "Little Bidi Bubbles". A.B. had wanted to finish the song as a Caribbean reggae song mixed with Colombian Cumbia
to attract fans from Latin America
. Band members and Astudillo helped A.B. with writing the song, while Perez helped gather Rock fusion and guitar solo
s into the song.
Within a couple of weeks of the lyrics completion in early 1994, Selena began recording her fifth studio album. A.B. was nervous about the song because the mixed compositions had never been done before for a Tejano artist. EMI Records had a difficult time picking the lead single for the album. Selena and EMI wanted "Amor Prohibido
" as the first single, whereas A.B., wanted "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and unsuccessfully tried to convince his sister and EMI. Selena had done takes for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" at Q-Productions and Moore's recording studio in San Antonio
, Texas. The song took less than three days to record. After Selena was murdered, by which time she was working on a crossover
album, EMI Latin wanted to release the unfinished album, but they were short of songs. Selena's brother A.B. had remixed the song for Dreaming of You (1995).
roots reggae
song mixed with Colombia Cumbia music, which draws influences from rock fusion, Latin rock
and Caribbean reggae . With 90 beats per minute, the original version is set in common time
and set in F major
; the remixed version from Dreaming of You (1995), is set in C major
. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" incorporates music from several musical instruments, including the drum
s, violin
and keyboards. Selena sings with a soprano
voice, spanning two octaves. The song's chorus
has a basic chord progression
C–F–G7 The song is also composed in a moderate beat tempo.
The song's lyrics describe a girl who is interested in a guy. Her heart would palpitate (Bidi Bidi Bom Bom) every time he walks near her. The feelings inside her begins to be a bit too much for her and emotionally she cannot control it. Her knees and her heart begins to tremble, when she hears his voice. The song ends with girl saying "when I hear this song, my heart wants to sing like this...ohhhh"
The English version (draft) of the song, although only a few of the lyrics:
, Colorado
concert on January 10, 1994. The next day, Selena sang the song during her Stockton
, California
, concert. During the San Juan
, Puerto Rico
concert, fans sang along with Selena, the song was becoming popular on the island. In February, Selena performed it at the Houston Astrodome and wore a purple swimsuit – she was later buried in the same suit. During the Noche De Carnaval concert in Miami, Florida, she sang most of the tracks from Amor Prohibido with the exception of "Ya No". She had sang most of the songs in Amor Prohibido with the exception of "Ya No".
During a half-hour spot on The Johnny Canales Show (see Johnny Canales
) in mid-1994, Selena wore one of her original deigns from her clothing store, Selena Etc.
Selena performed "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" live on Cristina Saralegui
's show El Show De Cristina in July. Her final live performance was on March 14, 1995, at the Calle Ocho Festival in Miami, which attracted over 100,000 fans.
Selena promoted the song during three concert tours, Entre A Mi Mundo Tour (1992–93), Selena Live! Tour (1993–94), and the Amor Prohibido Tour (1994–95).
's Ramiro Burr noted that, with French lyrics, it could have been popular in European night clubs. Kristine Helen Burns, in her book Women and Music in America Since 1900 (2002), stated that "No Me Queda Más
" and "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" helped Selena peak in her fan base by 1995. Ilan Stavans
and Harold Augenbraum
reviewed "Amor Prohibido
" and stated that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "No Me Queda Mas", and "Techno Cumbia
" are the key hits of the album.
Antonio Morales of Gringo Gazette
stated that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was one of his favorite songs, while he opined that "Selena was having fun with this track. You could really hear her excitement, enthusiasm and lovely voice in this gem." He also ended his review stating that "I also love her laughs, it gets to me all the time. You can really get into this song." Aaron Sebastian Cruz, also from Gringo Gazette, wrote that "Selena's passion and conveying abilities, helped her with recording Bidi Bidi Bom Bom - a fun reggae song that is a great choice anywhere at any social gatherings." In Cruz's Top 100 Fun Summer Songs, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was positioned at number six. Diosdada Sagarra Díaz of Adelante
wrote that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is a great song from the late singer [Selena], it shows where Pete Astudillo and A.B.'s mixing styles, which comes together, can really do. While it had peaked at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, the song became her signature song. In Mexico, little girls put their Selena costumes on and dance to the addicting rhythms of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"." Díaz also said that "[...] To even non-Selena fans, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", is so catchy and romantic, that they too love hearing this song on the radio." Alberto Rivera, of El Universo
believed that it was one of the first Spanish-Reggae songs to have ever reached number-one on Billboard 's Hot Latin Tracks. He also commented on Jennifer Lopez
's performance of the song during the Selena
movie, "[...] and Jennifer Lopez's performance of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was very interesting. A Puerto Rican dancing to a Mexican-American singer's song, shows how you can be from a different lifestyle but can also enjoy others as well. This is a great example of how we Hispanics should see each other."
