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The song is still very popular in Finland. It was used in the Simpsons episode You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee Bolton Wanderers used it for a few years in the early 2010s. It is also used as Norwich City goal celebration song. The song is also featured as a cover by Ultraclub 90 in the dance rhythm game, Just Dance 2021. The song is included as an on-disc title in Harmonix's Dance Central 3 for Xbox 360. A cover/remix by Lion Musashi appears in beatmania IIDX 13: DistorteD.'Trance de Janeiro', a remix of Bellini's song, appears in DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix.A cover of 'Samba de Janeiro' by Bass Fist! featuring Boogie Girl, from Dancemania Bass, appears in Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix and Solo 2000.

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The song makes several appearances in the Bemani series in Japan: It was also a notable theme in Samba de Amigo, and is featured in crossover games such as Sega Superstars Tennis and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. The melody of 'Samba de Janeiro' was played during the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship after every goal. As of June 2022, it has more than 25.7 million views. It was later published on YouTube in August 2017. Additionally, 'Samba de Janeiro' was a top 20 hit in Norway and a top 30 hit in Sweden.Ī music video was produced to promote the single.

It charted also on the UK Dance Chart, peaking at number 12. In the UK, it peaked at number eight in its first week at the UK Singles Chart, on September 21, 1997. It made it to the top 10 also in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland and the United Kingdom, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where the single reached number three. 'Samba de Janeiro' was very successful on the charts in Europe, peaking at number-one in Hungary and it was a number two hit in both Germany and Switzerland. Bright, breezy, commercial and a hit whose time has come.' Chart performance Critical reception Īlan Jones from Music Week wrote, 'Fitting in with the current vogue for all things Latin, Bellini's Samba De Janeiro is maddeningly familiar from first hearing - probably because fellow Virgin recording act The Heartists' single 'Belo Horizonti' is essentially the same song. 'Samba de Janeiro' won the award for best dance single at the 7th Annual Echo Awards.

It interpolates the chorus of Airto Moreira's 1972 song ' Tombo In 7/4', as well as samples the drum rhythm from Moreira's ' Celebration Suite'. The song was a hit throughout Europe, reaching number-one in Hungary and the top 10 in at least 12 countries. It was released on in Germany as the lead single from their debut album of the same name (1997). ' Samba de Janeiro' ( Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a song by German pop group Bellini.

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