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{{Short description|2002 single by Las Ketchup}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)
| cover         = Las ketchup.jpg
| type          = single
| language      = {{flatlist|
* Spanish
* Spanglish
}}
| artist        = Las Ketchup
| album         = Hijas del Tomate
| released      = {{start date|2002|6|10|df=y}}
| recorded      = 
| studio        = Lolmang
| genre         = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
| label         = * Columbia
* Shaketown Music
| writer        = Manuel Ruiz
| producer      = Manuel Ruiz
| next_title    = Kusha Las Payas
| next_year     = 2002
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|5llcBScGuAE|"Asereje"}}|header=Music video}}}}

"'''The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)'''" ({{IPA-es|aseɾeˈxe}}) is the debut single by Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, taken from their debut studio album ''Hijas del Tomate'' (2002). The song is about a young man who enters a nightclub while singing and dancing. In addition to the original Spanish version, the song exists in a form with Spanglish verses, although the nonsensical chorus is identical in both versions.

"The Ketchup Song" was released on 10 June 2002 and became an international hit the same year. It reached number one in at least 20 European countries and became the best-selling hit of 2002 in eight of them. It also topped the music charts of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand but stalled at number 54 in the United States. In Central and South America, the song became a number-one airplay hit. As of 2006, the song had sold over seven million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.esctoday.com/?p=5675|title=Las Ketchup to represent Spain!|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|date=27 February 2006|access-date=15 August 2012}}</ref> The song's dance routine was a popular novelty dance in the early 2000s.

==Background==
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| title        = "The Ketchup Song (Asereje) (Spanish Version)"
| description  = 20-second sample, which includes the chorus
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Las Ketchup was first introduced to Columbia Records through Shaketown Music, a small record label in Córdoba, Andalusia, who sent out the group's demo to a number of different record companies.<ref name="hitquarters">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Portugu_sJ.html |title=Interview With Javier Portugués |publisher=HitQuarters|date=11 November 2002 |access-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> The demo featured the songs "Asereje" and "Kusha Las Payas". When A&R Javier Portugués and Columbia director Raúl López listened to the demo, they stared at each other in delight exclaiming, "Wow, this is fantastic!"<ref name="hitquarters"/> At first the intention was to arrange a distribution deal with ShakeTown Music but upon hearing the song they realised its international potential and so negotiated for Las Ketchup to sign with Sony.<ref name="hitquarters"/>

===Composition===
The song is written in the key of E♭ minor and has a tempo of 94 beats per minute, in cut time. It follows the chord progression of E♭m–D♭–C♭–A♭m–B♭7 in the chorus. The pre-chorus uses an altered chord (B minor), or a modal interchange, as the cadence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0055224|title=The Ketchup Song|last=Gomez|first=Francisco Manuel Ruiz|website=Musicnotes.com|date=14 November 2006|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref> According to ''Pandora.com'', the song features "mixed [[Physics:Acoustic music|acoustic]] and [[Physics:Electronic music|electric instrumentation]], humorous lyrics, and electric guitar riffs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pandora.com/artist/las-ketchup/barbie-girls/aserje-ketchup-song/TRwXnnvmmfl5k92|title=Aserje (Ketchup Song)|via=www.pandora.com}}</ref>

==Content==
<!-- The source is an interview with Pilar from the band. It is not an invented interpretation. Please discuss its removal. -->
"The Ketchup Song" is about a young man named Diego who enters a nightclub. The DJ, a friend of Diego's, plays Diego's favorite song, "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, and Diego dances and sings along to the song, imitating its chorus with Spanish gibberish.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Todo lo que sube debe bajar, lo importante es que ahora estamos arriba |url=http://terra.es/ocio/articulo/html/oci16323.htm |access-date=1 August 2019 |newspaper=Terra Networks |date=2004 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227140115/http://terra.es/ocio/articulo/html/oci16323.htm |archive-date=27 February 2014}}</ref>

