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词条 Macho Man (song)
释义

  1. Background and writing

  2. Personnel

  3. Music video

  4. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  5. In popular culture

  6. References

  7. External links

{{More citations needed|date=July 2010}}{{Infobox song
| name = Macho Man
| cover = Villagemachoman.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Village People
| album = Macho Man
| B-side = Just a Gigolo
| released = February 1978
| format = {{hlist|7"|12"}}
| recorded = 1977; Sigma Sound Studios {{small|(New York City)}}
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Disco
| length = 3:30 {{small|(7" 45 rpm)}}
5:21 {{small|(12"/LP)}}
| label = Casablanca Records
| writer = {{hlist|Jacques Morali|Henri Belolo|Victor Willis|Peter Whitehead}}
| producer = Jacques Morali
| prev_title = I Am What I Am
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Y.M.C.A.
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|AO43p2Wqc08|"Macho Man"}}}}
}}

"Macho Man" is the second single recorded by the American disco group Village People. It is the title song of the eponymous album (1978).[1][2]

The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 24, 1978[3] (when the album had already been charting since March[4]) before picking up more airplay that August{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}. It became the Village People's first charting hit in the United States, peaking on the Hot 100 at number 25 on the week of September 2.[5][6][1]

A medley with "I Am What I Am" and "Key West" reached number 4 on Billboard's Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart.[6] On the survey of Chicago radio superstation WLS-AM, "Macho Man" spent two weeks at number 3.[7]

Background and writing

Village People cowboy Randy Jones recalled, "The Monday after Thanksgiving (1977), we signed contracts and the Tuesday after, we were in studio recording "Macho Man," with Victor Willis' handwritten lyrics that were written in the morning with egg stains and coffee rings on it. Everything was happening that quickly."[8]

Personnel

  • Victor Willis – lead vocals
  • Jimmy Lee – lead guitar
  • Rodger Lee – rhythm guitar
  • Alfonso Carey – bass
  • Russell Dabney – drums
  • Peter Whitehead, Phil Kraus – percussion

Music video

The music video basically featured the band working out and dancing in a gym and other shots of men working out in that same gym.

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|25|artist=The Village People}}
Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia KMR [9]3
Canadian RPM Top Singles [10]16
New Zealand[11]7
US Disco Singles (Billboard)14
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Year-end charts

Chart (1978)Rank
Australia [9]6
Canada [12]153
New Zealand [11]40
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[13]166
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In popular culture

{{More citations needed|section|date=October 2016}}
  • The song is played comically in many films, like Rise of the Machines, In & Out, Addams Family Values.
  • The song was featured on an episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, in the season 3 episode "Dance Fever", where Little Pete (Danny Tamberelli) and Nona (Michelle Trachtenberg) are dancing.
  • In 2004, the song was used in a MicroTouch commercial, with lyrics changed to "Micro, Micro Man".
  • The song also serves as the theme song to the Nutty Professor remake and its sequel.
  • In the episode "Homer Loves Flanders" of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, Homer Simpson sang this song as "Nacho Man",[14]
  • The song was featured in an Old El Paso commercial in 1995, with lyrics changed to "Nacho, nacho, man".
  • In one installment of the weekly comic strip FoxTrot, Jason Fox and his friend Marcus sing the chorus over and over to annoy Jason's sister Paige, who grumbles, "I wish I hadn't told you I hate that song." Jason responds, "You're lucky we don't know more verses," while Marcus asks, "Is it 'macho' or 'nacho'?"[15]
  • In the Scrubs episode "My New Suit" J.D. fantasizes about playing Macho Man to babies to test their "gayness"
  • In the second season episode of Friends entitled "The One Where Ross Finds Out", the song plays while Monica and Chandler are working out.
  • The song was performed by Donald Duck on the 1979 Disney audio release Mickey Mouse Disco, parodying the song as "Macho Duck".
  • The song was performed by Link Hogthrob and Gonzo the Great on The Muppet Show episode 405.
  • In the third episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer the title character jogs into and around her kitchen singing the song.
  • Saturday Night Live parodied the song as "Matzo Man".
  • In an episode of King of the Hill, the song plays while Bill is working out.
  • In an episode of The Goldbergs, entitled "I Heart Video Dating", the song plays in the dating video created by Adam Goldberg.
  • Mucho Macho Man, a race horse who won the 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic and was third in the 2011 Kentucky Derby, was named after the song. The Village People appeared in costume via remote telecast during the NBC broadcast of both races in support of the horse's effort.
  • In Spy School, Huckapoo did a cover of this song.
  • Brazilian countertenor, pop and jazz singer Edson Cordeiro covered the song in his album of 1998, Disco Clubbing ao Vivo.
  • In 2016, Amanda Lear recorded a cover version of this song for her album, Let Me Entertain You.
  • In 2017, the song was used on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race as a lip sync song, in which contestants Peppermint and Alexis Michelle had to lip sync to stay in the competition, with Peppermint winning the battle and Michelle being eliminated.
  • Used as the background music to Paul Hogan's character, Trevor Dags – Dancing Fool, in The Paul Hogan Show
  • It was sung by Jason Bateman on a 1983 episode of Silver Spoons entitled "Passports To Pleasure".
  • It was sung by Danny DeVito on a 1979 episode of Taxi entitled "Louie and the Nice Girl", the second season premiere.

References

1. ^{{cite book|author1=Brett Ermilio|author2=Josh Levine|title=Going Platinum: KISS, Donna Summer, and How Neil Bogart Built Casablanca Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2K2DBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA156&dq=%22Macho+Man%22+%22Village+People%22|date=2014-11-04|publisher=Lyons Press|isbn=978-1-4930-1627-3|pages=156–}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Peter Shapiro|title=Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hT86CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT271&dq=%22Macho+Man%22+%22Village+People%22|date=2015-06-23|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-1-4668-9412-9|pages=271–}}
3. ^Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart - Billboard
4. ^Top 200 Albums - Billboard
5. ^Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart - Billboard
6. ^{{cite web|title=The Village People Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-village-people-mn0000808201/awards |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307081854/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-village-people-mn0000808201/awards |archivedate=2016-03-07 |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=2016-12-28 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls102878.htm |title=wls102878 |website=Oldiesloon.com |date=1978-10-28 |accessdate=2016-10-13}}
8. ^E! True Hollywood Story, Village People, 2000
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |title=Australian Chart Book |website=Austchartbook.com.au |date= |accessdate=2016-10-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |archivedate=2016-03-05 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4618a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4618a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4618a |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-13}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3867 |title=Top Selling Singles of 1978 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=1978-12-31 |accessdate=2016-10-13}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070b |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-13}}
13. ^{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |url= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page= |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season5/page16.shtml|title=Homer Loves Flanders|accessdate=2007-03-21|author1=Martyn, Warren |author2=Wood, Adrian |year=2000|publisher=BBC}}
15. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=UCVt3SYUeBwC&pg=PA200

External links

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