Jim Carroll
of the The Irish Times
had wrote that "[...] Selena's "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" may be a rising fame in Latin America, but the number-one single on Billboard's Hot Latin Track was just on the radio the other day. I had asked one of my colleagues here, "who sings that song?" - she then told me that it was Mexican-American singer Selena. I knew who Selena was, just not the song. I quickly fell in love with it and was hooked the moment I heard it." Carroll ended his review with "the moment I heard it.... The song is just a masterpiece". Alexio Almeirão of Expresso
said that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is one of Selena's best songs during her career, and one of her well best known songs internationally". Almeirão complained that "[...] the song could have been way better if it had more of a Cumbia sound - then Reggae. Something similar to "Ya No" with a mixture of "No Me Queda Mas", would've topped the charts internationally". Almeirão also commented that "I had always liked A.B.'s songs, but with "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", even though there are some ruff edges, is one of my favorite songs." his countdown of The Top 200 Spanish-language Songs, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was positioned at number fifty-two. Almeirão said his reason was because "The song did very well in Latin America, not too well around the world, especially Portugal
." Victor Gallegos of El Día
compared "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" with "Parece Sincera
", a song by El Roockie
, and said that "Both of these songs would have rocked the charts everywhere if they had come together, somehow." Xosé Rodríguez of La Opinión A Coruña wrote down that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was a "[...] Classic. It hits all the right keys and Melody", while Devanté Williams of Las Cruces Sun-News
stated that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was a "Hit in the making for non-Spanish-speaking countries".
During the entire month of March 2010, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and a few other Selena music videos were selected for a Selena tribute on the fifteenth anniversary of her death to 42 million homes nationwide on Music Choice On Demand. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was highly liked by children and was covered in various children compilation album
s after the singer's death.
" was falling from the top spot to number-four. It peaked at number-one on October 22, 1994, spending four weeks at the summit. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" re-entered the chart on April 15, 1995 (the week after the singer's death) at number-six, while her single "No Me Queda Mas" also re-entered at number-five. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" peaked at number four on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay
charts and number eleven on the Latin Pop Songs chart.
The single failed to impact any music chart, globally. A few music critics from Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Cuba, and Ecuador had complained about the songs chart performance in their countries.
for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was filmed on April 28 to 30, and directed by Cecilia Miniucchi. The video was shot in Santa Monica
, California
at the Santa Monica Pier
. On May 10, it premiered on the major television channels in Latin America
. Produced by Tango Productions, Philip Holahan served as the director of photography, while editing was done by Clayton Halsey. Fans were asked to volunteer as backup dancer
s and random people during some takes of the video. EMI had a casting call for a handsome guy to be Selena's crush. Selena wore summer-clothing, bottom-styles depicting an Indian slave woman.
The clothing that Selena wore for the music video was subsequently stolen by Yolanda Saldivar
(former president of Selena's fan club and of Selena Etc.), who kept the clothing as a shrine
in her room. After she had murdered Selena, the Quintanilla family tried to retrieved Selena's stolen belongings from Saldivar's parents, but they decided not to hand-over Selena's clothing to them, as well as a suitcase filled with other belongings of Selena's.
"I don't know what's going to happen next." They then meet at a traffic light in their adjacent vehicles. A street-seller approaches the guy to sell his roses, which became successful, when he had asked for one.
The guy then gave the roses to Selena and asks her (by gesturing with a nod of his head) to follow him. Selena's car signal then transitions to the guy's direction. While she sings "I can't control my heart, and it sings" (in Spanish). As she begins to follow the guy's car, he moves his rear-view mirror to see Selena. They later appear at a festival and enjoy games together. Music solos begin, as the guy wins a prize teddy bear
and gives it as a gift to Selena. Videos of their relationship begin to play, now showing both enjoying various activities. At sunset, they leave the festival, laughing together. The video ends with a flashback scene to an alternate reality, where the street-seller is unsuccessful. The guy decides not to buy them: resulting in Selena and the guy leaving in opposite directions.
's The Early Show
with Julie Chen
, while she interviewed Selena's family about the upcoming release of Ones
(2002). On March 4, 2007, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" entered MTV Spain
's Top20 MTV Selection at number 11. It climbed to No. 1 during the week of March 31, the twelfth anniversary of Selena's death. Selena was featured on Fugues
, an LGBT
-related French
magazine, during their "Top 10 Most Widely Played Songs in Gay Clubs in Canada". Fuegues editor, François Petit, said "The music video for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was astonishing and greatly appreciated among French gays for its grooves and addicting lyrics, in nightclubs across Canada." It was positioned at number-ten.
Mexico promo single
Source:
artists. During the Selena ¡VIVE!
concert (2005), a tenth anniversary remembrance concert, Alejandra Guzmán
sang the song live with back-up dancers accompanying her. In 2007, Wyclef Jean
added Selena's vocals of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" along with Melissa Jimenez for his sixth studio album Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
. Selena Gomez
, who was named after Selena, sang the song in San Antonio, Texas, for Nick Jonas
during her Selena Gomez & the Scene: Live in Concert
tour in 2010. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was also included in a lesbian
pride event in Long Beach
, California
.
Puerto Rican boy band
, Tick Tock
, covered the song, as well as creating a music video to promote the song in 2004. Colombian
band members of BIP
covered the song and released a music video in reggaeton. Mexican singer Ely Guerra
released her version of the song via her MySpace
account.
