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"Mah Nà Mah Nà" is a popular song written by Piero Umiliani. It originally appeared in the Italian film ''Sweden: Heaven and Hell'' (''Svezia, inferno e paradiso''). It was a minor radio hit in the U.S. and in Britain, but became better known in English-speaking countries from its use in a recurring blackout sketch for the 1969-70 season of ''The Red Skelton Show'', the fourteenth episode of ''Sesame Street'', and the first episode of ''The Muppet Show''. ==Original version== "Mah Nà Mah Nà" debuted as part of Umiliani's soundtrack for the Italian mondo film ''Svezia, inferno e paradiso'' (''Sweden: Heaven and Hell'' (''Hell and Heaven'' )) (1968), an exploitation documentary film about wild sexual activity and other behaviour in Sweden. The song accompanied a scene in the film set in a sauna which gave its original title "Viva la Sauna Svedese" (Hooray for the Swedish Sauna). It was performed by a band called Marc 4 (four session musicians from the RAI orchestra) and the lead part was sung by Italian singer/composer Alessandro Alessandroni and his wife Giulia. The song also appeared on the 1968 soundtrack album released for the film. "Mah Nà Mah Nà" was a hit in many countries in 1968–1969. In the U.S., it peaked at #55 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and #44 on the ''Cash Box'' magazine chart in October 1969. The UK single release, on the Major Minor label, was credited to "The Great Unknowns", and featured Giorgio Moroder's "Doo-be-doo-be-do" on the B side (also sometimes featured in ''The Benny Hill Show'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Major Minor Label Discography )〕 Umiliani's own version reached number 8 in the UK in 1977. During its 1–15 September 1969 run on the WLS 890 Hit Parade, the surveys erroneously credited the record to someone named Pete Howard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WLS 890 Hit Parade )〕 WPTR did much the same, except that the erroneous credit went to someone named J.W. Wagner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WPTR The Super Sound Survey Top Forty )〕 The song's lyrics contain no actual words, only iambic nonsense syllables resembling scat singing, and uses the musical technique of interpolation where melodies are abruptly cut off and replaced with new ones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mah Nà Mah Nà」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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