Barbie Girl - Music
Barbie Girl by Aqua
Aqua
Artist Biography For Aqua
There Are Multiple Artists Who Share The Name AQUA. 1 - A Danish Pop Group From The '90s 2 - A German Progressive Rock Band From The Early '70s 3 - A South Korean Six-Member Project Girl Group Under KRAZY Entertainment. 1 Aqua Is A Danish-Norwegian Dance-Pop Group Best Known For Their 1997 Breakthrough Single Barbie Girl. Initially Forming As Joyspeed In 1989 The Band Was Renamed Aqua In 1994 And Achieved Huge Success Across The Globe In The Late 1990s And Early 2000s. The Group Managed To Top The UK Singles Chart With Their First Three Singles. The Group Released Two Albums Aquarium In 1997 And Aquarius In 2000 Before Splitting Up In July 2001. The Group Sold An Estimated 33 Million Albums And Singles Making Them The Most Successful Danish Band Ever And The Second Most Successful Norwegian Band. In Their Prime Aqua's Singles Managed To Chart Top Ten In A Number Of Countries Where European Pop Acts Would Not Normally Succeed Including The United States Australia And Japan. The Group Also Caused Controversy With The Double Entendres In Their Barbie Girl Single With The Barbie Doll Makers Mattel Filing A Lawsuit Against The Group. The Lawsuit Was Finally Dismissed By A Judge In 2002 Who Ruled "The Parties Are Advised To Chill". The Band's Members Are Vocalists Lene Nystrøm Rasted From Norway And Rene Dif Keyboardist Søren Rasted And Guitarist Claus Norreen. During Their Split Nystrøm Dif And Rasted Have All Achieved Solo Chart Success And Norreen Has Continued In The Music Industry Remixing Other Artists' Material. At A Press Event On Friday October 26 2007 The Group Announced A 25-Concert Reunion Tour And A New Greatest Hits Album. The Tour Was To Have Commenced In The Summer Of 2008. Offers Were Received By The Record Company From Locations In Denmark Canada United States & U.K. Aqua Finally Performed 8 Concerts Around Denmark As Part Of The "Grøn Koncert" Festival. They Released Their Second Greatest Hits Album On 15 June 2009 Which Includes 16 Old Remastered Tracks And Three New Songs My Mamma Said Live Fast Die Young And Their First Single In 8 Years Back To The 80s Which Was Released In Denmark On 25 May 2009. "Back To The 80's Was The Only Single To Have Success Outside Of Their Home Countries It Reached The Top 20 In France. The Greatest Hits CD Was Released In North America And Many European Countries On 22 September 2009 And In The UK On 29 September 2009. Lene Told In An Interview That The New Album Is Scheduled For Spring 2011. The Band Confirmed On Their Official Facebook Page That They Are Currently Working In The Studio. The Band Released Their New Single How R U Doin? On 14 March 2011 And A Preview Of The Song Was Released On 10 March 2011 On The Groups Official Facebook Page. The Song Was Either Only Released Digitally Outside Of Their Country Or It Achieved No Sucess. Later Singles Just Before The Album Was Released Included Like A Robot And Playmate To Jesus. However Those Were Only To Their Home Country And Only Had Moderate To Minor Success Even There. Like A Robot Was Just Outside The Top 10 And Playmate To Jesus Was Just Outside The Top 20 In Denmark. The Album Megalomania Was Finally Released In October 2011 In Their Home Countries. Like A Robot Was Later Planned To Be Released As A Single Preceding The Album As An International Single However Those Plans Never Materialized. 