Tejano music
Tejano music or Tex-Mex music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas...
singer Selena
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
from her album Amor Prohibido
Amor Prohibido
Amor Prohibido is the fifth studio album by American Tejano pop singer Selena. The album was released on March 13, 1994 by EMI Latin. It was re-released on September 24, 2002, as part of the Selena: 20 Years of Music collection, and included music videos and spoken liner notes by her family,...
(1994). The album's second single, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was written by Selena and Pete Astudillo
Pete Astudillo
Pedro "Pete" Astudillo is a Mexican American songwriter.-Life:Astudillo was one of the leaders of the Tejano music scene, and from an early age followed mariachi and conjunto music. He began his musical career as a backup vocalist for the queen of Tejano, Selena, as a member of Selena y Los Dinos...
. It was produced by A.B. Quintanilla III
A.B. Quintanilla
Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III better known as A.B. Quintanilla III or simply A.B. Quintanilla, is an American songwriter, record producer and musician. He is the older brother of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena...
– Selena's brother – and Bebu Silvetti
Bebu Silvetti
Juan Fernando Silvetti Adorno , professionally known as Bebu Silvetti or simply Silvetti, was an Argentine pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer...
. The song was released on August 13, 1994, in the United States. It was picked up by Tejano, rhythmic contemporary
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may...
and Contemporary Latin radio stations
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", regarded as Selena's signature song
Signature song
A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...
, was an unplanned song. After its first draft by Selena, the unfinished song was performed during her Entre A Mi Mundo Tour during 1992 to 1993. Selena wanted to see her fans' reaction before completing it. Despite the positive reaction of fans, the song was not recorded at the time. It was modified to a roots reggae
Roots reggae
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of God, called Jah by rastafarians. It also is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor...
style to become accessible for Hispanics who were unfamiliar with her music. It won the award for "Most Performed Song of the Year" at the 1996 Broadcast Music Incorporated Latin Awards. At the 1994 Tejano Music Awards
1994 Tejano Music Awards
The 14th Tejano Music Awards were held in 1993. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The Tejano Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony recognizing Tejano music musicians.- Vocalists of The Year :*Male Vocalist of The Year...
, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" won Song of the Year, while at the 2010 ceremony, it won Best 1990s Song. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and the music video were given mixed to positive reviews.
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" had extensive airplay in the United States, peaking at No. 1 on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks
Hot Latin Songs
Hot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song...
, the second consecutive number-one single from Amor Prohibido. The single failed to impact any music chart. Music critics from Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Cuba, and Ecuador complained about its lack of chart success in their countries. Selena had promoted the song during three world concerts, including the Entre A Mi Mundo Tour (1992–93), Selena Live! Tour
Selena Live! Tour
The Selena Live! Tour was the second concert tour by the late popular Latin-American singer, Selena.-About the tour:The Selena Live! Tour was the second concert tour from Selena and her band "The Dinos". The tour was the more successful than their previous "Entre A Mi Mundo Tour". They performed in...
(1993–94), and the Amor Prohibido Tour
Amor Prohibido Tour
The Amor Prohibido Tour was the final concert tour by popular Latin-American singer, Selena, before she was shot and killed on March 31, 1995. After her "Amor Prohibido" tour she would be getting ready for her "Crossover"-tour that would be from late April 1995- until June 1995 in Texas, then...
(1994–95). The accompanying music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was released on May 10, 1994, on the major Spanish-language television channels. The song has been covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by many artists, with the most notable example being by Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
, who both recorded and sang in homage to Selena during the Selena ¡VIVE!
Selena ¡VIVE!
The tribute concert was followed up with the release of the album of the performance, released on May 10, 2005. Though it did not include many of the songs performed, it does include many of the highlights.-Track listing:# "Tú Sólo Tú" - Ana Gabriel...
tribute concert, which was held on April 7, 2005.
Background and production
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", one of the first songs composed for Selena's fifth studio album Amor ProhibidoAmor Prohibido
Amor Prohibido is the fifth studio album by American Tejano pop singer Selena. The album was released on March 13, 1994 by EMI Latin. It was re-released on September 24, 2002, as part of the Selena: 20 Years of Music collection, and included music videos and spoken liner notes by her family,...
(1994), was one of Selena's signature song
Signature song
A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...
s. It was written by Selena and Pete Astudillo
Pete Astudillo
Pedro "Pete" Astudillo is a Mexican American songwriter.-Life:Astudillo was one of the leaders of the Tejano music scene, and from an early age followed mariachi and conjunto music. He began his musical career as a backup vocalist for the queen of Tejano, Selena, as a member of Selena y Los Dinos...
before being arranged
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
by Roger Emerson. The song was produced by A.B. Quintanilla
A.B. Quintanilla
Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III better known as A.B. Quintanilla III or simply A.B. Quintanilla, is an American songwriter, record producer and musician. He is the older brother of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena...
, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. and Bebu Silvetti
Bebu Silvetti
Juan Fernando Silvetti Adorno , professionally known as Bebu Silvetti or simply Silvetti, was an Argentine pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer...
; Brain "Red" Moore, a family friend, audio mixed
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
the song. Selena recorded the song at Q-Productions
Q-Productions
Q-Productions is a record company owned and operated by Abraham Quintanilla Jr. Founded in 1993, Q Productions or also known as Q, or Q-Zone specializes within the Latin music industry, and it is located in Texas. The company's most recognized contributing artists are Selena , Los Tres Reyes, and...