"Aserejé" is, therefore, a meaningless word,<ref name=":0" /> with the chorus "{{lang|es|Aserejé, ja, de je, de jebe tu de jebere ...}}" being a somewhat incorrect imitation of the Rapper's Delight's "I said a hip-hop, the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop ..."<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 September 2017|title=Este hilo explica la desgarradora historia del "Aserejé"|url=https://www.elespanol.com/social/20170927/249975805_0.html|access-date=2 July 2020|website=El Español|language=es-ES}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Lyrical comparison of "The Ketchup Song" and "Rapper's Delight"
! The Ketchup Song || Rapper's Delight
|-
|valign=top|
Aserejé ja de jé de jebe<br />tu de jebere sebiunouva<br />majabi an de bugui<br />an de buididipí
|valign=top|
I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie<br />to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop<br />the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie<br />to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
|}

==Dance routine==
For the first dance move, the hands must be held open facing down and continuously waving them over another two times for six beats. The second involves tossing the thumb over the shoulder twice, right before spinning one's arm around each other while raising from the waistline to face level. The last move of the dance involves placing the back of one's hand on the [[Medicine:Forehead|forehead]] and the palm of the other hand on the back of the head while knocking one's knees together a couple of times.<ref name="Walters2004">{{cite book|first=Brian|last=Walters|title=Call to Prayer: My Travels in Spain, Portugal and Morocco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OopF5fTMlxsC&pg=PA148|date=1 May 2004|publisher=Virtualbookworm Publishing|isbn=978-1-58939-592-3|pages=148–}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Andy Thomas from ''Drowned in Sound'' gave the song a 9 out of 10, stating, "The Ketchup Song is better than the Macarena...", while acknowledging that the song is "not smart, it's not clever, and it's not going to get a single positive review outside of the teeny bop press." Thomas described the song's band members (Las Ketchup) as "three slightly odd-looking women from Spain who are the proud exponents of this year's Macarena. It's got dance moves (wiggle your hands, thumb a lift, raise your arms, knock your knees together) and a sunny video where the trio serve drinks in a beach bar."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5610/reviews/5042|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927072226/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5610/reviews/5042|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2016|title=Single Review: Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song|website=DrownedInSound}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
The song reached number one in every country it charted except for the United States, where it peaked at number 54 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In France, the song reached number one for 11 weeks and eventually sold 1,310,000 copies, making it the best-selling single of 2002, and the second-best-selling of the 21st century in the country, behind "Un Monde parfait" by Ilona Mitrecey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, le top 10 final! |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93565.html |publisher=Chartsinfrance, PureCharts |date=13 September 2014 |access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> Furthermore, the song was the 50th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK.<ref>Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on Tuesday 29 December 2009, presented by Nihal</ref> The song was a radio hit in Central and South America, topping the airplay charts of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.<ref name="howell">{{cite magazine|title=Ketchup Girls Relish Chart Success|last=Llewellyn|first=Howell|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=37|page=60|date=14 September 2002}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was shot at Palm Beach, Estepona in Spain, at Chiringuito bar. Two other music videos were also produced for the song.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkynEPjkstI | title=Las Ketchup - Asereje (Ketchup Song) Original Subtitles Espana | website=[[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5llcBScGuAE | title=Las Ketchup - Asereje (The Ketchup Song) (Official Video) | website=[[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] }}</ref>

The main video starts with the female band members laying out a carpet on the ground and putting the bar stools on display to set up their musical show. They then serve people exotic beverages at the beach bar. A male bar attendant enthusiastically pours a drink in a glass and juggles a bottle around. Meanwhile, more and more beach-goers are shown drawn into the bar, to watch the trio's performance. In some shots of the video, the trio would be performing near wooden window frames which are laid individually on the sandy beach.

