Bingo Bango

"Bingo Bango"
Single by Basement Jaxx
from the album Remedy
Released 27 March 2000 (2000-03-27)[1]
Genre
Length 5:58 (Album version)
3:45 (Radio mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Simon Ratcliffe
  • Felix Buxton
  • Bolivar
Producer(s) Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx singles chronology
"Jump n' Shout"
(1999)		 "Bingo Bango"
(2000)		 "Star / Buddy"
(2000)

"Jump n' Shout"
(1999)		 "Bingo Bango"
(2000)		 "Star / Buddy"
(2000)

"Bingo Bango" is a song written and recorded by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx for their debut album, Remedy (1999). The track, which contains a sample of Bolivar's "Merengue", combined dance music with various elements of Latin music. It was released by XL Recordings as the album's fourth single on 27 March 2000, and later became the duo's third No. 1 song on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The song also peaked at No. 13 in the United Kingdom.

In other media, "Bingo Bango" appeared in television shows and films, such as the American version of Queer as Folk, Luc Besson-directed The Dancer (2000) and various televised sports events. A 2012 cover version by American Hot 8 Brass Band received positive reception. In 2011, Basement Jaxx's Felix Buxton and musician Jules Buckley created an orchestral version of the song and included it in the live album Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest.

Production

"Bingo Bango" is a four-to-the-floor dance song that was primarily influenced by Latin music.[2][3][4] It contains elements of samba,[5] calypso,[6] house,[2] and techno,[2] and was said by Barry Walters of Rolling Stone to also "layer ska on top of salsa."[7] AllMusic's John Bush noticed the use of horn throughout the production, which Michaelangelo Matos described in The Rolling Stone Album Guide as "carnival-bound horn blasts."[8][9] Bush additionally wrote that, similar to "Rendez-Vu", "Bingo Bango" was another Remedy (1999) track that shared "the NuYoricans' penchant for Latin vibes."[8] A sample of Bolivar's "Merengue" also appeared in the song.[10]

In 2011, Felix Buxton collaborated with musician Jules Buckley to re-arrange fifteen of Basement Jaxx's tracks for a live orchestral show.[11] With "Bingo Bango", they turned it into "a waltz and Balkan flavored" piece by taking some of the original elements and giving them a "twist".[4] "We made it into a Viennese Waltz for the simplest reason: why the hell not?," Jules stated.[12] Andy Gill of The Independent wrote that this new version was based around waltz-time harpsichord and "raffishly muted" trumpet.[11] According to Buxton, he enjoyed remixing the song and was pleased with the final product.[4]

Critical and commercial reception

Matt Hendrickson from Rolling Stone called "Bingo Bango" an "a calypso romp," whilst Alice Fisher of The Observer described it as "riotous".[6][13] In a review for MetroActive, Michelle Goldberg praised the song's "brilliant melding" between the different genres. She claimed it was done with a "gleeful naturalness so that the foreign sounds never sound like superfluous spice."[2] On the other hand, British music magazine NME was extremely negative, stating:

"Bingo Bango", is no less irritating [than the other Remedy tracks], though less brutish in its execution and more like the bothersome exhortations of an over-exuberant toddler; the vocal sample is ‘nagging’ like a grandmother disapproving of a new haircut and ‘catchy’ in that same ghastly way that any advert with Michael Winner in is memorable – just because it sticks in the head doesn’t make it good.[14]

The orchestral rendition received a favorable review from The Independent's Andy Gill, who labelled it a "delicate, sugarplum-fairy re-imagining." He further wrote: "[The re-arrangement] becomes as unashamedly widescreen as a Spielberg film score by John Williams, speeding up as it goes along like a Greek or Cossack dance – just one benefit of its being freed from sequencer rhythms."[11]

Commercially, "Bingo Bango" achieved moderate success. On 29 July 2000, the song topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and stayed there for two consecutive weeks.[15][16] It was the duo's third No. 1 on the chart, following "Red Alert" and "Rendez-Vu", both in 1999.[17] "Bingo Bango" later peaked at No. 7 on its year-end edition of 2000.[18] It also peaked at No. 13 in the United Kingdom and No. 99 in Netherlands.[19][20] In 2004, MTV Dance ranked the song at No. 65 in their Top 100 Ibiza Anthems list.[21] The results were voted by various industrial disc jockeys and artists.[22]

