Mayte Mateos Baccara

16 November 2020, 16:25

Maria Mendiola
Mayte Mateos Baccara Restaurant
Mayte Mateos Baccara Hotel

Baccara scored a massive hit in the UK back in 1977 with their infectious disco anthem 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'. No one could have predicted it would make a return to the charts in 2020.

But why, you ask?

Just a few years after Dairy Milk used it in advert starring a moustachioed office manager on his swivel chair, it's back via a completely unexpected source.

Who are Baccara?
Baccara re female duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola.
They quickly achieved international success with their debut single 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie', which reached number one across most of Europe and became the best-selling single of all-time by a female group, selling over 18 million copies worldwide.
They went on to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. However, by 1981 they had broken up.
However, two incarnations of the original Baccara appeared during the 1980s, with Mendiola fronting New Baccara and Mateos keeping the duo's original name.
In the 1990s, New Baccara reverted to Baccara, and since then both Mateos and Mendiola lead different duos with the same name.
Mendiola's Baccara has proved more popular, scoring club hits such as 'Fantasy Boy' and 'Touch Me' in the late 1980s, and a cover of 'Wind Beneath My Wings'.
Why is Scotland's fans using 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'?
The song was adopted by fans of the Scotland national football team in 2020, following the team's qualification for Euro 2020.
It first became used locally in 2015, following a stag party video of Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine miming to the song while dressed in drag.
Five years later, Scotland defeated Serbia on penalties to reach their first major tournament since 1998, and videos of the players (including Considine) chanting the song after the match went viral.
The song has since risen up the charts, and was as high as number 18 on downloads and streams in the midweek update on November 15.
Baccara might actually re-record it
Well, one version of Baccara, anyway.
Following the success of the song once again, Maria Mendiola said that she would be up for re-recording the song for the people of Scotland.
Speaking on Good Morning Scotland, Maria said: 'With this pandemic, I have been sitting at home and this has uplifted me in a way you cannot imagine.
'I will always thank the Scottish team and especially Andy Considine for making me so happy after 43 years.
'I saw all the articles and everyone was calling me. I was delighted. I thanked the Scotland team and spoke with Andy over Instagram. He had such nice words.'

Mayte Mateos has found herself a new partner to join the new Baccara. Paloma Blanco will from now on be the new member of Baccara and replaces Cristina Sevilla who ended the Baccara cooperation with Mayte Mateos. Mayte Mateos of Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie - 1999 (Full Album) (Re-recordings) Tracks. 1.Yes Sir I can Boogie 2.Copacobana 3.The Devil Sent You To Lore.

In the 90-ies Mayte Mateos and one of her friends Cristina Sevilla formed a new band and called it Baccara 2000. They performed at a few festivals, released a couple of albums, although the partnership wasn’t truly successful. At the same time Maria Mendiola created her own project – New Baccara.
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Baccara sold the most copies of their single and featured in the Guiness Book of World Records, as the highest selling female band. The band members have changed over the years and the current team is different to the original ones. The original band singers Mayte Mateos and Maria Mendiola met during one of the Spanish ballet troupe’s tour.

Tidigare medlemmar
Baccara
Bakgrund	Spanien
Genrer	Disco, pop
År som aktiva	1970-talet–1980-talet
Skivbolag	RCA
Relaterade artister	Venus
Mayte Mateos Maria Mendiola

Baccara var en spanskduo bestående av Mayte Mateos (född 7 februari1951 i Logroño) och Maria Mendiola (född 4 april1952 i Madrid) som fick några stora discohits i slutet av 1970-talet: 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' (1977), 'Sorry I'm a Lady' (1978), 'Darling' (1978) och 'The Devil Sent You to Lorado' (1978). Baccara höll ihop 1977–1982 och har sålt över 50 miljoner skivor. Enbart 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' som singel har sålt över 16 miljoner exemplar och har legat som listetta i över 18 länder.

Från 1987 kallade sig gruppen New Baccara och gjorde låtar som 'Call Me Up' och 'Fantasy Boy' som blev stora hits. 'Fantasy Boy' var en låt skriven av Dieter Bohlen från Modern Talking och har stora likheter med Modern Talkings låtar. Under 1990-talet återtog gruppen sitt ursprungliga namn, Baccara.

Eurovision Song Contest[redigera | redigera wikitext]

Gruppen deltog i Eurovision Song Contest 1978 med låten 'Parlez-vous français?' och hamnade på en sjundeplats. Det finns numera två uppsättningar av gruppen Baccara; den ena består av Mayte Mateos (originalmedlem) och Paloma Blanco och den andra av Maria Mendiola (originalmedlem) och Marisa Pérez. Uppsättningen Mayte Mateos och Cristina Sevilla deltog i semifinalen av den svenska Melodifestivalen 2004 i Göteborg med melodin 'Soy Tu Venus'. Senare samma år efterträddes Cristina Sevilla av Paloma Blanco.

Diskografi[redigera | redigera wikitext]

Album[redigera | redigera wikitext]

1977 – Baccara
1978 – Light My Fire
1979 – Colours
1981 – Bad Boys
1990 – F.U.N.
1994 – Our Very Best
1999 – Made In Spain
1999 – Baccara 2000
2000 – Face To Face
2002 – Greatest Hits
2004 – Soy Tu Venus
2008 – Fantasy Boy 2008
2008 – Satin In Black & White

EP[redigera | redigera wikitext]

1990 – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie '90
1999 – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie '99
2002 – Wind Beneath My Wings
2004 – Soy Tu Venus
2005 – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 2005

Maria Mendiola

Singlar[redigera | redigera wikitext]