During the song's chorus, the band members perform their signature dance moves, alongside other visitors who also joyously participate. The band are helped up to a table, where they execute their ''Aserejé'' dance in front of a larger, jubilant crowd who gleefully jive in to the dance. By the end of the video, the crowd becomes jam-packed, with the young and old dancing to the song near the beach bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.es/20160621/whatever-happened-to-las-ketchup-music-world-music-day|title=Whatever happened to Spain's pop sensation Las Ketchup?|date=21 June 2016|website=www.thelocal.es}}</ref>

==Controversy==
Although the band has explained that "aserejé" is a meaningless word derived from "Rapper's Delight",<ref name=":0" /><ref name="torreon">{{cite news|date=15 October 2002|title=Tachan de satánicas a Las Ketchup|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/5406.html|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429055228/http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/5406.html|archive-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> rumors and [[Unsolved:Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] spread through e-mail, especially in Latin America, that the gibberish lyrics included hidden demonic references that would lead the listener to [[Religion:Satanism|Satanism]] and [[Religion:Heresy|heresy]].<ref name="terra">{{cite news|date=4 April 2007|title=Prohiben 'Aserejé' hasta en la TV|language=es|newspaper=Terra Networks|url=http://www.terra.com.mx/articulo.aspx?articuloid=105133|url-status=dead|access-date=29 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429063732/http://www.terra.com.mx/articulo.aspx?articuloid=105133|archive-date=29 April 2013}}</ref>

The phrases from the Spanish lyrics which were claimed to be references to Satanism include:

* "{{lang|es|Aserejé}}", which can be broken down into the Spanish phrase "{{lang|es|a ser hereje}}", meaning "let's be heretical".<ref>{{Cite news|last=EFE|date=23 October 2002|title='ASEREJÉ' Y LUCIFER|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/10/23/agenda/1035324006_850215.html|access-date=27 January 2021|issn=1134-6582}}</ref>
* "{{lang|es|Ja, de je, de jebe tu de jebere}}" – "''Ja''" would here be the beginning of the Tetragrammaton referring to Jehova (God). The phrase would therefore be "{{lang|es|Jehova, deja tu ser}}" ("Jehova (God), let go of your being").<ref name="torreon" />
* "{{lang|es|Y donde más no cabe un alma}}" ("where there isn't room for a soul"), supposedly referring to [[Religion:Hell|hell]].<ref name="terra" />
* "{{lang|es|Y el DJ que lo conoce toca el himno de las 12}}" ("the DJ who knows him plays the midnight anthem"), supposedly referring to [[Unsolved:Coven|Satanic rituals]] which occur at midnight.<ref name="terra" />

A Dominican television station banned the song.<ref name="terra" />

==Track listings==
{{Track listing
|headline=Spanish CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Aserejé|others=Las Ketchup|year=2002|type=Spanish CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records, Shaketown Music|id=COL 672765 1}}</ref>
|title1=Aserejé|note1=album version|length1=3:30
|title2=Aserejé|note2=karaoke version|length2=3:30
}}

{{Track listing
|headline=European maxi-CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|others=Las Ketchup|year=2002|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records, Shaketown Music|id=COL 672960 2}}</ref>
|title1=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note1=Spanglish version|length1=3:32
|title2=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note2=album version|length2=3:32
|title3=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note3=Chiringuito Club single edit|length3=3:41
|title4=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note4=Motown Club single edit|length4=3:41
}}

{{Track listing
|headline=UK maxi-CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|others=Las Ketchup|year=2002|type=UK maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=673193 5, 6731935003}}</ref>
|title1=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note1=Crystal Sound Xmas mix|length1=3:50
|title2=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note2=karaoke version|length2=3:44
|title3=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note3=Chiringuito Club mix|length3=5:30
|title4=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note4=Crystal Sound Xmas mix video
}}

{{Track listing
|headline=Australian CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|others=Las Ketchup|year=2002|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records, Shaketown Music|id=673209.2}}</ref>
|title1=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note1=Spanglish video version|length1=3:32
|title2=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note2=Sunshine Mix Spanglish edit|length2=3:17
|title3=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note3=Sunshine Full Vocal Spanglish|length3=5:14
|title4=The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)|note4=Motown Club instrumental|length4=6:12
}}

