It was a hit in Latin America, and was noticed by a few in North America, but that seemed to be where it would end.
US stations noted it's popularity to the south, but would not play a song that was purely in Spanish.
That's when producers Carols De Yarza and Mike Triay became involved.
They remixed the song to give it a club beat and had the verses rerecorded in English, leaving the chorus in Spanish.
With the addition of the music video, which featured a dance everyone could learn, the song began climbing the charts.
On August 3, 1996 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" reached number one on the Billboard Charts.
The song would spend a total of sixty weeks on the charts, and set a record for most weeks at number one.
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