2 Aqua Originated From Kassel Germany And Came Together In 1972 From Members Of The Groups Agatha Ex-Inaction And Praeludium Magnum.They Only Released A Single And An Album Both Quite Rare But Garden Of Delights' Eponymous Archival Compilation Offers A Nice Overview Of Their Long Career.First Line-Up Included Martin Ulrich On Guitar/backing Vocals Klaus Borucki On Lead Vocals Martin Großkurth On Keyboards Georg Röber On Bass And Bernd Billhardt Ex-Wyoming On Drums. At The Very Early Stages Of Their Career Aqua Recorded Regularly Tracks In Their Rehearsal Room On A 4-Track Revox Tape Recorded.Four Of Them All Previously Unreleased Document The Band's Early Sound Which Was A Jamming Psych/Prog Rock With Light Classical Influences Somewhere Between TYBURN TALL THRICE MICE And SIXTY-NINE Performed Heavily On Hammond Organ And Scratching Electric Guitars Featuring Extended Instrumental Parts And Some Virtuosic Deliveries On Keyboards.The Sound Is Pretty Much Dated With An Average Recording Quality Yet The Music Is Played With Passion And Energy.Nothing New Or Extraordinary Just Decent Material Of Long Emphatic Songs With Strong Organ Pounds And Psychedelic Tunes Around. Five Years Later With A Short Break Inbetween Aqua Would Continue With A Different Line-Up.Ulrich And Borucki Were Now Accompanied By Jorg Rainer Wiesner On Keyboards Wolfgang Eckhardt On Bass And Roy Kaleve On Drums.They Managed To Record Their First Single At Panne & Paulsen Studios In Frankfurt Released In 1978.Forget About The Psychedelic Side Of Aqua As The Band Had Turned Into A Much More Melodic Rock Act With Only Some Old-Fashioned Organ Lines Recalling Their Past.Sweet Vocal Lines Deep Melodies And Some Hard Rock/AOR Vibes With Synths In Evidence Combine For Aqua's New Style Which Was Quite Commercial But Also Quite Decent For What It Was. After Some Decent Airplay More Line-Up Changes Followed.Borucki Left And He Was Replaced By New Singer Mike Fajgel While New Bassist Wolfgang Ide Was Introduced In The Place Of Wolfgang Eckhardt.With A Couple Of Guest Musicians Aqua Eventually Recorded Their Debut ''Sexy Boy?'' In 1980 Again At Panne Studios Distributed In About 1000 Copies.Two Tracks Are Featured In This Compilation And Apparently Aqua's Style Was Heavily Influenced By The 80's Without Any Traces Of The Band's Past And A Very Melodious Sound Akin To ANYONE'S DAUGHTER Or ROUSSEAU's Most Commercial Moments.The Music Is Again Decent With Melodic Electric Guitars Atmospheric Keyboards And Sensitive Vocals The Second Track ''No More Love'' Features Also Some Nice Electric Piano But The Style Is Always Grounded In Safe Fields Lacking Any Instrumental Space For Experiments. Closing Singer For The Group Was Matthias Reim Who Spent Some Very Limited Time With Them And Later Became A Well-Known Pop Singer While The Story Of Aqua Ended In 1984 With Their Dissolution. The Whole History Of Aqua Is Nicely Documented In This Archival Work.Of Minor Interest For Prog Fans This One Is Split Between Early-70's Psych/Prog Exercises And Commercial Rock Of The Late-70's.Certainly Closer To A Collector's Item. 3 AQUA 아쿠아 Is A Six-Member Project Girl Group Managed By KRAZY Entertainment. They Debuted On November 17 2018 With Their First Single "Log In". Th Group Was Formed By Gaming Company Actoz Soft And They Are Described As Korea's First Esports Girl Group Who Will Promote Both As Gamers And Idols. The Group Consists Of Hyerim Member Of LimeSoda Haesol Former PRODUCE 48 Contestant Sihyeon Former PRODUCE 101 And MIXNINE Contestant Hyeonju Former MIXNINE Contestant And Member Of OAHSIS Sua Former PRODUCE 101 Contestant And Member Of OAHSIS And Seungji Member Of LimeSoda .
