"Macarena" is a Spanish dance song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name. Appearing on the 1993 album "A mí me gusta", it was an international hit and dance craze throughout the second half of the 1990s. This was originally released on a local label in Spain in 1993, where it did fairly well. The next year, the American label BMG bought the Spanish label and set out to make "Macarena" a hit in America. They marketed an English language version to dance clubs and cruise ships, then releas

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