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One highlighted young girl, by the second verse, transforms into a woman, possibly in fantasy only, who dances with McShane, and by the second chorus the remaining schoolchildren have become young adults too. For the first chorus the children stand-up and join in with the singing. Combining the children's choir used in the song's chorus, the video features a class of schoolchildren looking bored, before Jimmy McShane arrives singing and dancing. Since being uploaded unofficially onto YouTube in mid-2008, the video has gained 108,000 views. 'Key Key Karimba' had a promotional music video created, and this was the last Baltimora made.

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All featured the same track-listing, consisting of the full six-minute album version of 'Key Key Karimba', essentially an extended remix, the 'Children's Version' of the song, and the four-minute 'Radio Version' of the song too, which was used on the 7' vinyl releases. The 12' vinyl version was released in Italy, Germany and Australasia, with a promotional 12' vinyl also being released in Spain. This release was connected to Bari '87 TV. It featured the artist Off on the A-Side with the song 'Electrica Salsa (Baba Baba)' and Baltimora with 'Key Key Karimba' on the B-Side. In Italy a promotional 7' vinyl was also issued as a double artist set. On this Mexican release, the song's were labelled 'Karimba' and 'Sobreviviente Enamorado' respectively. This was an album track taken from the same-titled album, and was written by Bassi, with lyrics by McShane. In Mexico, a promotional 7' vinyl was issued, featuring 'Survivor in Love' as the B-Side. In Spain the song was released as a promotional only 7' vinyl.

This version removes the lead vocal, and only features the children's choir of the chorus in places, with the rest being instrumental, including the song's verses. This version was exclusive to the single and has remained exclusive since. All versions of the 7' vinyl edition featured 'Key Key Karimba (Children Version)' as the B-Side.

The single's cover design was done by Umberto Grati and EMI Creative Services. It was marketed, manufactured and distributed by EMI. These European countries mainly consisted of Italy, Germany and Spain. The single was released on both 7' and 12' vinyl, via EMI, in Europe, Mexico and Australasia. Īlthough it was written and produced by Bassi, Jimmy McShane still lip synced the music in both the music video and during live performances. The song was recorded and mixed at the Morning Studio in Milan and the overdubs were completed at Abbey Road Studios in London. 'Key Key Karimba' remains the only Baltimora song to be credited to Bassi alone. Baltimora's usual lyricist was Naimy Hackett. Unlike most of Baltimora's material, the usual music composer Maurizio Bassi also wrote the lyrics to the song. The two follow-up singles from the Survivor in Love album, 'Global Love' and 'Call Me in the Heart of the Night' were both commercial failures, and Baltimora disbanded. The song peaked at #37 in Italy though, after 'Juke Box Boy' had entered the Top 15 the year before.

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Despite performing the song on various TV shows, as well as a music video, the single failed to make any impact worldwide. 'Key Key Karimba' was an attempt for Baltimora to make a comeback after the disappointing sales of the previous singles.

' Woody Boogie' found moderate European success, but the singles ' Living in the Background', as well as the 1986 single ' Juke Box Boy' failed to make a huge impact.

Background Īfter the success created by Baltimora's 1985 debut hit ' Tarzan Boy', the act's following singles were not as successful. The song was written and produced by Maurizio Bassi. ' Key Key Karimba' is a song by Italo disco act Baltimora, released in 1987 as the lead single from their second and final studio album Survivor in Love.