, her father's recording studio, in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...
, Texas.
Selena and her band Los Dinos occasionally covered popular songs during their tours. To support of her previous album, Entre a Mi Mundo
Entre A Mi Mundo
Entre a mi mundo is the third studio album by American Tejano pop singer Selena. The album was released on May 6, 1992 by EMI Latin, it was re-released as part of the Selena: 20 Years of music collection with bonus tracks and spoken liner notes by Selena's family, friends, and former band. Entre a...
(1992), during the Entre A Mi Mundo Tour (1992–1993), Selena decided to sing a song which she had recently written. Initially, the song described a fish swimming freely in the ocean. Originally dubbed "Little Bidi Bubbles", then "Little Bubbles" and "Swim Swim Swim!", the song was a combination of roots reggae and cumbia music. The song was used for sound checks at the band's rehearsals. Selena wanted to witness her fans' reactions to the song before completing it. Despite her fans' positive reactions, this version of the song was not recorded following the tour. While gathering inspiration to release an exotic progressive
Progressive music
Progressive music may refer to:*Art rock*Progg*Progressive bluegrass*Progressive country*Progressive electronic dance music*Progressive folk*Progressive metal*Progressive rock...
album to help expand Selena's fan base, A.B. decided to complete "Little Bidi Bubbles". A.B. had wanted to finish the song as a Caribbean reggae song mixed with Colombian Cumbia
Music of Colombia
The music of Colombia is an expression of the Colombian culture, which contains diverse music genres, traditional and moderns according with the features of each geographic region; although it is frequent to find different musical styles in the same region...
to attract fans from Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Band members and Astudillo helped A.B. with writing the song, while Perez helped gather Rock fusion and guitar solo
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
s into the song.
Within a couple of weeks of the lyrics completion in early 1994, Selena began recording her fifth studio album. A.B. was nervous about the song because the mixed compositions had never been done before for a Tejano artist. EMI Records had a difficult time picking the lead single for the album. Selena and EMI wanted "Amor Prohibido
Amor Prohibido (song)
"Amor Prohibido" is a song recorded by American Tejano pop singer Selena for her fifth studio album of the same name . The song was written by Selena, A.B. Quintanilla III and Pete Astudillo and was produced by Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Jorge Alberto Pino, Bebu Silvetti and Gregg Vickers...
" as the first single, whereas A.B., wanted "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and unsuccessfully tried to convince his sister and EMI. Selena had done takes for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" at Q-Productions and Moore's recording studio in San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Texas. The song took less than three days to record. After Selena was murdered, by which time she was working on a crossover
Crossover (music)
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres...
album, EMI Latin wanted to release the unfinished album, but they were short of songs. Selena's brother A.B. had remixed the song for Dreaming of You (1995).
Composition and lyric content
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" is a mid-tempoTempo
In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
roots reggae
Roots reggae
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of God, called Jah by rastafarians. It also is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor...
song mixed with Colombia Cumbia music, which draws influences from rock fusion, Latin rock
Rock en Español
Rock en español is the Spanish-language rock music. While the term is used widely in English, it is used in Spanish mainly to distinguish such music from "Anglo rock." It is a style of rock music that developed in Latin American countries and Latino communities, along with other genres like...
and Caribbean reggae . With 90 beats per minute, the original version is set in common time
Common Time
"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...
and set in F major
F major
F major is a musical major scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat . It is by far the oldest key signature with an accidental, predating the others by hundreds of years...
; the remixed version from Dreaming of You (1995), is set in C major
C major
C major is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor....
. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" incorporates music from several musical instruments, including the drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and keyboards. Selena sings with a soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
voice, spanning two octaves. The song's chorus
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
has a basic chord progression
Chord progression
A chord progression is a series of musical chords, or chord changes that "aims for a definite goal" of establishing a tonality founded on a key, root or tonic chord. In other words, the succession of root relationships...
C–F–G7 The song is also composed in a moderate beat tempo.
The song's lyrics describe a girl who is interested in a guy. Her heart would palpitate (Bidi Bidi Bom Bom) every time he walks near her. The feelings inside her begins to be a bit too much for her and emotionally she cannot control it. Her knees and her heart begins to tremble, when she hears his voice. The song ends with girl saying "when I hear this song, my heart wants to sing like this...ohhhh"
The English version (draft) of the song, although only a few of the lyrics:
"Oh alright! Oh if I had just one wish! Oh if I had one wish, I'll let you keep that wish. And I swim, swim, swim, ooh underneath the sea I swim. And I say, I say; swim, swim, swim underneath the sea I swim. And I say, I say; Bidi Bidi Bom Bom. Bidi Bid Bidi Bom Bom"
Live performances
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was the second song sung live during the DenverDenver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
concert on January 10, 1994. The next day, Selena sang the song during her Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, concert. During the San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
concert, fans sang along with Selena, the song was becoming popular on the island. In February, Selena performed it at the Houston Astrodome and wore a purple swimsuit – she was later buried in the same suit. During the Noche De Carnaval concert in Miami, Florida, she sang most of the tracks from Amor Prohibido with the exception of "Ya No". She had sang most of the songs in Amor Prohibido with the exception of "Ya No".
