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The Smurfs music

January 27, 2023

Singles and full albums of original music for The Smurfs cartoon series (1981–1989) and the Smurfs movies have been released in different countries and languages, sometimes very successfully, with millions of copies sold.[1] Worldwide, more than 10 million CDs were sold between 2005 and 2007 alone.[2]

Music recordings

In general, there have been three eras in which Smurf music was very popular: the late 1970s, the early 1980s and the mid-1990s and later.

The first successful Smurf record was The Smurf Song (originally titled Het Smurfenlied in Dutch) by Dutch singer, writer and producer Pierre Kartner, a.k.a. Father Abraham. The single, first released in November 1977, reached the #1 position in 16 countries.[2] (While held off the top spot in the UK by "You're The One That I Want", the single broke a record for most consecutive weeks at number two, which was only equaled in 1991 by Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" and finally beaten in 1994 when All 4 One achieved 7 weeks at No.2 with "I Swear") Kartner subsequently recorded different versions of the song in different languages and he made an album, Father Abraham in Smurfland, which was also a success. It sold 200,000 copies in Belgium and 300,000 copies in Netherlands.[3]

As work on a second Smurf album stalled during 1979 due to creative differences between Mr Kartner and his Dutch record company Dureco, the latter – which owned the music rights to the Smurfs output – decided to take matter into own hands and started producing its own Smurf-related records, produced by music promoter Frans Erkelens and composer Barrie Corbett (who had a European hit in 1975 with If You Go as half of the duo Barry & Eileen). Together, they produced numerous Smurf albums, some of which coincided with the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series which was produced in the early 1980s. Again, many of these albums were released in different languages. In 1984, the album Best of Friends by The Smurfs – produced for the American market – received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children.

The third wave of Smurf mania occurred in the second half of the 1990s, and again it had a Dutch link. This time it was Dutch production team Cat Music who were asked by EMI Music in the Netherlands to produce a Smurf album with "smurfed up" versions of current hits. The first single was a new version of the 2 Unlimited hit No Limit, which went to Number One in the Netherlands in early 1995. Local branches of EMI in Europe requested their own Smurf albums (see below), all produced by Cat Music and mostly sung by local (uncredited) artists.

Czech Republic

There are some Smurf records released in Czech Republic. The first releases was released in 1988 and 1989, followed by 1996 to 2000, and again in 2011 and 2012. One of the albums, which was released in 1996, is the best selling album ever in Czech Republic between 1994 and 2006.[4]

Finland

Since 1996, EMI Finland has released a total of 19 Smurf CDs (mostly featuring "smurfy" versions of pop hits). The first of them sold 170,000 copies in Finland. One album has sold multi-platinum, one album has sold double-platinum, eight albums have sold platinum, five albums have sold gold and one single has sold gold. The total of their certified sales exceeds 800,000 copies.[5]

Germany

Since the 1970s, many Smurf records have been made in Germany, some of them turning out to be bestsellers.[6] This started with the Father Abraham single Das Lied der Schlümpfe and the album Vater Abraham im Land der Schlümpfe, both of which went platinum. Apart from many later gold records, the Smurfs again were certificated platinum for the 1981 album Hitparade der Schlümpfe, the 1995 albumTekkno ist cool (double platinum) and the 1996 Alles Banane volume 3, Megaparty volume 2 and Voll der Winter volume 4.[7]

Hungary

From 1996 to 2011, fourteen "Hupikék Törpikék" (the Hungarian name for "The Smurfs") albums were released. The songs on these albums are covers of popular songs, sang in Hungarian, with lyrics related to the cartoon "The Smurfs".[8]

Italy

In Italy, most of the Smurfs cartoon anthems were sung by Cristina D'Avena.

