Salsa Tequila

About

Salsa Tequila is the name of a popular Norwegian dance-pop parody song using pseudo-Spanish lyrics created by comedian Anders Nilsen.^[1] It was designed to be a parody of hit songs, saying that a song can be popular even when the lyrics are nonsensical.^[2] The song has since spawned many parodies and variants.

Origin

Salsa Tequila was released by Sony Music Entertainment (SME) on June 23, 2014, and uploaded to andersnilsenVEVO on July 5th, 2014, where, as of October 2017, it has over 6.5 million views (shown below).^[3][4] Including two reuploads, the song has over 22.7 million views on YouTube.^[11][12]

Spread

Since the release, it soon became a hit in Europe, getting the top spot one Norway's VG-lista for three weeks^[5] and on the Netherland's Dutch Top 40, where it has on the list for 15 weeks.^[6] The song also made lists for Finland, Belgium, Sweden, and Germany.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Parodies

Due to the popularity of the song, it made way for many parodies. Two examples were by the YouTuber Ponkers. The first one, uploaded on July 18th 2014, was a Dutch parody which has 1.2 million views as of October 2017 (shown below, left).^[13] The other one is a German parody uploaded on July 25th, 2014 which has 1.3 million views as of October 2017 (shown below, right).^[14]

Various Examples

Search Interest

References