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((About|the song performed by Perez Prado|the song performed by Perry Como|Patricia (1950 song)))
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"'''Patricia'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Pérez Prado]] and lyrics by [[Bob Marcucci]], published in [[1958 in music|1958]].  The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to No.1 on the ''Billboard'' Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly-introduced [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart.<ref>((cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1958-08-02/ |title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 4, 1958 ))</ref> The song was also No. 1 on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks.<ref>((cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=467))</ref>  Prado's 1958 recording became a [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]]. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1958|No. 5 song for 1958]].

Prado's "Patricia" entered the U.S. Cash Box chart week ending June 7, 1958, making No. 1 on that chart for four weeks from the week ending July 26, 1958.

Prado's "Patricia" entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] in the week of July 25, 1958, peaking at No. 8 (week ending September 5, 1958) during a 16-week chart run.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/patricia/|title=patricia &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=27 April 2021))</ref>

In 1960, Prado released a new stereo recording of the tune, and re-recorded it a third time in a "twist" version issued in 1962 that re-charted in the U.S.

[[Perry Como]]'s recording of "[[Patricia (1950 song)|Patricia]]" from 1950 bears no resemblance to Prado's tune.

==Cover versions and other usages==
*The song was featured in the ''[[Weebl and Bob]]'' flash cartoon.
*The song was covered by a Kenyan group, Kiko Kids, some time in the late 1950s.
*The song was featured in a TV advert for the UK post office.
*The song was featured at several points in [[Federico Fellini]]'s 1960 film ''[[La Dolce Vita]],'' including a segment at a party where the music accompanied a striptease.
*The song was featured as background music for a pool party in the 1969 film ''[[Goodbye, Columbus (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]''.
*The song was covered by Frank Valdor and His Orchestra and Chorus on the album ''16 Fantastic Golden Latin Hits'' in 1978. 
*The tune was sung (badly) by [[Homer Simpson]] as he's shaving before a romantic night out in the "[[Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)|Some Enchanted Evening]]" episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'''s first season.  The song was also being played by a dance band later in that same episode.
*The song appears in the 1989 movie ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'' during the scene in which [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] drives his convertible and proposes marriage to his thirteen-year-old second cousin, [[Myra Gale Brown|Myra Gale]].
*The Mambo All Stars’ version of the song was the theme for the 1999 animated series ''[[George and Martha]]''.
*The song was used as the theme song to [[HBO]]'s ''[[Real Sex]]'' series.
*The song was covered by [[Link Wray]], [[Duane Eddy]], and Rory Parker, and by [[Ry Cooder]] on his Grammy winning 2002 album, ''Mambo Sinuendo''.
*The song was used as background music for the swimsuit competition at the 1997 [[Miss Universe]] Pageant.
*The song was used in "The British Invasion", Episode 12 from Season 2 of the Showtime series ''[[Dexter (tv series)|Dexter]]''.
*The song was used as background music in the state financed Danish TV campaign "Fisk 2 gange om ugen".<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.2gangeomugen.dk/index.php?id=1|title=2gangeomugen: 2gangeomugen|website=2gangeomugen.dk|access-date=27 April 2021))</ref>

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[[Category:1958 songs]]
[[Category:Pérez Prado songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Top 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Cashbox number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Songs written by Pérez Prado]]


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