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Barbie Girl
Aqua - Aquarium
"Barbie Girl" Is A Song In The Bubblegum Pop Genre By The Danish-Norwegian Dance-Pop Group Aqua Who Released It In 1997 As Their Third Single Overall And The First United Kingdom Release. The Song Is Included On The Album Aquarium And Was Written By Claus Norreen And Søren Nystrøm Rasted After The Group Saw An Exhibit On Kitsch Culture. The Song Topped The Charts Worldwide Particularly In European Countries Such As The UK Where It Was #1 On The Charts For Three Weeks It Was Also On Top Of The Charts In Australia For The Same Length Of Time And Reached #7 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The Song Was Voted The Fourth "Best Number One Of All Time" In A VH1 Poll And Was Featured In Spot #32 On VH1's "Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever" Countdown. An Unrelated VH1 Countdown VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders Rated It #88. The Lyrics Of The Song Are About Barbie And Ken The Dolls Made By Mattel. Both The Song And Its Music Video Feature Lene Nystrøm Rasted As Barbie And René Dif As Ken. As Such The Lyrics Drew The Ire Of Barbie's Corporate Owners. In 2007 Rolling Stone Voted Barbie Girl As One Of The 20 Most Annoying Songs. 1 In 2007 MuchMoreMusic Voted It At #27 As One Of The 50 Guilty Pleasures. In 2008 It Was Featured As "one Of The Worst Songs Ever Played" On The Morning Wrap The Premiere Talk Show Of The Florida Panhandle. In 2009 Same Difference Voted It #2 In Their Ultimate Cheese-Fest Top 20 On 4Music. Blender Magazine Also Voted It At #33 As One Of The 50 Worst Songs Ever. "Barbie Girl" Has Sold More Than 8 Million Copies Worldwide. The Music Video Played Repeatedly On MTV And Helped Launch The Career Of Danish Director Peder Pedersen Who Designed Its Cartoon-Inspired Visuals. As Of July 2021 The Video Has Over 912 Million Views On YouTube.
Mattel Sued The Band Saying They Violated The Barbie Trademark And Turned Barbie Into A Sex Object Referring To Her As A "Blonde Bimbo." 3 They Alleged The Song Had Violated Their Copyrights And Trademarks Of Barbie And That Its Lyrics Had Tarnished The Reputation Of Their Trademark And Impinged On Their Marketing Plan. Aqua Claimed That Mattel Injected Their Own Meanings Into The Song's Lyrics And MCA Records Was Not About To Let Their Hit Single Be Suppressed Without A Fight. They Contested Mattel's Claims And Countersued For Defamation After Mattel Had Likened MCA To A Bank Robber. The Lawsuit Filed By Mattel Was Dismissed By The Lower Courts And This Dismissal Was Upheld Though Mattel Took Their Case Up To The Supreme Court Of The United States Mattel's Appeal Was Later Rejected . In 2002 Judge Alex Kozinski Ruled The Song Was Protected As A Parody Under The First Amendment To The United States Constitution And Also Threw Out The Defamation Lawsuit That Aqua's Record Company Filed Against Mattel. Kozinski Concluded His Ruling By Saying "The Parties Are Advised To Chill." The Case Was Dismissed And In The Process It Garnered Lots Of Media Attention For The Song And The Band. This Controversy Was Used By Journalist Naomi Klein To Make A Political Point In Her Book No Logo Where She Stated That The Monopolies Created By Copyrights And Trademarks Are Unfairly And Differently Enforced Based On The Legal Budgets Of The Conflicting Parties And Their Ability To Defend Their Expressions By Hiring Lawyers. Michael Strangelove Author Of The Empire Of Mind Digital Piracy And The Anti-Capitalist Movement Suggested That The Failure Of Mattel To Control And Determine The Meaning Of Barbie Indicates How The Economic System Fails To Enable Complete Control Over Meanings. Brazilian Singer Kelly Key Released A Cover Version Of "Barbie Girl" As Her Tenth Single. The Single Was Released On April 15 2005. * The Rather Gay Version Of "The Barbie Song" Performed By The Dog House Features Garrett And Raoul Who Insult Barbie Behind Her Back With Gratuitous Words Because They Pine For Ken However The Conclusion Of The Song Sees Barbie Approach The Pair Who Proceed To Assault Her And Run Off. This Song Is Featured On Their 2000 Album How Many People Must Get Dissed? * Punk Rock Covers Have Been Performed By Bands Home Grown MxPx Zebrahead Simple Plan My Favorite Band MFB And Tsunami Bomb. * The German Duo Lynne & Tessa Produced A Lip-Synched Internet Video Of The Song Which Has Consistently Been Ranked High In The Top-100 List On Google Video Since It Was Released In May 2006. * The British Indian Comedy Sketch Show Goodness Gracious Me Parodied The Song As "Punjabi Girl" Both In The Radio Series And Later On Television. * The Ska Band The Aquabats And "Weird Al" Yankovic Are Mistakenly Credited For The Parody "Ugly Girl" On Music Sharing Websites. It Is Debated On Who Really Made It. * On 11 September 2007 Big Brother 8 Co-Runners Up Samanda Recorded A Cover As Their Debut Single. It Was Released On 7 October 2007 And Charted At No.26. * The Song Is Parodied In The Dutch Song "Neem Een Ander In De Maling Barbie Girl " By Ome Henk Note This Parody Has Sometimes Been Mistaken For Being Sung In German By Rammstein . * WPLJ Has Also Done A Parody "Jersey Girl" Using Stereotypes Of Jersey Girls As The Basis For The Whole Song. * "I'm A Ken Doll" Has Been Rightly Or Wrongly Attributed To Eddie & Jobo. * The Band Electric Chairs Recorded A Melancholy Down-Tempo Rendition Of Barbie Girl In 2001.