{{Track listing
|headline=US CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)|others=Las Ketchup|year=2002|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=38K 79945}}</ref>
|title1=The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)|note1=album version|length1=3:32
|title2=The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)|note2=Spanglish version|length2=3:32
}}

{{Track listing
|headline=Japanese CD single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=アセレヘ～魔法のケチャップ・ソング|others=Las Ketchup|year=2002|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Sony Records|id=SICP 301}}</ref>
|title1=The Ketchup Song (アセレヘ～魔法のケチャップ・ソング)|note1=Spanglish version
|title2=The Ketchup Song (アセレヘ～魔法のケチャップ・ソング)|note2=Sunshine Mix Spanglish edit
|title3=The Ketchup Song (アセレヘ～魔法のケチャップ・ソング)|note3=karaoke version
}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"
!Chart (2002–2003)
!Peak<br/>position
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!scope="row"|Canada (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/las-ketchup/chart-history/cns/|title=Las Ketchup Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Croatia (HRT)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021203201335/http://www.hrt.hr:80/hr/top20/maineng.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2002|title=Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
|10
|-
!scope="row"|Czech Republic (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Rádio 2003|publisher=IFPI|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201133447/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=1 February 2003|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-09-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=39|page=11|date=21 September 2002|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Greece (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher=IFPI|language=el|date=1 December 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021201130851/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|archive-date=1 December 2002|access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Poland (Nislen Music Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/index_pol|title=Nielsen Music Control|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015231229/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/number1_2002.html|archive-date=15 October 2007}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-09-28.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=40|page=11|date=28 September 2002|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10040.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 Editia 39, saptamina 30.09–6.10, 2002|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118103308/http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html|archive-date=18 January 2008|access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref>
|1
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"
!Chart (2002)
!Position
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!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002 |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/singles-chart |publisher=ARIA |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2002 |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2002 |language=de |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>
|2
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaaroverzichten 2002 |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2002 |publisher=Ultratop |language=nl |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapports annuels 2002 |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2002 |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Canada (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html |title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 |publisher=Jam! |date=14 January 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html |archive-date=6 September 2004 |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
|7
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!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Year in Review – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2002 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-01-11.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=21 |issue=2–3 |page=14 |date=11 January 2003 |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2002 |url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2002 |publisher=SNEP |language=fr |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2002 |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2002|publisher=GfK Entertainment |language=de |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web |title=Best of Singles 2002 |url=http://www.irma.ie/#verticalTab15 |publisher=IRMA |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2002.pdf |title=Top of the Music – Mix e Singoli |publisher=FIMI |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510011600/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2002.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2006 |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2002 |url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2002 |publisher=Dutch Top 40 |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2002 |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2002&cat=s |publisher=MegaCharts |language=nl |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tabla 17 Lista de CD Singles/Maxi más vendidos en el año 2002 |trans-title=Table 17 List of Best-Selling Singles / Maxi CDs in 2002 |url=http://www.anuariossgae.com/anuario2003/frames.html |publisher=AFYVE |language=es |page=281 |access-date=11 November 2021}} ''Click on'' Música grabada.</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web |title=Årslista Singlar, 2002 |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2002&dspp=1 |publisher=Sverigetopplistan |language=sv |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002 |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2002 |language=de |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |title=2002 UK Singles Chart |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2002.pdf |work=UKChartsPlus |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|8
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2003)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2003 |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2003/singles-chart |publisher=ARIA |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
|8
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!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003 |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2003 |language=de |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>
|23
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapports annuels 2003 |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003 |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|62
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!scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2003 |url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2003 |publisher=SNEP |language=fr |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>
|24
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!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2003 |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2003 |publisher=GfK Entertainment |language=de |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>
|58
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!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2003.html |title=Top 100 Songs of 2003 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602113024/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2003.html |archive-date=2 June 2004 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
|86
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web |title=Årslista Singlar, 2003 |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2003&dspp=1 |publisher=Sverigetopplistan |language=sv |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>
|51
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Swiss Singles Chart |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2003 |language=de |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
|45
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 UK Singles Chart |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf |work=ChartsPlus |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|171
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Decade-end chart performance for "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"
!Chart (2000–2009)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/2000sDecadeChartssingles.pdf |title=ARIA Chart Sales : End of Decade Singles Top 100 |publisher=ARIA |access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
|11
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=0 |title=Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste |trans-title=Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List |publisher=RTL |language=de |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122132647/http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=0 |archive-date=22 January 2011 |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
|8
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00 |title=Decennium Charts – Singles 2000–2009 |publisher=MegaCharts |language=nl |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref>
|1
|}