During a half-hour spot on The Johnny Canales Show (see Johnny Canales
Johnny Canales
Johnny Canales is a former Tejano singer, and was host of the popular show titled "The Johnny Canales Show". Canales is credited with one of the first live performances of Selena by her thirteenth birthday. He took Selena y Los Dinos for their first concerts in Mexico...
) in mid-1994, Selena wore one of her original deigns from her clothing store, Selena Etc.
Selena Etc.
Selena Etc. was a South Texas-based boutique, salon, and clothing store, which was built by Latin Superstar, Selena. Selena Etc. was built and finished on January 27, 1993 in Corpus Christi, Texas which was the headquarters building...
Selena performed "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" live on Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui is a Cuban American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, Cristina. She also has her own fashion line of accessories and comforters for bed and bath....
's show El Show De Cristina in July. Her final live performance was on March 14, 1995, at the Calle Ocho Festival in Miami, which attracted over 100,000 fans.
Selena promoted the song during three concert tours, Entre A Mi Mundo Tour (1992–93), Selena Live! Tour (1993–94), and the Amor Prohibido Tour (1994–95).
Critical reception
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was popular with children and young adolescents. BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
's Ramiro Burr noted that, with French lyrics, it could have been popular in European night clubs. Kristine Helen Burns, in her book Women and Music in America Since 1900 (2002), stated that "No Me Queda Más
No Me Queda Más
"No Me Queda Más" is a song by Mexican-American Tejano pop singer Selena. "No Me Queda Mas" was the third lead single released from her album Amor Prohibido . The song was written and produced by Ricky Vela, A.B. Quintanilla III and Bebu Silvetti...
" and "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" helped Selena peak in her fan base by 1995. Ilan Stavans
Ilan Stavans
Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-American, essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator, translator, short-story author, TV personality, and teacher known for his insights into American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures.- Life :Ilan Stavans was born in Mexico to a middle-class Jewish family from the Pale...
and Harold Augenbraum
Harold Augenbraum
Harold Augenbraum is an American writer, editor, and translator. He is currently Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, member of the Board of Trustees of the Asian American Writers Workshop, and former vice chair of the New York Council for the Humanities...
reviewed "Amor Prohibido
Amor Prohibido
Amor Prohibido is the fifth studio album by American Tejano pop singer Selena. The album was released on March 13, 1994 by EMI Latin. It was re-released on September 24, 2002, as part of the Selena: 20 Years of Music collection, and included music videos and spoken liner notes by her family,...
" and stated that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "No Me Queda Mas", and "Techno Cumbia
Techno Cumbia
"Techno Cumbia" is a song by American Tejano pop singer Selena, released as the seventh single from her album, Amor prohibido . It was written by Selena's brother and music producer, A.B. Quintanilla III, backup singer Pete Astudillo, lead keyboardist Ricky Vela, and produced by Quintanilla and...
" are the key hits of the album.
Antonio Morales of Gringo Gazette
Gringo Gazette
The Gringo Gazette is an English-language newspaper founded by Carrie Duncan, published every other week for the American expatriate communities in Baja California and Baja California Sur, Mexico. It has been published since 2001. Most of its contributors are Americans living in Mexico or Americans...
stated that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was one of his favorite songs, while he opined that "Selena was having fun with this track. You could really hear her excitement, enthusiasm and lovely voice in this gem." He also ended his review stating that "I also love her laughs, it gets to me all the time. You can really get into this song." Aaron Sebastian Cruz, also from Gringo Gazette, wrote that "Selena's passion and conveying abilities, helped her with recording Bidi Bidi Bom Bom - a fun reggae song that is a great choice anywhere at any social gatherings." In Cruz's Top 100 Fun Summer Songs, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was positioned at number six. Diosdada Sagarra Díaz of Adelante
Adelante (newspaper)
Adelante is a Cuban newspaper. It is published in Spanish, with an online English edition.The newspaper is located in Camagüey. It is a premiere newspaper that is considered to be similar to New York's "Times".- External links :* *...
wrote that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is a great song from the late singer [Selena], it shows where Pete Astudillo and A.B.'s mixing styles, which comes together, can really do. While it had peaked at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, the song became her signature song. In Mexico, little girls put their Selena costumes on and dance to the addicting rhythms of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"." Díaz also said that "[...] To even non-Selena fans, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", is so catchy and romantic, that they too love hearing this song on the radio." Alberto Rivera, of El Universo
El Universo
Diario El Universo is one of the largest daily newspapers in Ecuador. It was founded in 1921 and the first edition was published September 16 of the same year. Its headquarters are located in Guayaquil....
believed that it was one of the first Spanish-Reggae songs to have ever reached number-one on Billboard 's Hot Latin Tracks. He also commented on Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
's performance of the song during the Selena
Selena (film)
Selena is a 1997 American biographical drama film about the life and career of the late Tejano music star Selena, a recording artist who was well known in the Mexican-American and Hispanic communities in the United States and Mexico before she was shot to death at the age of twenty-three.The movie...
movie, "[...] and Jennifer Lopez's performance of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was very interesting. A Puerto Rican dancing to a Mexican-American singer's song, shows how you can be from a different lifestyle but can also enjoy others as well. This is a great example of how we Hispanics should see each other."
Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll (journalist)
Jim Carroll is an Irish music journalist, blogger and editor who is currently employed by The Irish Times. He runs a blog titled "On the Record" for the newspaper....
of the The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
had wrote that "[...] Selena's "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" may be a rising fame in Latin America, but the number-one single on Billboard's Hot Latin Track was just on the radio the other day. I had asked one of my colleagues here, "who sings that song?" - she then told me that it was Mexican-American singer Selena. I knew who Selena was, just not the song. I quickly fell in love with it and was hooked the moment I heard it." Carroll ended his review with "the moment I heard it.... The song is just a masterpiece". Alexio Almeirão of Expresso
Expresso (Portuguese newspaper)
right||thumb|Expresso Expresso is the flagship publication of the Group IMPRESA, and was founded by Francisco Pinto Balsemão in 1973...
said that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is one of Selena's best songs during her career, and one of her well best known songs internationally". Almeirão complained that "[...] the song could have been way better if it had more of a Cumbia sound - then Reggae. Something similar to "Ya No" with a mixture of "No Me Queda Mas", would've topped the charts internationally". Almeirão also commented that "I had always liked A.B.'s songs, but with "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", even though there are some ruff edges, is one of my favorite songs." his countdown of The Top 200 Spanish-language Songs, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was positioned at number fifty-two. Almeirão said his reason was because "The song did very well in Latin America, not too well around the world, especially Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
." Victor Gallegos of El Día
El Día (Canarias)
El Día is a Spanish newspaper published in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , founded in 1939 under the name of "La Prensa". According to EGM, the newspaper is on average more daily readers of the Canary Islands....
compared "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" with "Parece Sincera
Parece Sincera
"Parece Sincera" is the first single from El Roockie's 2007 album Semblante Urbano.-Chart positions:...
", a song by El Roockie
El Roockie
Iván Bladimir Banista, better known as El Roockie or The Roockie is a Panamanian reggae recording artist, currently signed to Luny Tunes' Mas Flow Inc...
, and said that "Both of these songs would have rocked the charts everywhere if they had come together, somehow." Xosé Rodríguez of La Opinión A Coruña wrote down that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was a "[...] Classic. It hits all the right keys and Melody", while Devanté Williams of Las Cruces Sun-News
Las Cruces Sun-News
Las Cruces Sun-News, founded in 1881, is a daily newspaper published in Las Cruces, New Mexico.-History:The Sun-News started in 1881 as the Rio Grande Republican and went through several mergers to become the Las Cruces Daily News in 1934...
stated that "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was a "Hit in the making for non-Spanish-speaking countries".
During the entire month of March 2010, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and a few other Selena music videos were selected for a Selena tribute on the fifteenth anniversary of her death to 42 million homes nationwide on Music Choice On Demand. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was highly liked by children and was covered in various children compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s after the singer's death.
Chart performance
The single debuted at number thirty on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart on August 13, 1994 while her previous single "Amor ProhibidoAmor Prohibido (song)
"Amor Prohibido" is a song recorded by American Tejano pop singer Selena for her fifth studio album of the same name . The song was written by Selena, A.B. Quintanilla III and Pete Astudillo and was produced by Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Jorge Alberto Pino, Bebu Silvetti and Gregg Vickers...
" was falling from the top spot to number-four. It peaked at number-one on October 22, 1994, spending four weeks at the summit. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" re-entered the chart on April 15, 1995 (the week after the singer's death) at number-six, while her single "No Me Queda Mas" also re-entered at number-five. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" peaked at number four on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay
Latin Regional Mexican Airplay
Regional Mexican Songs is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with La Niña Fresa by Banda Z being the first song to reach number-one. It features Latin music information from different genres like Mariachi, Norteño, Banda and...
charts and number eleven on the Latin Pop Songs chart.
The single failed to impact any music chart, globally. A few music critics from Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Cuba, and Ecuador had complained about the songs chart performance in their countries.
Background and development
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was filmed on April 28 to 30, and directed by Cecilia Miniucchi. The video was shot in Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
at the Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica Pier
The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark.-Pacific Park:...
. On May 10, it premiered on the major television channels in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Produced by Tango Productions, Philip Holahan served as the director of photography, while editing was done by Clayton Halsey. Fans were asked to volunteer as backup dancer
Backup dancer
A backup dancer is a performer who dances with or behind the lead performers in a live musical act or in a music video. Their movements provide a visual symmetry and rhythm to accompany the music....
s and random people during some takes of the video. EMI had a casting call for a handsome guy to be Selena's crush. Selena wore summer-clothing, bottom-styles depicting an Indian slave woman.
The clothing that Selena wore for the music video was subsequently stolen by Yolanda Saldivar
Yolanda Saldívar
Yolanda Saldívar is a Mexican American woman who was convicted in 1995 of the murder of Tejano music singer Selena at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 31, 1995.- Early life :...