Japan

In Japan, "Silly Little Song of the Smurfs" (スマーフのちっちゃなちっちゃなうた, Sumāfu no Chiccha na Chiccha na Uta) was the opening theme song to the Japanese dub of the Smurfs television series. It was released on 45 vinyl by Polydor Records in 1981 exclusively in Japan. The song was written by Keisuke Yamakawa [ja] and its music is by composers Pierre Kartner, "Corbett", and "Linlee". It features vocals by Yoshio Maruyama and Masaki Kobayashi who are credited as Blessing Four [ja]. Included on the back of the album were dancing instructions for a special Smurf dance.[9]

Netherlands

The success of the Smurfs music in the Netherlands started with the Dutch artist Father Abraham, whose single 't Smurfenlied (The Smurf Song) stayed at the number 1 position on the Dutch charts for seven consecutive weeks, and the follow-up single Smurfenbier reached #5.[10] More Smurf records followed in the decades, with Irene Moors as one of the main artists. In 1995, three different Smurf albums went platinum, with Smurf the House, Smurfen Houseparty, and the double platinum Ga je mee naar Smurfenland. The single No Limit, based on the 2 Unlimited hit No Limit, also went platinum[11] and topped the Dutch charts for six weeks in 1995.[12]

Norway

In 1978, actor/comedian Geir Børresen recorded a Norwegian version of Father Abraham's "The Smurf Song", which went on to top the Norwegian singles lists for 7 weeks in 1978/79. The accompanying album, "I Smurfeland" became even more popular, for a long time the best-selling Norwegian album of all time (270,000 copies sold in Norway.[13]) until overtaken by Åge Aleksandersen's "Levva Livet" in 1984. There were also two sequel albums released throughout 1979, and those three albums sold a total of 380,000 copies.[14] One of his albums has a song done to the tune of the Silly Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), and even has the same title, Tullesang.[15]

Poland

Since 1997, 13 Smurf albums called Smerfne Hity were released in Poland. The first album, released in 1997, sold quadruple-platinum[16] and four others sold platinum.[17] In the first four years, during which nine albums have been released, their sales exceeded 1,160,000 copies.

United Kingdom

In the UK the Smurfs have had five Top 20 singles. The first was the #2 "The Smurf Song" in June 1978,[18] followed by the #13 and #19 hits "Dippety Day" and "Christmas in Smurfland" in September and December of the same year. Eighteen years later they scored two Top 10 hits with "I've Got A Little Puppy" (#4) and "Your Christmas Wish" (#8) in September and December 1996.[19] Their #4 hit was unusual in that it used the music of the song "I Want To Be A Hippy" by Technohead, the original having lyrics about drug usage and rave music.

In terms of albums they have had six Top 30 hits. The first, in November 1978 was Father Abraham in Smurfland which reached #19. After a wait for 18 years they had two Top 10's in 1996, The Smurfs Go Pop! (July, #2) and Smurf's Christmas Party (November, #8). February 1997 saw another #2 hit The Smurfs Hits '97 – Volume 1 and seven months later came a #15, Go Pop! Again. A greatest hits album in April 1998 broke into the Top 30 at #28.[20]

The Smurf dance

The Smurf is a dance that originated with the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

The Smurf is mentioned in "The Frug", a song by the band Rilo Kiley. It appeared on both their debut album, The Initial Friend E.P., and on the soundtrack to the movie Desert Blue. The Smurf is also mentioned in "The New Style" and "Posse In Effect", songs by the band Beastie Boys on their album "Licensed to Ill"; in "Turn Me Loose" as recorded by the collaboration of Eminem and Limp Bizkit; and in the song "I'm Through With White Girls" written by Jim Diamond and recorded by the band The Dirtbombs. The rapper Nas referenced The Smurf in the song Made You Look, along with two other fad dances, (the Wop and the Baseball bat). That same Nas line was used in the song "88" by the rap duo The Cool Kids, which is also featured on the video game NBA Live 08. The band Flobots mentions the Smurf in their song "The Effect."