===All-time charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+All-time chart performance for "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"
!scope="col"|Chart
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/charts/ultratop-1001-de-best-verkochte-hits-aller-tijden|title=Ultratop 1001, De Best Verkochte Hits Aller Tijden|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
|9
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=The Ketchup Song (Asereje)|artist=Las Ketchup|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2002|certyear=2003|certref=<ref name="ifpida">{{cite web|title=Top 20 Singles Chart|url=http://hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=4&y=2003&list=s20#|publisher=IFPI Denmark|access-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192525/http://hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=4&y=2003&list=s20|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=The Ketchup Song (Asereje)|artist=Las Ketchup|type=single|award=Diamond|certyear=2002|relyear=2002|source=archive|salesamount=1,310,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du 21ème siècle : le récap !|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=10 May 2022|language=fr|date=20 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210120626/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|archive-date=10 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|title=The Ketchup Song|artist=Las Ketchup|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2002|relmonth=6|certyear=2003|certref=<ref "GreeceCert">{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-01-25.pdf|publisher=Music & Media|title=Las Ketchup - Double Platinum|page=4|date=25 January 2003|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|nocert=true|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2003/01_Gennaio/09/top_singoli_2002.shtml|title="Aserejé" è il singolo più venduto|date=10 January 2003|access-date=12 February 2021|language=it|first=Andrea|last=Laffranchi|work=Corriere della Sera}}</ref>|salesamount=300,000}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Platinum|certref=<ref name="spasales">Claimed sales in Spain for "Aserejé":
* {{cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2002/08/23/0001/259/C0AE466AF9B04FEDA5E683BDED6AF871.html/|title=Aserejé, ritmo que se impone|date=23 August 2002|access-date=12 January 2023|language=es|work=El Universo}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20020821/51262759816/las-kepchup-arrasan-en-todo-el-mundo-con-el-asereje.html|title=Las Kepchup arrasan en todo el mundo con el "Aserejé"|date=21 August 2002|access-date=12 January 2023|language=es|author=EFE|work=La Vanguardia}}</ref>|salesref=<ref name="spasales"/>|salesamount=100,000}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=yes|salesamount=7,000,000|salesref=<ref name="wwsales">{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodeleon.es/articulo/cultura/ketchup-baten-record-asereje-millones-discos/20030130000000643128.amp.html|title=Las Ketchup baten el récord con "Aserejé": siete millones de discos|work=Diario El León|date=30 January 2003}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Bottom}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release dates and formats for "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain
|10 June 2002
|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD}}
|rowspan="7"|{{hlist|Columbia|Shaketown Music}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://los40.com/los40/2022/06/10/musica/1654850564_436566.html|title=Se cumplen 20 años de 'Aserejé' de Las Ketchup, La 'Macarena' del siglo XXI|last=Caridad Sánchez|first=Mario|website=Los 40|language=es|date=10 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610150157/https://los40.com/los40/2022/06/10/musica/1654850564_436566.html|archive-date=10 June 2022|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Italy
|July 2002
|<ref name="howell"/>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Europe
|29 July 2002
|Maxi-CD
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="spa"/>
|-
|2 August 2002
|rowspan="3"|CD
|-
!scope="row"|France
|10 September 2002
|<ref name="howell"/>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|rowspan="2"|7 October 2002
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue658.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th October 2002|publisher=ARIA|page=27|date=7 October 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222423/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20021107-0000/Issue658.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2008|access-date=10 January 2022}} </ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 7 October 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=5 October 2002}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|27 November 2002
|CD
|Sony
|<ref name="spa"/>
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium
|18 December 2002
|Maxi-CD (Christmas edition)
|Columbia
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetinternet.be/ultratop/en/releaselistsen.html?relType=4&yearweek=200251|title=New Releases Singles Week 51, 18 December 2002|publisher=Ultratop|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030205135449/http://www.planetinternet.be/ultratop/en/releaselistsen.html?relType=4&yearweek=200251|archive-date=5 February 2003}}</ref>
|}

