Yes Sir, I Can Boogie Explained

Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Cover:	Baccara ICanBoogie cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Baccara
Album:	Baccara
B-Side:	Cara Mia
Released:	April 1977 (West Germany) November 1977 (Spain)
Genre:	Eurodisco^[1]
Length:	4:37 (album version) 3:15 (single version)
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Rolf Soja
Next Title:	Sorry, I'm a Lady
Next Year:	1977

"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 song by the Spanish vocal duo Baccara, released as the first single from their debut album Baccara. Written by Frank Dostal and, and produced by Soja, the song was a hit across Europe and became the duo's sole number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top of the UK Singles Chart in October 1977.

Baccara were Spanish flamenco dancers Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola. They were discovered on the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands by RCA Records executive Leon Deane, who saw them dancing flamenco and singing traditional songs for tourists and signed them to the label.

Other uses

• Finnish singer had her first hit in Finland with a Finnish-language version called "Yes sir, Finnish: alkaa polttaa|i=no" in 1978.^[2]
• British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor recorded a cover of the song as a bonus track for her second studio album Shoot from the Hip,^[3] and released it as the B-side of the single "I Won't Change You". This version would be included in the soundtrack of the 2018 Netflix series The House of Flowers.
• Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor) performs the song during the closing scene of the 2005 movie Kinky Boots.^[4]
• In 2014, the song was used in a television advertisement in the United Kingdom for Cadbury Dairy Milk.^[5]
• The song was adopted by fans of the Scotland national football team in 2020 following the team's qualification for the UEFA Euro 2020 championships. It had first become notable locally in 2015, due to a stag party video of Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine miming to the song while dressed in drag.^[6] Five years later, after Scotland defeated Serbia to reach their first major tournament since 1998, videos of the players (including Considine) chanting the song in celebration after the match went viral on social media.^{[7] [8]} Following the renewed success of the song, one half of Baccara, María Mendiola, said that she would be happy to re-record the song for the people of Scotland.^[9] Following renewed popularity, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 57 on 20 November 2020.^[10] In June 2021, Scottish DJ George "GBX" Bowie released a new remixed version of the song for Scottish fans to use as an anthem for UEFA Euro 2020. This dance version included new vocals from Baccara^[11] and peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.^[12] The song has since been considered an unofficial anthem of the Scottish national team.^[3]
  • Glaswegian band the Fratellis performed a live version of "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" for their appearance on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on 26 March 2021. The positive response to their version prompted the band to release a recording of their performance of the song as part of the Charity Boogie Bundle, a special edition digital download of their then-latest album Half Drunk Under a Full Moon, with all profits going to the Tartan Army Children's Charity, Soccer Aid and the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund.^[13] The band also announced plans to record a studio version of their cover with new lyrics, which would be released ahead of the Scotland national football team's opening game at Euro 2020 against the Czech Republic on 14 June 2021.^[14] While Mary Dostal and Marie-Luise Soja, widows of the song's writers Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja respectively, endorsed the Fratellis' version of the song and asserted that their late husbands would have also approved, Baccara vocalist María Mendiola was less keen on it, stating that she felt that they made the song sound more like the James Last Orchestra instead of disco. Having said that, Mendiola still considered the Fratellis "fantastic" and would be happy for their version of the song to be successful.^[15]
• In 2022, clothing chain store H&M used the song in an advertisement.^[16]
• In 2023, It was featured in an episode of .
• In 2023, it was featured in Sofia Exarchou's feature film Animal.
• In 2023, it featured in the Wicked Little Letters movie trailer for cinema release in 2024.

Track listings

7" single (Europe & US)

1. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 4:28
2. "Cara Mia" – 2:53

12" maxi single (US only)

1. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 6:50
2. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 6:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)^[17]	1
Denmark (Tracklisten)	1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)	1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[18]	1
France (IFOP)^[19]	5
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[20]	13
Spain (AFYVE)^[21]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[22]	4
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[23]	10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[24]	6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[25]	8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[26]	5
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[27]	3
Chart (1978)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[28]	35

See also

• List of best-selling singles
• List of best-selling singles by country

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gemma. Ross . 'YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE' SINGER MARIA MENDIOLA HAS DIED AGED 69 . Mixmag. 3 September 2023. The Euro disco anthem fetched a Guinness World Record for the highest-selling female duo record to date selling 16 million copies..
2. Web site: Eini . Second Hand Songs . 28 April 2023.
3. Web site: Buguel. Safi. Yes Sir, I Can Boogie — cheesy Eurodisco hit adopted by Scottish football fans. Financial Times. 2024-06-14. 2024-08-18.
4. Web site: Kinky Boots (12/12) Movie CLIP - Yes Sir I Can Boogie (2005) HD. September 28, 2011. YouTube.
5. Web site: Cadbury Dairy Milk – Office. TV Ad Music. 11 October 2014.
6. Web site: Andrew Considine: Drag video 'won't faze' Aberdeen defender. BBC . BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. 13 November 2020.
7. Web site: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie: Why disco hit is now Scotland's unofficial anthem . BBC News . BBC . 13 November 2020 . 14 November 2020.
8. Web site: WATCH: Scotland celebrate Euros qualification to Andy Considine's signature song 'Yes sir, I can boogie'. Evening Express. 12 October 2020. 13 November 2020.
9. Web site: Why is Yes Sir, I Can Boogie heading back to the Official Singles Chart?. www.officialcharts.com.
10. Web site: yes sir i can boogie full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
11. Web site: GBX drops remix of Scotland football anthem 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie'.
12. Web site: Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company. .
13. Web site: Fratellis say they will donate all profits from a special edition of their new album to Scottish charities and Soccer Aid. Hannah. Brown. The Scotsman. 7 April 2021. 8 April 2021.
14. Web site: Fratellis to unleash Yes Sir, I Can Boogie single ahead of Scotland Euros return. David. McLean. The Scotsman. 2 April 2021. 8 April 2021.
15. Web site: No Sir, You Can't Boogie: Fratellis cover of disco hit 'not my cup of tea', says Baccara singer. David. McLean. The Scotsman. 2 April 2021. 8 April 2021.
16. Web site: Affatigato . Carlo . The song in the new H&M commercial 2022: pure disco energy . Auralcrave . 5 April 2022 . 8 May 2022.
17. Web site: yes sir, i can boogie - baccara . VRT . Top30-2.radio2.be . nl . 25 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/song-info/1645 . 9 April 2012 . Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 1
18. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 1977 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . 1st . Tammi . Helsinki. 9789511210535. fi .
19. Web site: TOP Hebdo . 2015-03-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134208/http://top-france.fr/html/hebdo/cadre.htm . 2015-04-02 .
20. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019. it. 2019. Independently Published . 9781093264906.
21. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 1977. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
22. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 1977. austriancharts.at. 6 February 2022.
23. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1977. Ultratop. 6 February 2022.
24. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1977. Dutch Top 40. 6 February 2022.
25. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1977. dutchcharts.nl. 6 February 2022.
26. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1977. hitparade.ch. 6 February 2022.
27. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 6 February 2022.
28. Web site: Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 8 January 2022.