The band's next single from Worldbeat, " Dançando Lambada", was a respectable international hit, reaching the top ten in a few countries and #3 on the American Latin chart. Unfortunately, lawsuits against Kaoma from the guys in Los Kjarkas, who held the rights to the original rendering, caused the profits from songwriting to be given away. Internationally, the single was huge, topping the charts in France and Italy (where it was the top song of the year), as well as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Spain, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, while it peaked at #4 in the UK and #5 in Australia. The 12" remix climbed to #21 on Billboard's Dance Club Play list. While "Lambada" topped the Latin Songs chart in the U.S., the foreign language track just couldn't reach the pop top-40, peaking just under at #46 in April of 1990.
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