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Friday 02/27/04

The secret origin of the Muppets' "Mah na mah na." Do dooo, de doo do! BTW, there's a Portland band called Menomena whose name is pronounced the name way. Their album I Am the Fun Blame Monster is pretty cool.

Re: Mah na mah na

There are 19 messages in this thread, displayed in the order they were posted.

brooke 9/25/2004 11:57:49 PM Pacific

where can u download mah na mah na? im crazy about it and i keep downloading stupid other ones
Laura 11/2/2004 6:45:19 PM Pacific
I found the entire version on Kazaa
Muppet 1/26/2005 4:05:39 PM Pacific
http://movies.quadratic.net/Muppet_Show_Manamanah.mpeg.
Gary 2/17/2005 6:03:53 PM Pacific
I remember seeing a skit with this song way back in the early '70s on "The Red Skelton Show", and that was years before the Muppets ever did it. Instead of muppets, they had little people dressed up as aliens jumping in and out of "craters" on the stage. I was only a little kid, but I thought it was hilarious!
Ma-nah-ma-nah searcher aka sam 3/29/2005 12:49:48 AM Pacific
OK so my mate is getting married he wanted me to compile a cd i have noooooooooo idea why he wanted this song, i got WinMX what is the damned spelling of the manahmanah/ma nah ma nah/menomino/menomenablooody song n e ways anyone know were i can download it?
Miller 3/29/2005 11:29:38 AM Pacific
If you are using win mx, type it like this: mahna mahna or mah-na mah-na . I downloaded it from there, and that worked.
MacDaddy dude (t.sax) 4/4/2005 4:31:43 PM Pacific
yeah, first of all, go on limewire, cuz WinMX sux. second its spelled "Ma Na Ma Nah". Make sure u get the right version, there are a lot of bad versions out there that suck
Shea 4/4/2005 8:45:16 PM Pacific
Sorry about another "Mah na Mah na" comment... But I HAD to share what I found, after some research,on the "Mah na Mah na" ditty Dr.Pepper is using lately (the later version by the Muppets):

Curiously enough, Swedish artist by the name of Piero Umiliani wrote and performed the original "Mah na mah na" in 1968 on the LP "Svezia,Inferno E Paradiso" (found this was re-released on CD in 1998, see Amazon).
Much of Piero's work was the soft somewhat vapid loungy music typical of late 60's cocktail bars and supermarket muzak.
But it brings back pleasant memories of my youth, all the same, whilst the Muppets version was just not the same. I also remember seeing a skit or two on TV, around 68-69, using the Piero Umiliani tune, and I have to guess it was on the Red Skelton show, or perhaps "Laugh In"... Later, I'd wager "Benny Hill" used a version of it, as well (would have to see one of those episodes again before being positive, though)...
Piero Umiliani's "Mah na Mah na" reached #55 by September 6, 1969 on Billboard charts...

Looks like we were all 'right', after all, in one way or another... :-)
BUT,I did search for and locate (using Limewire, searched for Piero Umiliani -- "Mah na Mah na" came up easily!) the original late 60's ditty most of us 40-ish and overs will remember from OUR youth as the original "Mah na Mah na" song (WOO HOO!)...LOL
So...THANK YOU, Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, for indirectly leading my search,finally, in the right direction! :-)
I plan on driving everyone within earshot INSANE with this cherished little tune (sorry Muppets -- it's got to be the Real Thing for me...and, er, yep, I'm a Coke drinker)
:-)
Shea
Mah na mah na --
dee dee be dee be
Mah na mah na
dee deebe deet
Mah na mah na --
dee dee be dee be
be dee be
be dee be
be dee be
etc.

Amanda 4/28/2005 12:31:15 PM Pacific
I just downloaded the muppets clip and it made my day. I so yearn for Muppets episodes of years past. Thank you!!! Anybody know where I can get more?
Carmel 6/10/2005 11:13:43 PM Pacific
Shea, Thanks for that info...my husband and I were arguing over where the song first came from. Unfortunately, I was wrong...being only 32, I hadn't watched Benny Hill or really remember Laugh-In. But I remember that song on the Muppets over and over again!!! And like you, I say thank you to Dr. Pepper for allowing me to go down memory lane. Your research was valuable to me.
Mark 8/7/2005 8:43:21 AM Pacific
F.Y.I The first season of the Muppet Show comes out on DVD next week. Look for it!
oscar 9/8/2005 4:25:22 PM Pacific
i have the muppet version. ad me to your msn, and ill send it to you if you catch me onleine. my msn is oscheel@hotmail.com
MArcelo GOstinski 10/5/2005 1:00:10 PM Pacific
I like of music archive ... dounload
mojo 11/22/2005 9:33:15 PM Pacific
You can download the song and the video here:
http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/index2.html
RADRASCAL 1/30/2006 10:28:33 AM Pacific
this thread just SAVED MY LIFE when I downloaded the song on http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/index2.html
heavyvibes 8/14/2006 8:18:30 AM Pacific
Mah Nā Mah Nā's original version is the one by his original composer: Maestro Piero Umiliani.
You can download it on I-Tunes. Check it out under Piero Umiliani's name. This is the best version, the original one. Available in many versions from original 7", to album version and featuring many amazing remixes by the likes of Gak Sato, Painč, The Karminsky Experience, Claudio Coccoluto, Dj Smash, Raphael Sebbag ect ect.
By the way, on I-Tunes you can also download Oceans' 12 love theme 'Crepuscolo Sul Mare' aalso by great Piero Umiliani (OST La Legge Dei Gangsters). All Umiliani's catalogue on I-Tunes is worth downloading ... I did.
hugefan 10/17/2006 5:04:20 AM Pacific
You might find this interesting. This is the original, first occurence of the Mah Nā Mah Nā song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlgKI8QPTCg
V00D00 12/6/2006 10:41:06 PM Pacific
I first saw this on the muppet show but I recently heard an instrumental medley version. Does anybody happen to know what I'm talking about and if you do where can I get it?
josh 2/5/2009 6:59:40 AM Pacific
You can find another early version here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wn37nxiP6U

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