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There Are Multiple Artists Who Share The Name AQUA. 1 - A Danish Pop Group From The '90s 2 - A German Progressive Rock Band From The Early '70s 3 - A South Korean Six-Member Project Girl Group Under KRAZY Entertainment. 1 Aqua Is A Danish-Norwegian Dance-Pop Group Best Known For Their 1997 Breakthrough Single Barbie Girl. Initially Forming As Joyspeed In 1989 The Band Was Renamed Aqua In 1994 And Achieved Huge Success Across The Globe In The Late 1990s And Early 2000s. The Group Managed To Top The UK Singles Chart With Their First Three Singles. The Group Released Two Albums Aquarium In 1997 And Aquarius In 2000 Before Splitting Up In July 2001. The Group Sold An Estimated 33 Million Albums And Singles Making Them The Most Successful Danish Band Ever And The Second Most Successful Norwegian Band. In Their Prime Aqua's Singles Managed To Chart Top Ten In A Number Of Countries Where European Pop Acts Would Not Normally Succeed Including The United States Australia And Japan. The Group Also Caused Controversy With The Double Entendres In Their Barbie Girl Single With The Barbie Doll Makers Mattel Filing A Lawsuit Against The Group. The Lawsuit Was Finally Dismissed By A Judge In 2002 Who Ruled "The Parties Are Advised To Chill". The Band's Members Are Vocalists Lene Nystrøm Rasted From Norway And Rene Dif Keyboardist Søren Rasted And Guitarist Claus Norreen. During Their Split Nystrøm Dif And Rasted Have All Achieved Solo Chart Success And Norreen Has Continued In The Music Industry Remixing Other Artists' Material. At A Press Event On Friday October 26 2007 The Group Announced A 25-Concert Reunion Tour And A New Greatest Hits Album. The Tour Was To Have Commenced In The Summer Of 2008. Offers Were Received By The Record Company From Locations In Denmark Canada United States & U.K. Aqua Finally Performed 8 Concerts Around Denmark As Part Of The "Grøn Koncert" Festival. They Released Their Second Greatest Hits Album On 15 June 2009 Which Includes 16 Old Remastered Tracks And Three New Songs My Mamma Said Live Fast Die Young And Their First Single In 8 Years Back To The 80s Which Was Released In Denmark On 25 May 2009. "Back To The 80's Was The Only Single To Have Success Outside Of Their Home Countries It Reached The Top 20 In France. The Greatest Hits CD Was Released In North America And Many European Countries On 22 September 2009 And In The UK On 29 September 2009. Lene Told In An Interview That The New Album Is Scheduled For Spring 2011. The Band Confirmed On Their Official Facebook Page That They Are Currently Working In The Studio. The Band Released Their New Single How R U Doin? On 14 March 2011 And A Preview Of The Song Was Released On 10 March 2011 On The Groups Official Facebook Page. The Song Was Either Only Released Digitally Outside Of Their Country Or It Achieved No Sucess. Later Singles Just Before The Album Was Released Included Like A Robot And Playmate To Jesus. However Those Were Only To Their Home Country And Only Had Moderate To Minor Success Even There. Like A Robot Was Just Outside The Top 10 And Playmate To Jesus Was Just Outside The Top 20 In Denmark. The Album Megalomania Was Finally Released In October 2011 In Their Home Countries. Like A Robot Was Later Planned To Be Released As A Single Preceding The Album As An International Single However Those Plans Never Materialized. 2 Aqua Originated From Kassel Germany And Came Together In 1972 From Members Of The Groups Agatha Ex-Inaction And Praeludium Magnum.They Only Released A Single And An Album Both Quite Rare But Garden Of Delights' Eponymous Archival Compilation Offers A Nice Overview Of Their Long Career.First Line-Up Included Martin Ulrich On Guitar/backing Vocals Klaus Borucki On Lead Vocals Martin Großkurth On Keyboards Georg Röber On Bass And Bernd Billhardt Ex-Wyoming On Drums. At The Very Early Stages Of Their Career Aqua Recorded Regularly Tracks In Their Rehearsal Room On A 4-Track Revox Tape Recorded.Four Of Them All