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The song was written by band members Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, and Lene Nystrøm, and was produced by the former two alongside Johnny Jam and Delgado.
- I. The Rise of Aqua
- II. Writing and Recording “Barbie Girl.”
- III. The Video
- IV. Going Global
- V. The Lawsuit
- VI. The Aftermath
The roots of Aqua go back to a meeting between Danish musicians Søren Rasted and Claus Norreen in the late Eighties. Søren Rasted: Claus and I were about 18 when we met. I was into Simple Minds, David Bowie, and U2. He was a little more electro than I was and into Depeche Mode. We got an apartment together and our biggest goal was to make music eve...
In 1995, recording under original name Joyspeed, the quartet released its debut single, “Itsy Bitsy Spider.” The song was a minor hit in Sweden, but even the group admits that it wasn’t very good. Their sound changed when they got their hands on the Roland JV-2080, a synthesizer that was able to replicate the sounds of organic instruments like pian...
When “Barbie Girl” started taking off on the radio in Denmark, Universal decided to make a video for it. They hired director Peder Pedersen to make it. Peder Pedersen: I was just starting out as a director, and it was hard. The night before I got the request to do “Barbie Girl,” I was doing some grainy black-and-white art stuff in a basement. While...
The song hit just as new pop acts like Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls were taking over the charts. On Sept. 6, 1997, the song debuted at Number Seven on the Billboard Hot 100in America, sandwiched between Third Eye Blind’s “Semi-Charmed Life” and Dru Hill’s “Never Make a Promise.” It did even better in Australia and Europe. Dif:Shortly before this...
The CD booklet for Aqua’s album Aquariumincluded this sentence: “The song ‘Barbie Girl’ is a social comment and was not created or approved by the makers of the doll.” This wasn’t nearly enough to appease Mattel, and they filed a lawsuit against MCA in 2000. Russell Frackman (lawyer):The lawsuit had 11 different claims. They pretty much threw the k...
Aqua followed up Aquariumin 2000 with Aquarius. It sold well around the world, especially in Scandinavia, but stalled out at Number 82 in America. They took a break in 2001 that lasted until 2008. During this time, Nystrøm married Rasted and they had two kids. They separated six years ago. Nystrøm:We’re the best of friends. We have two teenage chil...
May 14, 1997 · [Intro: Lene Nystrøm, René Dif] Hiya, Barbie. Hi, Ken. You wanna go for a ride? Sure, Ken. Jump in. [Chorus: Lene Nystrøm, René Dif] I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world. Life in plastic,...
In 1945 Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot founded the toy company Mattel with their close friend Harold Mattson. The idea for Barbie came about after Ruth watched their daughter Barbara cut dolls out of magazines and carefully choose clothes and accessories to clothe them in.
"Barbie Girl" is a song in the bubblegum genre by the Danish-Norwegian dance pop music group Aqua who released it in 1997 as their third single overall, and the first United Kingdom release.The song is included on the album Aquarium and was written by Claus Norreen and Søren Nystrøm Rasted after...
Apr 1, 2024 · All four members wrote “Barbie Girl” together, and Rasted and former guitarist Claus Norreen, along with Johnny Jam and Delgado, produced it. The Roland JV-2080 synth – the instrument that...
Jul 25, 2023 · As Aqua keyboardist Søren Rasted revealed to Rolling Stone in 2022, though, the song is inspired by Barbie dolls — specifically, an art installation he saw while writing Aqua's first album. "I went to an art exhibition at a store in Copenhagen," he told the outlet. "They'd taken a bunch of Barbie dolls and made a planet out of them.
