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Las Ketchup Information
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'Las Ketchup' is a 3-girl group consisting of Lola, Pilar, and Lucéa Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain.
In the summer of 2002 they had a major flamenco Europop fusion hit with "Aserejé" (released as "The Ketchup Song" in the UK and other countries), which reached or almost reached the top of the charts in many countries including Spain, the UK, Italy, France, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Argentina, Mexico and the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The title and part of the lyrics were gibberish. The hit also had an accompanying dance. The sound of the lyrics in the chorus resembled the first few lines of the song Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang.
The name of the group is a reference to their father Juan Muñoz, a well known flamenco guitarist known as El Tomate (The Tomato). This also explains why their debut album carried the title Las hijas del tomate (Tomato's daughters).
Winners of the reality show Popstar in Brazil, Rouge, released their own version of the song 'Ragatanga', a duo with Las Ketchup translating the lyrics from Spanish to Portuguese. The song, the second single of the pop group, was a big hit and went to number 1 in charts. The dance became popular with tweens and teens in Brazil and the song was one of the main reason the 1st album of the group sold 1 million copies (Diamond Disc in Brazil).
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