Promotion and other usages

Hot 8 Brass Band (pictured) recorded a cover rendition of the song and met with a positive reaction

Basement Jaxx directed a music video for "Bingo Bango" and included it in their video compilation The Videos (2005).[23] The song also appeared in their 1999 Essential Mix of the Year-winning DJ mix, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in May, and their greatest hits album, The Singles (2005).[24][10]

On Hot 8 Brass Band's second studio album, The Life & Times Of... (2012), the band's cover of the song was highly acclaimed by AllMusic's Al Campbell.[25] Campbell said: "In the context of brass band music, ["Bingo Bango" is not a track] that would immediately come to mind as complementing that style. But in the hands of the Hot 8, not only do they make it work, it coheres entirely throughout the disc."[25] Neil Spencer from The Observer wrote that their cover brought the Latin "flavors" to the song.[26]

On television, "Bingo Bango" was used in the second episode of series two of At Home with the Braithwaites, which aired on 11 January 2001.[27] American show Queer as Folk featured the song twice during its first season. The original version appeared in "No Bris, No Shirt, No Service", which aired on 10 December 2000[28]; while the "Latin Mix" appeared in "Full Circle", which aired on 24 June 2001.[29] On 7 June 2005, the song appeared during the first episode of Sugar Rush.[30]

Theatrically, French drama The Dancer (2000),[31] American teen comedy Get Over It (2001)[32] and the action thriller Extreme Ops (2002)[33] all featured the track. The first two films also included it in their soundtrack albums.[31][32] "Bingo Bango" was a downloadable game feature on DanceStar Digital in 2013.[34] In 2001, both The Guardian and The Independent observed that the track frequently accompanied many televised sports events and commercials.[35][3] Buxton told the latter publication: "I saw a bit of football yesterday and as usual they were playing 'Bingo Bango' alongside the commentary. I thought how much it suits it – it was very energetic. I felt very proud."[3]

Basement Jaxx usually ended their live performances with "Bingo Bango".[36][37][38] For their set at Creamfields festival in 2000, they brought on stage a "dazzling troupe of feathered Mardi Gras dancers" during the song.[38] In 2011, Jules Buckley and Metropole Orkest, which consists of a 60-piece orchestra and a 20-voice choir, performed the Buxton-written orchestral version in three shows in the Netherlands and United Kingdom.[39][40] Recordings of the Netherlands' concert later became the material for the duo's first live album, Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (2011).[41]

Formats and track listings

Credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Remedy and The Singles.[51][10]

Recording and management

  • Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange.
  • Published by Universal Music (formerly MCA Music)/Bryunny Publishing.
  • Contains a sample of "Merengue" of Bolivar courtesy of Acid Jazz Records.