Parodies

  • Comedy Band The Barron Knights' 1978 UK #3 hit single A Taste Of Aggro, a medley of parodies, included a version of The Smurf Song featuring, in place of the Smurfs, a group of bank robbers from Catford who have escaped from Dartmoor Prison.[21]
  • In 1979 the pop impresario Jonathan King scored a minor hit single under the pseudonym Father Abraphart and the Smurps entitled 'Lick a Smurp for Christmas (All Fall Down)', a parody of Father Abraham and the Smurfs. The title of the song referred to the hoax story that some Smurfs toys had been painted using lead paint, and that young children had been falling ill from placing them in their mouths.
  • Oasis refused permission for the release of the song "Wondersmurf", a parody of their song "Wonderwall."[22]

Notes

  1. ^ "They're Smurf a fortune". BBC News. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Leo Cendrowicz (15 January 2008). . Time. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  3. ^ Hoos, Willem (21 January 1978). "Dutch Firms Prime Promotional Guns For Major MIDEM Attack" (PDF). Billboard. p. 116. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Filter".
  5. ^ "Smurffit" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  6. ^ Steffen Hung. "Discographie Die Schlümpfe". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  7. ^ . www.musikindustrie.de. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Allmusic Hungary a magyar zene adatbázisa – Hupikék Törpikék – magyar elõadók, lemezek, dalok, slágerlisták, zenei videók". Allmusic.hu. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  9. ^ . siglandia.net (in Italian). 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Top 40-artiesten (A)". Top40.nl. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  11. ^ . Nvpi.nl. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  13. ^ Bakkemoen, Kurt (19 March 1980). "Biggest Norwegian Sellers" (PDF). Billboard. p. 113. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  14. ^ "VG-lista – Geir Børresen/Smurfene". Lista.vg.no. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Tullesang". Spotify. 1979.
  16. ^ Bestsellery ZPAV
  17. ^ "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum".
  18. ^ Father Abraham and The Smurfs discography on everyhit.com
  19. ^ Smurfs singles discography on everyhit.com
  20. ^ The Smurfs album discography on everyhit.com
  21. ^ "A Taste Of Aggro Lyrics by Barron Knights". Lyrics On Demand. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  22. ^ . The Daily Telegraph. London. 14 December 1996. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2010.

External links

  • The Smurfs official site
  • Happy Smurfday: Official Smurfs 50th Anniversary site

