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Merrill's song provides an obvious parody of genuine mambo music, cashing in on the 1954 mambo craze in New York, while at the same time allowing Miller to set up a vehicle for Clooney's vocal talents. Alongside Merrill, 'Lidianni' and 'Gabba' are also listed as writers of the song, corresponding to the pseudonyms of the Italian lyricists Gian Carlo Testoni and Gaspare Abbate, respectively. Merrill reportedly wrote it under a recording deadline, scribbling hastily on a paper napkin in an Italian restaurant in New York City, and then using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the studio pianist, under the aegis of the conductor Mitch Miller, who produced the original record. Writing and original Rosemary Clooney version 1 Writing and original Rosemary Clooney version.Australian Recording Industry Association. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles" (PDF).^ "New Zealand Certification - Shaft (Mucho Mambo) Sway".Note: User needs to enter "Shaft" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter ^ a b "SHAFT - (MUCHO MAMBO) SWAY (SONG)".

^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know".

^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 29 August 1999 - 04 September 1999".

^ "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory".

"-" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. "Wassuup!", a collage of the Budweiser advertisement catchphrase and the Rick James track " Super Freak", used by MC Hammer on " U Can't Touch This", was then released under the Da Muttz moniker. They had one more chart hit in the UK, "Kiri Riri Boom", which peaked at number 62 in July 2001. Shaft's next single, " Mambo Italiano", was less successful, charting at number 12 in the United Kingdom, number 17 in Australia (becoming Shaft's most successful single there), and number 22 in Sweden. Despite its charting at the end of the year, it still managed to become New Zealand's 29th best-selling single of 1999. Its most successful performance on the music charts, however, occurred in New Zealand, where the song reached the top spot on 12 December 1999, becoming one of the last number-one singles of the 1990s and the 20th century. Outside the UK, the song was also a top 10 hit in Ireland, Sweden and Norway, as well as reaching number 15 in Finland and number 28 in Australia. "(Mucho Mambo) Sway" reached number 2 in the UK in August, kept off the number-one spot by Lou Bega's version of " Mambo No.

The original version featured a vocal sample of Rosemary Clooney, but Rizzo and Ireland were unable to clear the sample, therefore, the vocals on the final track were sung by session singer Claire Vaughan, from Thurstonland, Huddersfield.

Their biggest hit originated there with a sample of the Perez Prado song " Sway", which became "(Mucho Mambo) Sway". Having acquired a home-based recording studio, the duo compiled a database of samples and sound clips. The year after, they joined Head On Management, where Phil Nicholas, together with Head On directors Guy Trezise and Steve Baker, currently represent them.

After changing their name to Shaft, they signed to Wonderboy Records in 1999. As Skeewiff, their mix of " Man of Constant Sorrow" was ranked 96 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003, released on Volume 11, disc 1 track 20. They undertook remixes for Björk and produced tracks for Alison Limerick and Schooly D, then began work on the first Skeewiff album, released on their own label, Jalapeño Records (teaming up with Ministry of Sound's FSUK label). Their formative period in the music industry came with a spell working at the Power Studios in Acton. Rizzo and Ireland operated, as did many dance record producers, under various guises.