"Patricia" is a popular

Popular music

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 song

Song

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 with music by Perez Prado

Perez Prado

Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, musician , and composer. He is often referred to as the 'King of the Mambo'.His orchestra was the most popular in mambo...

 and lyrics by Bob Marcus, published in 1958

1958 in music

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. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to #1 on the Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly introduced Billboard Hot 100

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 chart. The song was also number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks. Prado also recorded the song with a vocal by Perry Como

Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

 in 1959. Prado re-recorded and re-charted the song in a 1962 "twist" version.

Covers and other references

• The song was featured in the Weebl and Bob toon hos.
• The song accompanied a striptease in Federico Fellini
  Federico Fellini
  Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
  
  's 1960 film La Dolce Vita
  La Dolce Vita
  La Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come...
  
  .
• The song was featured in George and Martha
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  George and Martha is an animated children's television show which comprises 26 episodes made in 1999. The program revolves around the lives of two hippos: George and Martha...
  
  as the theme song.
• The song was featured as background music for a pool party in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus
  Goodbye, Columbus (film)
  Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, directed by Larry Peerce and based on the novella of the same name by Philip Roth...
  
  .
• The tune was sung (badly) by Homer Simpson
  Homer Simpson
  Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
  
   as he's shaving before a romantic night out in the "Some Enchanted Evening" episode of the show's first season. The song was also being played by a dance band later in that same episode.
• The song appears in the 1989 movie Great Balls of Fire!
  Great Balls of Fire! (film)
  Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran...
  
  during the scene in which Jerry Lee Lewis
  Jerry Lee Lewis
  Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
  
   drives his convertible and proposes marriage to his thirteen-year-old second cousin, Myra Gale.
• The song was used as the theme song to HBO's Real Sex
  Real Sex
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  series.
• The song was covered by Link Wray
  Link Wray
  Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....
  
  , Duane Eddy
  Duane Eddy
  Duane Eddy is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records, produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young"...
  
  , and Rory Parker, and by Ry Cooder
  Ry Cooder
  Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
  
   on his Grammy winning 2002 album, Mambo Sinuendo.
• The song was used as background music for the swimsuit competition at the 1997 Miss Universe
  Miss Universe
  Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
  
   Pageant.
• The song was used in "The British Invasion", Episode 12 from Season 2 of the Showtime series Dexter
  Dexter (TV series)
  Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
  
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• The song was used as background music in the state financed Danish TV campaign "Fisk 2 gange om ugen".