==Rouge version==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Ragatanga
| cover         = Rouge-ragatanga-remixes.jpg
| type          = single
| artist        = Rouge featuring Las Ketchup
| language      = {{Flatlist|
*Portuguese
*Spanish
}}
| album         = Rouge
| genre         = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
| released      = {{Start date|2002|8|31|df=y}}
| recorded      = 2002
| B-side        = 
| label         =
* Columbia
* Sony
| writer        =
* Manuel Ruiz
* Rick Bonadio
| producer      = Rick Bonadio (Portuguese version only)
| chronology    = Rouge singles
| prev_title    = Não Dá pra Resistir
| prev_year     = 2002
| next_title    = Beijo Molhado
| next_year     = 2003
| misc          = {{Audio sample
 | type = single
 | file = Rouge - Ragatanga.mp3
}}
}}

"'''Ragatanga'''" is a song by the Brazilian girl group pop Rouge. It is an adapted version in Portuguese of "The Ketchup Song". Columbia Records and Sony released "Ragatanga" on 31 August 2002, only in Brazil and Portugal in the same year as the original, as the second single from the group's self-titled debut studio album (2002). It was among the most successful songs of that year in Brazil and is Rouge's most successful song, and there were records that the song reached to play more than fifteen times a day on Brazilian radio stations.

===Background and composition===
In selecting the tracks for the group's debut album, Liminha went to a meeting with Sony representatives from around the world and commented that he needed a repertoire for a group that would release in Brazil, receiving the song "Asereje" from Spain. The song, however, nearly did not make it to the album. "The list of songs was ready when I heard about 'Ragatanga'", said Alexandre Schiavo, vice president of marketing for Sony Music Brasil.<ref name="istoégente">{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/175/reportagens/capa_rouge_02.htm|title=A explosão do Rouge|work=ISTOÉ Gente|date=22 October 2002|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref>

Hence, Rick Bonadio made a version and transformed it into "Ragatanga", whose chorus, "Aserehe ra de re De hebe tu de hebere seibiunouba mahabi", does not mean anything, according to Schiavo. In Schiavo's explanation, it is the crap that people who do not know English usually sing. "The thing that Las Ketchup teenagers invented", he says. Bonadio says: "The secret of a good version is to have fidelity to the original, not to try to invent".<ref name="estadão">{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/arquivo/arteelazer/2002/not20021022p4686.htm|title=Rouge: crônica de um sucesso anunciado|work=Estadão|date=22 October 2002|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref> The Brazilian version has a mix of Spanish and Portuguese since it counts on the participation of Las Ketchup.<ref name="istoégente"/>

===Commercial performance===
"Ragatanga" became a viral success in Brazil, winning the charts quickly. The song reached the first position of the radios, remaining for 11 consecutive weeks in the first place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rd1.ig.com.br/entrevista/foi-tenso-revela-integrante-do-rouge-sobre-retorno/175103|title="Foi tenso", revela integrante do Rouge sobre retorno|date=22 April 2013|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002054808/http://rd1.ig.com.br/entrevista/foi-tenso-revela-integrante-do-rouge-sobre-retorno/175103|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Legacy===
"Ragatanga" was a resounding hit in Brazil, making Rouge not only popular in Brazil, but in some other parts of the world. The single was taken as the song that boosted sales of the band's first album. In two months in the stores, the album reached the mark of 730,000 sold copies and became favorite to the title of commercial champion of 2002.<ref name="veja"/> Besides, the song did not leave the top of the charts. The song was also considered as the reason for the tickets for the group's debut concert on 14 November 2002, at ATL Hall in Rio de Janeiro, to be sold out. By that time, the album had already reached the mark of 950,000 copies.<ref name="rdig">{{cite web|url=http://babado.ig.com.br/materias/076001-076500/76098/76098_1.html|title=Ingressos para o show do Rouge estão esgotados|date=12 April 2002|access-date=30 September 2013}}</ref>