(former president of Selena's fan club and of Selena Etc.), who kept the clothing as a shrine
Shrine
A shrine is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated....
in her room. After she had murdered Selena, the Quintanilla family tried to retrieved Selena's stolen belongings from Saldivar's parents, but they decided not to hand-over Selena's clothing to them, as well as a suitcase filled with other belongings of Selena's.
Synopsis
The music video opens up with fans throwing their hands up high in the sky, while Selena gently onto a pier, in slow-harmony "yeah". The video then transitions to Selena pumping gas into her Jeep Wrangler, watched by a handsome man nearby. Selena notices the guy looking at her, then she looks away smiling. Meanwhile, she begins to sing the song "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom". She then says in SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
"I don't know what's going to happen next." They then meet at a traffic light in their adjacent vehicles. A street-seller approaches the guy to sell his roses, which became successful, when he had asked for one.
The guy then gave the roses to Selena and asks her (by gesturing with a nod of his head) to follow him. Selena's car signal then transitions to the guy's direction. While she sings "I can't control my heart, and it sings" (in Spanish). As she begins to follow the guy's car, he moves his rear-view mirror to see Selena. They later appear at a festival and enjoy games together. Music solos begin, as the guy wins a prize teddy bear
Teddy bear
The teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear. They are usually stuffed with soft, white cotton and have smooth and soft fur. It is an enduring form of a stuffed animal in many countries, often serving the purpose of entertaining children. In recent times, some teddy bears have become collector's items...
and gives it as a gift to Selena. Videos of their relationship begin to play, now showing both enjoying various activities. At sunset, they leave the festival, laughing together. The video ends with a flashback scene to an alternate reality, where the street-seller is unsuccessful. The guy decides not to buy them: resulting in Selena and the guy leaving in opposite directions.
Reception
The music video was welcomed with positive reception from music critics. In 2002, a snippet was featured on CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
's The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
with Julie Chen
Julie Chen
Julie Suzanne Chen is an American television personality, news anchor, and producer for CBS. She has 16 years of newscasting experience. She is best known for co-anchoring CBS's The Early Show, alongside Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez. She has been the host of the U.S. version of Big Brother...
, while she interviewed Selena's family about the upcoming release of Ones
Ones
Disc 2 Music video DVD#No Quiero Saber#La Carcacha#Buenos Amigos [Duet With Álvaro Torres]#La Llamada#Amor Prohibido#No Me Queda Más#Bidi Bidi Bom Bom#Techno Cumbia#Dónde Quiera Que Estés [Duet With Barrio Boyzz]#Tú, Sólo Tú#Siempre Hace Frío...
(2002). On March 4, 2007, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" entered MTV Spain
MTV Spain
MTV España is the Spanish-speaking version of the popular 24-hour music and youth entertainment channel. MTV España is available on digital satellite Pay-TV offer Digital+, IPTV , many cable networks and from September 2010 on digital terrestrial television .-History:* MTV España was launched in...
's Top20 MTV Selection at number 11. It climbed to No. 1 during the week of March 31, the twelfth anniversary of Selena's death. Selena was featured on Fugues
Fugues (magazine)
Fugues is a gay magazine, which publishes monthly in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since April 1984. The magazine is primarily in French, although some English content is published as well. It focuses on news related to LGBT communities, gay culture, nightlife, health, fitness, fashion, travel,...
, an LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
-related French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
magazine, during their "Top 10 Most Widely Played Songs in Gay Clubs in Canada". Fuegues editor, François Petit, said "The music video for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was astonishing and greatly appreciated among French gays for its grooves and addicting lyrics, in nightclubs across Canada." It was positioned at number-ten.
Track listing
US promo single- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom (4:14)
Mexico promo single
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom (4:14)
Credits and personnel
- SelenaSelenaSelena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, co-writer - Pete AstudilloPete AstudilloPedro "Pete" Astudillo is a Mexican American songwriter.-Life:Astudillo was one of the leaders of the Tejano music scene, and from an early age followed mariachi and conjunto music. He began his musical career as a backup vocalist for the queen of Tejano, Selena, as a member of Selena y Los Dinos...
- writer - Joe Ojeda – keyboards
- Ricky VelaRicky VelaRicardo "Ricky" Vela is an award-winning song-writer and keyboards for the band Selena y Los Dinos. Ricky Vela joined the band as the bands keyboard player...
– keyboards - Chris PérezChris PerezChristopher Gilbert "Chris" Pérez is a American guitarist and the widower of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena. He is currently a guitarist for A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia All Starz since he joined in 2006. Prior to that, Pérez was the lead guitarist for his wife's band Selena y Los Dinos...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - A.B. Quintanilla III – writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
- Roger Emerson - music arranger
- Brian "Red" Moore - audio mixerAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
- Bebu SilvettiBebu SilvettiJuan Fernando Silvetti Adorno , professionally known as Bebu Silvetti or simply Silvetti, was an Argentine pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer...
