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"Gentleman" | ||||
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Single by Lou Bega | ||||
from the album Ladies and Gentlemen | ||||
Released | April 30, 2001 | |||
Genre | Latin pop | |||
Length | 3:40 | |||
Label | Unicade Music / BMG | |||
Songwriter(s) | Axel Breitung Lou Bega Zippy Davids | |||
Producer(s) | Goar B Axel Breitung Zippy Davids Peter Hoff | |||
Lou Bega singles chronology | ||||
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"Gentleman" is a song by Lou Bega. It was the first single from his album Ladies and Gentlemen .
In fact, the song "Gentleman" is a parody, because a real gentleman doesn't claim to be a gentleman. The song is about gentlemen nowadays, how to become a gentleman and how to become entitled to be a gentleman. [1]
— Lou Bega on the song "Gentleman"
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Austria | 16 |
France | 54 |
Germany | 35 |
Poland [2] | 30 |
Switzerland | 62 |
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