''Billboard'' magazine ran a photo story of Rouge in the October 2002 issue. The report showed production details, a crossover of hits on the radio, and talks a little about the first tour they did for Brazil. In addition to talking about the hits "Ragatanga" and "Não Dá pra Resistir", he also spoke about the international career, in which Rouge performed in Argentina with great success, and the intention to launch the group's CD in Chile and Peru.

===Music video===
On 31 August 2002, the music video for "Ragatanga" premiered.<ref name="terrapopstars7">{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/exclusivo/popstars/2002/08/31/001.htm|title=Popstars mostra pocket show da banda Rouge|work=Terra Networks|date=31 August 2002|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref> The video for "Ragatanga" is simple, counting on the girls dancing the choreography of the song, on a giant stage, while the lyrics of the chorus are displayed in the clip. The participation of the band Las Ketchup in the video clip is obtained from the original music video. The choreography was also imported from Spain, but according to the girls, "We added a new movement, which is the sign of asking for a ride."<ref name="veja">{{cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/131102/p_147a.html|title=Veja Online: Aserehe ra de re...|date=13 November 2002|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220091513/http://veja.abril.com.br/131102/p_147a.html|archive-date=20 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Track listing===
'''CD single'''
# "Ragatanga (Aserejé)" (Album Version)	
# "Ragatanga (Aserejé)" (Radio Edit)	
# "Ragatanga (Aserejé)" (Memê's Da Carnival Beat Remix)	
# "Ragatanga (Aserejé)" (Cuca Rnb Mix)

'''CD single (Remixes)'''
# "Ragatanga (Aserejé)" (Memê's Summer Heat Mix) – 4:09
# "Ragatanga (Aserejé)" (Da Carnival Beat Mix) – 4:09

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Ragatanga"
!Chart (2002)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Brazil (Brasil Hot 100 Airplay)<ref name="charts">{{cite web|url=http://ivetesangalonews.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/hot100br1999-2013.pdf|title=Hot 100 Brasil 1999–2013|access-date=16 August 2014|publisher=Ivete Sangalo News}}</ref>
|1
|}

==Covers and other versions==
In 2012, singer Kelly Key made a cover of the song, for the collection ''Festa Kids'' (2012). The re-recording was harshly criticized by Internet users for making the song "bland". In 2013, in a concert held in a nightclub in São Paulo, singer Wanessa summoned Li Martins, to sing some songs, among them "Ragatanga".<ref name="popline">{{cite web|url=http://portalpopline.com.br/wanessa-e-lissah-martins-cantam-e-dancam-ragatanga-veja-o-video/|title=Wanessa e Lissah Martins cantam e dançam "Ragatanga"; veja o vídeo|date=24 September 2013|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001258/http://portalpopline.com.br/wanessa-e-lissah-martins-cantam-e-dancam-ragatanga-veja-o-video/|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Still in 2013, the song "Ramón" by girl band Girls (formed and produced by the same producer of Rouge, Rick Bonadio), included in the first studio album of the band, was compared to "Ragatanga" due to its Latin rhythm and the protagonist of the song, which is already being considered the new Diego. The song was also covered in Japanese by the girl group, Soltomatina.<ref name="opovo">{{cite web|url=http://www.opovo.com.br/app/opovo/buchichoteen/2013/09/12/noticiasjornalbuchichoteen,3127449/feitas-para-bombar.shtml|title=Feitas para bombar!|date=22 October 2002|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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