Chica Chica Boom Chic

Written for: That Night In Rio (1941)
Performer: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, Studio Chorus & Banda Da Lua; Alice Faye & Don Ameche (OUT-TAKE)
English lyric: Mack Gordon
Spanish lyric 1: Pedro Berríos
Italian lyric: Devilli
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Miller Music, Inc.

English lyric:

Verse (from movie):

My friends, I send felicitations
To our South American relations;
May we never leave behind us
All the common ties that bind us;
A hundred and thirty million people send regards to you,
And before I return, there's one thing you can do:

Chorus:

Come on and sing the Chica Chica Boom Chic,
That crazy thing, the Chica Chica Boom Chic;
Brazilians found the Chica Chica Boom Chic,
They like the sound of Chica Chica Boom Chic.
It came down the Amazon, from the jungles
Where the natives greet
Ev'ryone they meet
Beatin' on a tom-tom:
Boom chi-boom chi-boom, boom chi-boom chi-boom;
It don't make sense, the Chica Chica Boom Chic,
But it's immense, the Chica Chica Boom Chic;
That's all you've got to say
To chase the jinx away,
Chica Chica Boom, Chica Chica Boom,
Chica Chica Boom Chic!


Spanish lyric 1:

"Chica Chica Bum Chic"

Chorus:

Ven a cantar el Chica Chica Bum Chic,
Ven a gozar del Chica Chica Bum Chic;
En el Brazil el Chica Chica Bum Chic,
Se baila_al son del Chica Chica Bum Chic.
El sol de los trópicos en la jungla,
Es la_inspiración
Para repicar
Al compás del tom-tom:
Bum, chi-bum chi-bum, bum chi-bum chi-bum;
No sé por qué el Chica Chica Bum Chic,
Lo llamarán el Chica Chica Bum Chic;
Es lo que tú dirás,
Y no preguntes más,
Chica Chica Bum, Chica Chica Bum,
Chica Chica Bum Chic!

Spanish lyric 2:

Chorus:

Ven a_entonar, la chica chica bum chic,
Loco cantar, la chica chica bum chic.
Todo Brasil, la chica chica bum chic,
Cantó febril, la chica chica bum chic.
Llegó desde_el corazón, de la selva,
Su_armorioso son
Que golpeando van,
Siempre en el tan-tan.
Bum chi-bum chi-bum, bum chi-bum chi-bum.
No tiene par, la chica chica bum chic,
Raro cantar, la chica chica bum chic.
Para poder soñar,
No_habrá más que_entonar
Chica chica bum, chica chica bum,
Chica chica bum chic.


Italian lyric:

"Cica Cica Bum!"

Chorus:

Dall'equator è guinta nel Brasile
La novità la Cica Cica Bum Cik!
Al varietà, per casa nel cortile,
Si canta sol la Cica Cica Bum Cik!
Ah, ah, la gran novità Brasilena!
Ma chi sa capir
Cosa voglian dir
Queste tre parole:
Bum ci bum ci bum, bum ci bum ci bum!
Se splende_il sol, se c'è la luna piena,
Ti segue_ognor quell'eco brasilena,
Che vien da dove c'è
La pianta del caffè.
Cica Cica Bum, Cica Cica Bum
Cica Cica Bum Cik!