The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room - Mary Hylan & Marco Marinangeli

If you were alive in the 90s I'm sure you remember the Macarena. It was a dance sensation from 1996 to 1997 in every club, wedding reception and high school dance all over the world.

However, the song, written by Los del Río, was actually released in 1993 and it wasn't until the Bayside Boys remixed it and gave it English lyrics in 1996 that the Macarena became the best selling debut single of all time and the 2nd longest running #1 on the US charts. But then everyone got tired of it (the song is quite boring after all) and by the end of 1997 the song had run its course.

But that didn't stop Disney from capitalizing on the one hit wonder. When Disney Records was putting together MOUSE HOUSE: DISNEY'S DANCE MIXES in 1996, they enlisted Grammy Award winning Italian producer MARCO MARINANGELI and MARY HYLAN, whom I'm sure has done other music related stuff but not that I'm aware off, to rerecord the theme song of Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room in the style of the Macarena.

It's a match made it heaven and if it wasn't for the fact that the Macarena is such a boring song, it might actually be a good cover!

The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room Mary Hylan & Marco Marinangeli 1996

Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat/The Siamese Cat Song/The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room - On the Record Cast

It's been a few months since I posted a track from the On the Record Broadway Musical.

The main bulk of this song is Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat from the Aristocats but you will also hear a sample of the Siamese Cat Song from Lady and the Tramp as well as the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room from the Enchanted Tiki Room ride in Disneyland.

Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat/The Siamese Cat Song/The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room On the Record Cast 2005

The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room - Hilary Duff

I know this is the moment most of you have been waiting for! A Hilary Duff cover song! Wait...you weren't waiting for this? Oh well, you get it anyway. I chose this cover of Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room for linklewtt who requested a cover of a Disneyland attraction (I don't know if he's a Duff fan).

But rather than talk about HILARY DUFF, I'd rather talk about the Enchanted Tiki Room and its theme song.

Living on the west coast I don't get out to Florida much. But last year I got the privilege of spending a week at Walt Disney World. I have seen the Enchanted Tiki Room show at Disneyland a few times but never have I seen the Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management)! I was ready to be treated to something new and something that brings together two cool Disney characters, Iago and Zazu!

I thought the show was very well done, keeping in the character of the original show but adding funny commentary from the two birds who are now the owners of the show. I know many people think of this show as an abomination and that nothing should have been changed, but please remember that Walt Disney always wanted the Disney theme parks to be constantly changing, for new ideas to be brought to life and for people to have a different experience every time they entered the gates. Plus, the attraction is still the same at Disneyland.

The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room, which was written by the Sherman Brothers in 1963 was the first song ever written for an Audio-Animatronic attraction. Which makes sense since Audio-Anamatronics was invented and patented by Walt Disney Imagineering and the Enchanted Tiki Room was the first attraction to feature the new technology.

The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room Hilary Duff 2002