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The Italian tune ' Santa Lucia' is also quoted. One quoted melody is the First Swedish Rhapsody of Hugo AlfvР“В©n. At times, melodies from other songs are quoted. The song's lyrics contain no actual words, only iambic nonsense syllables resembling scat singing. WPTR did much the same, except that the credit was given to the station's Disc Jockey J.W. During its 1РІР‚вЂњ15 September 1969 run on the WLS 890 Hit Parade, the surveys erroneously credited the record to someone named Pete Howard. Umiliani's own version reached number 8 in the UK in 1977. The UK single release, on the Major Minor label, was credited to 'The Great Unknowns', and featured Giorgio Moroder's 'Doo-be-doo-be-do' on the B side (also sometimes featured in The Benny Hill Show). In Canada the song reached #22 in the RPM Magazine charts. In the U.S., it peaked at #55 in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #44 on the Cash Box magazine chart in October 1969. 'Mah NР“В Mah NР“В ' was a hit in many countries in 1968РІР‚вЂњ1969. The song also appeared on the 1968 soundtrack album released for the film. It was performed by a band called Marc 4 (four session musicians from the RAI orchestra) and the lead part was sung by Italian singer/composer Alessandro Alessandroni and his wife Giulia. The song accompanied a scene in the film set in a sauna which gave its original title ' Viva la Sauna Svedese' ('Hooray for the Swedish Sauna').

The medley became a Benny Hill Show tradition for the rest of its run.Р”Р„lthough Umiliani used a very similar theme in 1966 for the soundtrack of the Italian film Duello nel mondo (international title: Ring Around The World), 'Mah NР“В Mah NР“В ' debuted as part of Umiliani's soundtrack for the Italian mondo film Svezia, inferno e paradiso ( Sweden: Heaven and Hell ) (1968), an exploitation documentary film about wild sexual activity and other behaviour in Sweden. Starting in 1971, The Benny Hill Show РІР‚вЂњ in its second incarnation now at Thames Television where it launched in 1969 in colour РІР‚вЂњ implemented 'Mah NР“В Mah NР“В ' as part of a comic background music medley that would run during their often filmed slapstick sketches. Seven years later the song was part of the premiere episode of The Muppet Show in 1976. The following Sunday, Henson and his Muppets performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was first performed by Jim Henson ( Kermit the Frog, et al.), Frank Oz ( Fozzie Bear, et al.) and Loretta Long (Susan) on the fourteenth episode of the show, broadcast on November 27, 1969. Sesame Street producer Joan Ganz Cooney heard the track on the radio and decided it would be a perfect addition to the show. 'Mah NР“В Mah NР“В ' first gained popularity in English-speaking countries from its use in the recurring cold open blackout sketch for the 1969РІР‚вЂњ1970 season of The Red Skelton Show first airing in October 1969. and in Britain, but became better known internationally for its use by The Muppets and on The Benny Hill Show. It originally appeared in the Italian film Sweden: Heaven and Hell ( Svezia, inferno e paradiso).

' Mah NР“В Mah NР“В ' is a popular song by Italian composer Piero Umiliani. 1968 single by Piero Umiliani 'Mah NР“В Mah NР“В /Manah Manah'Р”Р‡rom the album Svezia, inferno e paradiso

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