January 27, 2023
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Singles and full albums of original music for The Smurfs cartoon series 1981 1989 and the Smurfs movies have been released in different countries and languages sometimes very successfully with millions of copies sold 1 Worldwide more than 10 million CDs were sold between 2005 and 2007 alone 2 Contents 1 Music recordings 1 1 Czech Republic 1 2 Finland 1 3 Germany 1 4 Hungary 1 5 Italy 1 6 Japan 1 7 Netherlands 1 8 Norway 1 9 Poland 1 10 United Kingdom 2 The Smurf dance 3 Parodies 4 Notes 5 External linksMusic recordings EditIn general there have been three eras in which Smurf music was very popular the late 1970s the early 1980s and the mid 1990s and later The first successful Smurf record was The Smurf Song originally titled Het Smurfenlied in Dutch by Dutch singer writer and producer Pierre Kartner a k a Father Abraham The single first released in November 1977 reached the 1 position in 16 countries 2 While held off the top spot in the UK by You re The One That I Want the single broke a record for most consecutive weeks at number two which was only equaled in 1991 by Right Said Fred s I m Too Sexy and finally beaten in 1994 when All 4 One achieved 7 weeks at No 2 with I Swear Kartner subsequently recorded different versions of the song in different languages and he made an album Father Abraham in Smurfland which was also a success It sold 200 000 copies in Belgium and 300 000 copies in Netherlands 3 As work on a second Smurf album stalled during 1979 due to creative differences between Mr Kartner and his Dutch record company Dureco the latter which owned the music rights to the Smurfs output decided to take matter into own hands and started producing its own Smurf related records produced by music promoter Frans Erkelens and composer Barrie Corbett who had a European hit in 1975 with If You Go as half of the duo Barry amp Eileen Together they produced numerous Smurf albums some of which coincided with the Hanna Barbera cartoon series which was produced in the early 1980s Again many of these albums were released in different languages In 1984 the album Best of Friends by The Smurfs produced for the American market received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children The third wave of Smurf mania occurred in the second half of the 1990s and again it had a Dutch link This time it was Dutch production team Cat Music who were asked by EMI Music in the Netherlands to produce a Smurf album with smurfed up versions of current hits The first single was a new version of the 2 Unlimited hit No Limit which went to Number One in the Netherlands in early 1995 Local branches of EMI in Europe requested their own Smurf albums see below all produced by Cat Music and mostly sung by local uncredited artists Czech Republic Edit There are some Smurf records released in Czech Republic The first releases was released in 1988 and 1989 followed by 1996 to 2000 and again in 2011 and 2012 One of the albums which was released in 1996 is the best selling album ever in Czech Republic between 1994 and 2006 4 Finland Edit Since 1996 EMI Finland has released a total of 19 Smurf CDs mostly featuring smurfy versions of pop hits The first of them sold 170 000 copies in Finland One album has sold multi platinum one album has sold double platinum eight albums have sold platinum five albums have sold gold and one single has sold gold The total of their certified sales exceeds 800 000 copies 5 Germany Edit Since the 1970s many Smurf records have been made in Germany some of them turning out to be bestsellers 6 This started with the Father Abraham single Das Lied der Schlumpfe and the album Vater Abraham im Land der Schlumpfe both of which went platinum Apart from many later gold records the Smurfs again were certificated platinum for the 1981 album Hitparade der Schlumpfe the 1995 albumTekkno ist cool double platinum and the 1996 Alles Banane volume 3 Megaparty volume 2 and Voll der Winter volume 4 7 Hungary Edit From 1996 to 2011 fourteen Hupikek Torpikek the Hungarian name for The Smurfs albums were released The songs on these albums are covers of popular songs sang in Hungarian with lyrics related to the cartoon The Smurfs 8 Italy Edit In Italy most of the Smurfs cartoon anthems were sung by Cristina D Avena Japan Edit In Japan Silly Little Song of the Smurfs スマーフのちっちゃなちっちゃなうた Sumafu no Chiccha na Chiccha na Uta was the opening theme song to the Japanese dub of the Smurfs television series It was released on 45 vinyl by Polydor Records in 1981 exclusively in Japan The song was written by Keisuke Yamakawa ja and its music is by composers Pierre Kartner Corbett and Linlee It features vocals by Yoshio Maruyama and Masaki Kobayashi who are credited as Blessing Four ja Included on the back of the album were dancing instructions for a special Smurf dance 9 Netherlands Edit The success of the Smurfs music in the Netherlands started with the Dutch artist Father Abraham whose single t Smurfenlied The Smurf Song stayed at the number 1 position on the Dutch charts for seven consecutive weeks and the follow up single Smurfenbier reached 5 10 More Smurf records followed in the decades with Irene Moors as one of the main artists In 1995 three different Smurf albums went platinum with Smurf the House Smurfen Houseparty and the double platinum Ga je mee naar Smurfenland The single No Limit based on the 2 Unlimited hit No Limit also went platinum 11 and topped the Dutch charts for six weeks in 1995 12 Norway Edit In 1978 