Gentleman (Lou Bega song)

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"Gentleman"
Gentleman (song).jpg
Single by Lou Bega
from the album Ladies and Gentlemen
ReleasedApril 30, 2001
Genre Latin pop
Length3:40
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
"Mambo Mambo"
(2000)
"Gentleman"
(2001)
"Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody"
(2001)

"Gentleman" is a song by Lou Bega. It was the first single from his album Ladies and Gentlemen .

Contents

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 performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Austria 16
France 54
Germany 35
Poland [2] 30
Switzerland 62

Track listing

Maxi single
  1. "Gentleman" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "Gentleman" (Alternative Radio Edit) - 3:40
  3. "Gentleman" (Latin Version) - 3:41
  4. "Club Elitaire" (Album Version) - 5:05
  5. "Soon" (Short Cuts from the Forthcoming Lou Bega Album) - 3:40

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References

  1. Interview with Lou Bega (in German)
  2. "Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 18/2001". PiF PaF Production. Archived from the original on January 14, 2002. Retrieved December 27, 2016.