Jump up and down, and move the hell away from the pyrotechnics. During a performance at Total Dance Fesztivál Cabrio in Budapest, Hungary back in May, late-90s one-hit-wonder Lou Bega didn’t take that ...

Lou Bega’s signature song, “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…),” is celebrating its 25th anniversary.kpa/United Archives via Getty Images In the spring of 1999, a 24-year-old guy with a Panama hat, a ...

We’ve been looking at Lou Bega all wrong. For decades, the “Mambo No. 5" singer has lived in our cultural memory as a figure of fun—a guy who just loves to dance, name women’s names, and wear ...