Previously Unreleased Document The Band's Early Sound Which Was A Jamming Psych/Prog Rock With Light Classical Influences Somewhere Between TYBURN TALL THRICE MICE And SIXTY-NINE Performed Heavily On Hammond Organ And Scratching Electric Guitars Featuring Extended Instrumental Parts And Some Virtuosic Deliveries On Keyboards.The Sound Is Pretty Much Dated With An Average Recording Quality Yet The Music Is Played With Passion And Energy.Nothing New Or Extraordinary Just Decent Material Of Long Emphatic Songs With Strong Organ Pounds And Psychedelic Tunes Around. Five Years Later With A Short Break Inbetween Aqua Would Continue With A Different Line-Up.Ulrich And Borucki Were Now Accompanied By Jorg Rainer Wiesner On Keyboards Wolfgang Eckhardt On Bass And Roy Kaleve On Drums.They Managed To Record Their First Single At Panne & Paulsen Studios In Frankfurt Released In 1978.Forget About The Psychedelic Side Of Aqua As The Band Had Turned Into A Much More Melodic Rock Act With Only Some Old-Fashioned Organ Lines Recalling Their Past.Sweet Vocal Lines Deep Melodies And Some Hard Rock/AOR Vibes With Synths In Evidence Combine For Aqua's New Style Which Was Quite Commercial But Also Quite Decent For What It Was. After Some Decent Airplay More Line-Up Changes Followed.Borucki Left And He Was Replaced By New Singer Mike Fajgel While New Bassist Wolfgang Ide Was Introduced In The Place Of Wolfgang Eckhardt.With A Couple Of Guest Musicians Aqua Eventually Recorded Their Debut ''Sexy Boy?'' In 1980 Again At Panne Studios Distributed In About 1000 Copies.Two Tracks Are Featured In This Compilation And Apparently Aqua's Style Was Heavily Influenced By The 80's Without Any Traces Of The Band's Past And A Very Melodious Sound Akin To ANYONE'S DAUGHTER Or ROUSSEAU's Most Commercial Moments.The Music Is Again Decent With Melodic Electric Guitars Atmospheric Keyboards And Sensitive Vocals The Second Track ''No More Love'' Features Also Some Nice Electric Piano But The Style Is Always Grounded In Safe Fields Lacking Any Instrumental Space For Experiments. Closing Singer For The Group Was Matthias Reim Who Spent Some Very Limited Time With Them And Later Became A Well-Known Pop Singer While The Story Of Aqua Ended In 1984 With Their Dissolution. The Whole History Of Aqua Is Nicely Documented In This Archival Work.Of Minor Interest For Prog Fans This One Is Split Between Early-70's Psych/Prog Exercises And Commercial Rock Of The Late-70's.Certainly Closer To A Collector's Item. 3 AQUA 아쿠아 Is A Six-Member Project Girl Group Managed By KRAZY Entertainment. They Debuted On November 17 2018 With Their First Single "Log In". Th Group Was Formed By Gaming Company Actoz Soft And They Are Described As Korea's First Esports Girl Group Who Will Promote Both As Gamers And Idols. The Group Consists Of Hyerim Member Of LimeSoda Haesol Former PRODUCE 48 Contestant Sihyeon Former PRODUCE 101 And MIXNINE Contestant Hyeonju Former MIXNINE Contestant And Member Of OAHSIS Sua Former PRODUCE 101 Contestant And Member Of OAHSIS And Seungji Member Of LimeSoda .
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"Barbie Girl" is a song in the bubblegum pop genre by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua, who released it in 1997 as their third single overall, and the first United Kingdom release. The song is included on the album Aquarium and was written by Claus Norreen and Søren Nystrøm Rasted after the group saw an exhibit on kitsch culture. The song topped the charts worldwide, particularly in European countries such as the UK, where it was #1 on the charts for three weeks; it was also on top of the charts in Australia for the same length of time, and reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
The song was voted the fourth "Best Number One of All Time" in a VH1 poll, and was featured in spot #32 on VH1's "Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever" countdown. An unrelated VH1 countdown, VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders, rated it #88.