actor comedian Geir Borresen recorded a Norwegian version of Father Abraham s The Smurf Song which went on to top the Norwegian singles lists for 7 weeks in 1978 79 The accompanying album I Smurfeland became even more popular for a long time the best selling Norwegian album of all time 270 000 copies sold in Norway 13 until overtaken by Age Aleksandersen s Levva Livet in 1984 There were also two sequel albums released throughout 1979 and those three albums sold a total of 380 000 copies 14 One of his albums has a song done to the tune of the Silly Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 film and even has the same title Tullesang 15 Poland Edit Since 1997 13 Smurf albums called Smerfne Hity were released in Poland The first album released in 1997 sold quadruple platinum 16 and four others sold platinum 17 In the first four years during which nine albums have been released their sales exceeded 1 160 000 copies United Kingdom Edit In the UK the Smurfs have had five Top 20 singles The first was the 2 The Smurf Song in June 1978 18 followed by the 13 and 19 hits Dippety Day and Christmas in Smurfland in September and December of the same year Eighteen years later they scored two Top 10 hits with I ve Got A Little Puppy 4 and Your Christmas Wish 8 in September and December 1996 19 Their 4 hit was unusual in that it used the music of the song I Want To Be A Hippy by Technohead the original having lyrics about drug usage and rave music In terms of albums they have had six Top 30 hits The first in November 1978 was Father Abraham in Smurfland which reached 19 After a wait for 18 years they had two Top 10 s in 1996 The Smurfs Go Pop July 2 and Smurf s Christmas Party November 8 February 1997 saw another 2 hit The Smurfs Hits 97 Volume 1 and seven months later came a 15 Go Pop Again A greatest hits album in April 1998 broke into the Top 30 at 28 20 The Smurf dance EditThe Smurf is a dance that originated with the Hanna Barbera cartoon The Smurf is mentioned in The Frug a song by the band Rilo Kiley It appeared on both their debut album The Initial Friend E P and on the soundtrack to the movie Desert Blue The Smurf is also mentioned in The New Style and Posse In Effect songs by the band Beastie Boys on their album Licensed to Ill in Turn Me Loose as recorded by the collaboration of Eminem and Limp Bizkit and in the song I m Through With White Girls written by Jim Diamond and recorded by the band The Dirtbombs The rapper Nas referenced The Smurf in the song Made You Look along with two other fad dances the Wop and the Baseball bat That same Nas line was used in the song 88 by the rap duo The Cool Kids which is also featured on the video game NBA Live 08 The band Flobots mentions the Smurf in their song The Effect Parodies EditComedy Band The Barron Knights 1978 UK 3 hit single A Taste Of Aggro a medley of parodies included a version of The Smurf Song featuring in place of the Smurfs a group of bank robbers from Catford who have escaped from Dartmoor Prison 21 In 1979 the pop impresario Jonathan King scored a minor hit single under the pseudonym Father Abraphart and the Smurps entitled Lick a Smurp for Christmas All Fall Down a parody of Father Abraham and the Smurfs The title of the song referred to the hoax story that some Smurfs toys had been painted using lead paint and that young children had been falling ill from placing them in their mouths Oasis refused permission for the release of the song Wondersmurf a parody of their song Wonderwall 22 Notes Edit They re Smurf a fortune BBC News 24 October 2008 Retrieved 25 May 2010 a b Leo Cendrowicz 15 January 2008 The Smurfs Are Off to Conquer the World Again Time Archived from the original on 18 January 2008 Retrieved 15 January 2008 Hoos Willem 21 January 1978 Dutch Firms Prime Promotional Guns For Major MIDEM Attack PDF Billboard p 116 Retrieved 4 January 2023 Filter Smurffit in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 1 August 2011 Steffen Hung Discographie Die Schlumpfe austriancharts at Retrieved 29 June 2014 Bundesverband Musikindustrie Gold Platin Datenbank www musikindustrie de Archived from the original on 13 May 2008 Allmusic Hungary a magyar zene adatbazisa Hupikek Torpikek magyar eloadok lemezek dalok slagerlistak zenei videok Allmusic hu Retrieved 29 June 2014 Le sigle giapponesi dei cartoni animati P siglandia net in Italian 20 February 2008 Archived from the original on 20 February 2008 Retrieved 24 September 2018 Top 40 artiesten A Top40 nl Retrieved 29 June 2014 Goud Platina NVPI Nvpi nl Archived from the original on 15 February 2009 Retrieved 29 June 2014 Top 40 Archived from the original on 27 July 2009 Retrieved 6 April 2009 Bakkemoen Kurt 19 March 1980 Biggest Norwegian Sellers PDF Billboard p 113 Retrieved 10 July 2019 VG lista Geir Borresen Smurfene Lista vg no 1 January 1970 Retrieved 29 June 2014 Tullesang Spotify 1979 Bestsellery ZPAV ZPAV Bestsellery i wyroznienia Wyroznienia Platynowe plyty CD Archiwum Father Abraham and The Smurfs discography on everyhit com Smurfs singles discography on everyhit com The Smurfs album discography on everyhit com A Taste Of Aggro Lyrics by Barron Knights Lyrics On Demand Retrieved 29 June 2014 Seasonal rock single The Daily Telegraph London 14 December 1996 Archived from the original on 10 October 2012 Retrieved 25 May 2010 External links EditThe Smurfs official site Happy Smurfday Official Smurfs 50th Anniversary site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Smurfs music 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