- producer
Source:
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Latin Tracks (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
1 |
| US Latin Regional Mexican Airplay Latin Regional Mexican Airplay Regional Mexican Songs is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with La Niña Fresa by Banda Z being the first song to reach number-one. It features Latin music information from different genres like Mariachi, Norteño, Banda and... (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
4 |
| US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
11 |
Awards
| Year | Awards ceremony | Award | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tejano Music Awards Tejano Music Awards The Tejano Music Awards had been launched in 1980 by former art teacher and music veteran Rudy Trevino and the leader of the Latin Breed Band, Gilbert Escobedo. Only 1,500 fans turned out for the first Tejano Music Awards. Over the years, San Antonio evolved into the Nashville of Tejano music... |
Song of the Year | |
| 1996 | Broadcast Music Incorporated Latin Awards Broadcast Music Incorporated Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed... |
Most Performed Song of the Year | |
| 2010 | Tejano Music Awards | Best 1990s Song |
Covers
The song "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" has been recorded or performed live by popular Latin American, Creole and PortuguesePortuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
artists. During the Selena ¡VIVE!
Selena ¡VIVE!
The tribute concert was followed up with the release of the album of the performance, released on May 10, 2005. Though it did not include many of the songs performed, it does include many of the highlights.-Track listing:# "Tú Sólo Tú" - Ana Gabriel...
concert (2005), a tenth anniversary remembrance concert, Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
sang the song live with back-up dancers accompanying her. In 2007, Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...
added Selena's vocals of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" along with Melissa Jimenez for his sixth studio album Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
-References:...
. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...
, who was named after Selena, sang the song in San Antonio, Texas, for Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas
Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band he formed with his brothers Joe and Kevin. The Jonas Brothers originally started as an attempted solo singing career for Nick, but the record producer liked the...
during her Selena Gomez & the Scene: Live in Concert
Selena Gomez & the Scene: Live in Concert
The Selena Gomez & the Scene: Live in Concert was the debut concert tour by American pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene. Beginning in the fall of 2009, the trek supported the band's first studio album, Kiss & Tell...
tour in 2010. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was also included in a lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
pride event in Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Puerto Rican boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
, Tick Tock
Tick Tock (band)
Tick Tock is a music group from Puerto Rico. Joseph Alicea Lopez, now known as Jo-Joe from Los Super Reyes, was a former band member of the group.-Marcando el Reggaeton:...
, covered the song, as well as creating a music video to promote the song in 2004. Colombian
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...
band members of BIP
BIP (band)
BIP is a trio of Colombian musicians.Formed in 1999 by the Cartagenero rapper Dexter Hamilton, who has also worked as choreographer for more than 11 years, it originally consisted of four members, which released the album Bomba camará .After a long break, and under a new record label...
covered the song and released a music video in reggaeton. Mexican singer Ely Guerra
Ely Guerra
Ely Guerra is a Mexican singer-songwriter who was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.- Biography :...
released her version of the song via her MySpace
MySpace
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account.
- Sara TavaresSara TavaresSara Alexandra Lima Tavares is a Portuguese singer, composer, guitarist and percussionist. She was born and brought up in Lisbon, Portugal, where she still lives. Second-generation Portuguese of Cape Verdean descent, she composes African, Portuguese and North American influenced world music. She...
covered the song in Portuguese.
- Ana IsabelleAna IsabelleAna Isabel Acevedo Avilés is a Puerto Rican dancer, singer and actress. In December 2007 she released her first album, "Por El Amor". And in 2009, she became the first winner of Univision's Viva el Sueño.-Career:...
sang the song live during UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
's V.E.S. Show in 2009.
- Banda El Grullo recorded the song in 2009 in remembrance for Selena in their cover albumCover Album-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...
30 Numeros 1 En Banda.
- Los del Mar (an AndalusianAndalusian peopleThe Andalusians are the people of the southern region in Spain approximated by what is now called Andalusia. They are generally not considered an ethnically distinct people because they lack two of the most important markers of distinctiveness: their own language and an awareness of a presumed...
group) recorded the song for their cover album, featuring Blankita in 2010.
- Mariela Matos recorded the song in 2005 for the compilation albumCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Nuevas Voces De América (The New Voices of America).
- Blianca recorded the song in Bachata for the album A Fuego - Merengue Bachata Reggaeton in 2008.
- Lole - Lolay recorded the song in FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
entitled "Sensation".
- T-Vice recorded the song in French.
Release history
| Country | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| United States | August 13, 1994 | Latin Pop Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts... , Tejano Tejano music Tejano music or Tex-Mex music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas... and rhythmic Rhythmic Contemporary Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may... radios |
| Mexico | August 13, 1994 | CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
| September 24, 2002 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| Japan | March 19, 1994 | |
| Germany | November 4, 2000 | |
| France | September 24, 2002 | |
| United Kingdom | March 9, 2010 |
See also
- Number-one hits of 1994 (U.S. Hot Latin Tracks)Number-one hits of 1994 (U.S. Hot Latin Tracks)This is a list containing the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-ones of 1994.-Top-Ten Hits in 1994:*Luis Miguel: Suave *Jerry Rivera: Que Hay de Malo...
- Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End ChartBillboard Top Latin Songs Year-End ChartThe Year-End charts for the Top Latin Songs chart are published in the last issue of Billboard magazine every year. The chart is based on information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, which collects radio airplay information...
- Tejano Music Award for Song of The Year1994 Tejano Music AwardsThe 14th Tejano Music Awards were held in 1993. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The Tejano Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony recognizing Tejano music musicians.- Vocalists of The Year :*Male Vocalist of The Year...