The lyrics of the song are about Barbie and Ken, the dolls made by Mattel. Both the song and its music video feature Lene Nystrøm Rasted as Barbie and René Dif as Ken. As such, the lyrics drew the ire of Barbie's corporate owners.
In 2007, Rolling Stone voted Barbie Girl as one of the 20 Most Annoying Songs.[1]
In 2007, MuchMoreMusic voted it at #27, as one of the 50 Guilty Pleasures.
In 2008, it was featured as "one of the worst songs ever played" on The Morning Wrap, the premiere talk show of the Florida Panhandle.
In 2009, Same Difference voted it #2 in their Ultimate Cheese-Fest Top 20 on 4Music.
Blender magazine also voted it at #33, as one of the 50 Worst Songs Ever.
"Barbie Girl" has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.
The music video played repeatedly on MTV and helped launch the career of Danish director Peder Pedersen, who designed its cartoon-inspired visuals.
As of July 2021, the video has over 912 million views on YouTube.
Mattel sued the band, saying they violated the Barbie trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object, referring to her as a "Blonde Bimbo."[3] They alleged the song had violated their copyrights and trademarks of Barbie, and that its lyrics had tarnished the reputation of their trademark and impinged on their marketing plan. Aqua claimed that Mattel injected their own meanings into the song's lyrics and MCA Records was not about to let their hit single be suppressed without a fight. They contested Mattel's claims and countersued for defamation after Mattel had likened MCA to a bank robber.
The lawsuit filed by Mattel was dismissed by the lower courts, and this dismissal was upheld, though Mattel took their case up to the Supreme Court of the United States (Mattel's appeal was later rejected). In 2002, Judge Alex Kozinski ruled the song was protected as a parody under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and also threw out the defamation lawsuit that Aqua's record company filed against Mattel. Kozinski concluded his ruling by saying, "The parties are advised to chill." The case was dismissed, and in the process, it garnered lots of media attention for the song and the band.
This controversy was used by journalist Naomi Klein to make a political point in her book No Logo, where she stated that the monopolies created by copyrights and trademarks are unfairly and differently enforced based on the legal budgets of the conflicting parties and their ability to defend their expressions by hiring lawyers.
Michael Strangelove, author of The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement, suggested that the failure of Mattel to control and determine the meaning of Barbie indicates how the economic system fails to enable complete control over meanings.
Brazilian singer Kelly Key released a cover version of "Barbie Girl" as her tenth single. The single was released on April 15, 2005.
* The rather gay version of "The Barbie Song" (performed by The Dog House) features Garrett and Raoul who insult Barbie behind her back with gratuitous words because they pine for Ken, however the conclusion of the song sees Barbie approach the pair who proceed to assault her and run off. This song is featured on their 2000 album, How Many People Must Get Dissed?
* Punk rock covers have been performed by bands Home Grown, MxPx, Zebrahead, Simple Plan, My Favorite Band (MFB) and Tsunami Bomb.
* The German duo Lynne & Tessa produced a lip-synched internet video of the song, which has consistently been ranked high in the top-100 list on Google Video since it was released in May 2006.
* The British Indian comedy sketch show Goodness Gracious Me parodied the song as "Punjabi Girl" both in the radio series and later on television.
* The ska band The Aquabats and "Weird Al" Yankovic are mistakenly credited for the parody "Ugly Girl" on music sharing websites. It is debated on who really made it.
* On 11 September 2007, Big Brother 8, co-runners up Samanda recorded a cover, as their debut single. It was released on 7 October 2007 and charted at No.26.
* The song is parodied in the Dutch song "Neem Een Ander in de Maling (Barbie Girl)" by Ome Henk (Note : this parody has sometimes been mistaken for being sung in German by Rammstein).
* WPLJ has also done a parody "Jersey Girl" using stereotypes of Jersey girls as the basis for the whole song.
* "I'm a Ken Doll" has been rightly or wrongly attributed to Eddie & Jobo.
* The band Electric Chairs recorded a melancholy, down-tempo rendition of Barbie Girl in 2001. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.