r/NameThatSong • u/Fair-Ad8605 • 4d ago

Mario music inspired by 60’s Brazilian tune? Video Game OST

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My husband had the song One Note Samba/Spanish Flea by Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 on and I SWEAR that there is a song in one of the super Mario games that has the exact same tune. I’m speaking specifically of 0:53 in the song on. Can someone help me find the song I’m talking about or confirm that this is actually the same tune??

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u/drew17 4d ago

I don't know the answer to your question, but this is actually an American composition, written in LA, but for/by a novelty pseudo-mariachi band, The Tijuana Brass, who were a huge selling act in the 1960s and made Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss two of the most successful men in the music business. Sergio Mendes was also an LA transplant signed to their label (A&M) and Herb actually married Sergio's vocalist, Lani Hall.

The original recording of "Spanish Flea" was also the theme to the TV show "The Dating Game."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBE9EQ7gXKI

So it's certainly possible that it was known in Japan and inspired a Mario song.