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Bingo Bango". XL Recordings. Archived from the original on March 23, 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Goldberg, Michelle (August 19, 1999). "Secular Gospel". MetroActive. Metro Newspapers. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Buxton, Felix; Ratcliffe, Simon (June 28, 2001). "Basement Jaxx: This is the house that Jaxx built". The Independent (Interview). Interviewed by Fiona Sturges. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Buxton, Felix; Ratcliffe, Simon (August 21, 2015). ""Soon we'll be making music just by thinking it"". The Sun (Interview). Interviewed by Ash Blewer. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Roseberry, Craig (July 3, 1999). "Astralwerks' Basement Jaxx Creates Unique 'Remedy'" (Google Books). Billboard. Vol. 111 no. 27. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Buxton, Felix; Ratcliffe, Simon (September 2, 1999). "Full House, Jaxx High". Rolling Stone (Interview). Interviewed by Matt Hendrickson. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ Walters, Barry (August 19, 1999). "Basement Jaxx – Remedy review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  8. 1 2 Bush, Josh. "Basement Jaxx – Remedy review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo (November 2, 2004). "Basement Jaxx" (Google Books). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 The Singles (CD liner notes). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 2005. XLCD187.
  11. 1 2 3 Gill, Andy (July 14, 2012). "Album: Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest, Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (Atlantic Jaxx)". The Independent. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ Love, Emma (March 1, 2012). "The lightning conductor: Jules Buckley is the go-to man for acts who want orchestral punch". The Independent. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  13. ↑ Fisher, Alice (May 3, 2009). "Jaxx still party like it's 1999". The Observer. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ Kessler, Ted (6 May 1999). "Basement Jaxx – Remedy review". NME. Archived from the original on 4 October 2000. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  15. ↑ Moss, Corey (July 20, 2000). "Basement Jaxx's 'Bingo Bango' Bangs To Top Of Club-Play Chart". MTV News. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Dance Club Songs chart of August 5, 2000". Billboard. August 5, 2000. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Basement Jaxx Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  18. 1 2 Billboard staff(s) (December 12, 2016). "Greatest of All Time: Top 10 Dance Club Songs Year-by-Year, 1976-2015". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  19. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  20. 1 2 "Dutchcharts.nl – Basement Jaxx – Bingo Bango" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Ibiza Anthems". Top 100. May 2004. MTV.
  22. ↑ Resident Advisor staff(s) (May 17, 2004). "Insomnia voted MTV Dance's Greatest Anthem Of All Time". Resident Advisor. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  23. ↑ The Videos (DVD liner notes). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 2005. XLDVD187.
  24. ↑ Basement Jaxx (May 2, 1999). Essential Mix (Radio broadcast). BBC Radio 1.
  25. 1 2 Campbell, Al. "The Hot 8 Brass Band – The Life & Times Of... review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  26. ↑ Spencer, Neil (November 4, 2012). "The Hot 8 Brass Band: The Life & Times of… – review". The Observer. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  27. ↑ At Home with the Braithwaites. Season 2. Episode 2. January 11, 2001. ITV.
  28. ↑ "No Bris, No Shirt, No Service". Queer as Folk. Season 1. Episode 3. December 10, 2000. Showtime.
  29. ↑ "Full Circle". Queer as Folk. Season 1. Episode 2. June 24, 2001. Showtime.
  30. ↑ Sugar Rush. Season 1. Episode 1. June 7, 2005. Channel 4.
  31. 1 2 Virgin EMI (June 13, 2000). "Various artist – The Dancer soundtrack" (in German). Amazon Germany. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  32. 1 2 Moss, Corey (March 6, 2001). "Kirsten Dunst Makes Singing Debut On Soundtrack". MTV News. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  33. ↑ Duguay, Christian (Director) (November 27, 2002). Extreme Ops (Motion picture). Paramount/MDP Worldwide.
  34. ↑ "Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango". PlayStation Store. September 4, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  35. ↑ Gibbons, Fiachra (July 25, 2001). "Gorillaz put up two fingers to Mercury". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  36. ↑ Kimura, Miyo. "ベースメント・ジャックス (Basement Jaxx) @　なんばハッチ 2010.02.24" [Basement Jaxx @ Namba Hatch 2010.02.24]. Smashing Mag (in Japanese). Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  37. ↑ Umback, Kirsty (December 9, 2006). "Basement Jaxx: MEN Arena, Manchester on Thursday 7 December 2006". eGigs. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  38. 1 2 Courtney, Kevin (June 26, 2000). "Gardai make 400 arrests at dance event". The Irish Times. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  39. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (February 7, 2011). "Watch Basement Jaxx's Orchestral Gig". Stereogum. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  40. ↑ White, Chris (July 11, 2011). "Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest – Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest review". musicOMH. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  41. ↑ Basement Jaxx Vs. Metropole Orkest (CD liner notes). Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest. United Kingdom: Atlantic Jaxx. 2011. 5051083058841.
  42. ↑ Bingo Bango and Red Alert (CD single). Basement Jaxx. Australia: Addiction. 2000. ADICT084CD.
  43. ↑ Bingo Bango (CD single). Basement Jaxx. Europe: XL / PIAS. 2000. 827012024.
  44. ↑ Bingo Bango (CD single). Basement Jaxx. Europe: XL / PIAS. 2000. XLS 120CD.
  45. ↑ Bingo Bango (CD single). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 2000. XLS 120CD.
  46. ↑ Bingo Bango (12-inch single). Basement Jaxx. Italy: Rise. 2000. RISE 071.
  47. ↑ Bingo Bango (12-inch single). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 2000. XLT 120.
  48. ↑ Bingo Bango (12-inch single). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 2000. XLT 120.
  49. ↑ Bingo Bango (Cassette single). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 2000. XLC 120.
  50. ↑ Bingo Bango (12-inch single). Basement Jaxx. United States: Astralwerks. 2000. ASW 38716-1.
  51. ↑ Remedy (CD liner notes). Basement Jaxx. United Kingdom: XL. 1999. XLLP 129.
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