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Chihuahua!

October 7th, 2008 by Bill Corbett · 53 Comments

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Conor has yet to weigh in, and may well be in an advanced state of shock. But THIS is undeniably true:

    “BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA” IS TOP DOG AT BOX-OFFICE

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) — A Walt Disney movie about a pampered chihuahua forced to fend for herself on Mexico’s mean streets took a bite out of the North American box-office this weekend, final figures showed Monday.

    “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” a live-action animated film featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and Andy Garcia, took top spot on its debut weekend with 29.3 million dollars, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

I for one welcome our new tiny canine overlords.

You see, long before the movie was announced, chihuahuas had already infiltrated the culture of the Corbett household. When my daughter was not even walking yet, my brother sent me a link to a song that might amuse her: a little dance number called “Chihuahua” that had an accompanying animation of the wee dogs playing musical instruments. She loved the song, and it has been playing non-stop in my household for a couple of years now. (Yes, I went mad some time ago.)

I later learned that while the song “Chihuahua” hadn’t been heard much in the U.S., it was a GIGANTIC hit in the rest of the world. It’s by a Swiss singer-producer who calls himself D.J. Bobo, and of course, it was re-worked into an even more obnoxious version for the Disney movie.

I haven’t been able to find the barely animated version my daughter loves, but… here’s one that features D.J. Bobo himself!

So please, share my nearly-fatal earworm. Play it over and over again, and like me you’ll be mad as a hatter in no time:

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UPDATE: My wife tracked down the original chihuahua animation that so enchanted our daughter. (Can’t embed, and for that I apologize deeply:)

Link HERE.

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53 responses so far ↓

  • 1 jfruh on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:00 am

    See, one of the advantages of living in an incredibly square country like Switzerland is that this guy is in the 95th percentile for coolness, and thus has a viable career as a DJ.

  • 2 kerry on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:08 am

    no.

  • 3 JackTheRIFFER on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:24 am

    What can make you move??? Can you feel the groove?? Haha…. HEEHEHEE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

    Madness has now come over me.

  • 4 Smuttynose on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:29 am

    “I haven’t been able to find the barely animated version my daughter loves”

    “it has been playing non-stop in my household for a couple of years now”

    WHICH IS IT?!! I’M PERPLEXED!!! I NEED CHIHUAHUA! GAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

  • 5 JackTheRIFFER on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:31 am

    Ahh, yes…. Mr. Corbett, it seems that you are playing on both sides of the aisle! Explain yourself sir! Explain yourself or….. MWAMWAMWAHAHAHAA!!
    The madness has returned!

  • 6 blablover5 on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:31 am

    It’s like someone just found a funny word and worked it into a song. I doubt he even knows it’s a small rat dog.

    Go ahead and replace it with “mandolin” or “chicken thighs”.

    What can make you dance? chicken thighs.

    What can bring you joy? Chicken thighs.

  • 7 Ninjew on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:31 am

    Well, I started to listen to the song, but after a few moments the sound became all muffled.

    I think it had something to do with the blood trickling out of my ears…

  • 8 Alexandra Lynn on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:35 am

    My mom has three chihuahuas and my sister has two. My sister actually plans on taking one of her chihuahuas to see the movie. Chihuahuas are cute and all but this movie looks insane haha. I’m sure it’s fun though. Kids will and are enjoying it, that’s for sure.

  • 9 seanf on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:46 am

    Bill, I have 7 words (well, 6 words and 1 number if you’re being technical) for you.

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2: Chihuahuas in SPACE!!!

    If I were you, I’d contact your agent IMMEDIATELY to see if you can stake out a spot at being at least one of the eventual 32 writers they’ll need.

  • 10 Danni on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:49 am

    This is all well and good, but I’m suprised by the fact that you or Mike (or Kevin for that matter – wherever he is – he hasn’t blogged in quite a while that I remember) haven’t mentioned the fact that you’ve made it to the finals of Song Fu! But if you guys do your own version of the Chihuahua song I’m voting for Jason Morris on principle.

  • 11 monkeystick on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:49 am

    These are the end times my friends.

  • 12 BoB on Oct 7, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Is that Joel?

  • 13 MST3Kelly on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:24 am

    there’s also this tune from yesteryear called Chihuahua by Bow Wow Wow. what the hell is this song about? who cared? there’s a hot chick in it, and you can dance to it. ‘it’s the 80s- do a lot of coke, and vote for Ronald Reagan.’ if one is at a loss for a subject for a song, just think of a small, shivering dog with spindly legs and bulging eyes, and warm up the synthesizers.
    or make a movie where these creatures say cute things via CG, drag it out to last 98 minutes, and shove it down America’s throat.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N54K6JOIzo0

  • 14 Bill Corbett on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:25 am

    I meant the song has been playing, not the animation.

    Forgive me, if you can. If you can’t… I will understand.

  • 15 Coderjoe on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:29 am

    here it is LIVE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7NHNJK4ONg

  • 16 Smuttynose on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:56 am

    *makes gurgling noises, picks head up from floor*

    Chihuahua?

    *sickening thud as head hits floor again*

  • 17 Smuttynose on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:58 am

    Anybody notice the Ads by Google on the right of this page?

    Chihuahua!

  • 18 Auntie Maim on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:20 am

    or, to be most accurate, please replace with “bacon slice.”

    NOW WHO’S MAD????

  • 19 Kyle from Maine on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:24 am

    As Tim Robbins said last night on The Daily Show, the $29 million gross for this movie is a sure sign of the Apocalypse.

  • 20 Enron Hubbard on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:39 am

    “Ewww! She’s wearing a saggy diaper that leaks.”

  • 21 kt on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:40 am

    I think that there is something wrong with me. I listened to the song but I can’t figure out what on earth it has to do with chihuahuas. Pregnant ladies in need of a seat on the subway can make me move; cops who are investigating the scene of a crime can make me move but never has a chihuahua made me move. A chihuahua with a gun could make me move. Is it just me? You can tell me, I can handle it.

  • 22 Karen Han on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:44 am

    um. yeah. it looks lame. just a guy moving around with some background crap and side cheapy stuff. yuk!

  • 23 Nanobots on Oct 7, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Obvious gold: “Meet Dave’s Chihuahua”

  • 24 Ron on Oct 7, 2008 at 9:19 am

    I thought it was the bastard child of Joel and Jeff Ross. I wonder if this guy can host a roast for me…

  • 25 Krud on Oct 7, 2008 at 9:29 am

    I started to watch this… CHIHUAHUA!

    But I just had to stop… CHIHUAHUA!

    After about the fifteenth or sixteenth… CHIHUAHUA!

    I fear this has forever altered my brain… CHIHUAHUA!

    *shakes villainous fist* Curse you, Bill Chihuahua! I mean, Corbett.

    Oh wait. The Chihuahua already has. My bad.

    CHIHUAHUA!

  • 26 Nerf on Oct 7, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Why are we talking about Chihuahuas when we should be talking about how bacon relates to the current economic crisis:
    http://www.wlwt.com/cnn-news/17637031/detail.html

  • 27 Nanobots on Oct 7, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Hmm. DJ Bobo. Might he be the son of Coco? Heir to the lineage of Godo?

    I put to you, this is actually Kevin Murphy, in another one of his clever costumes!

  • 28 bonnie on Oct 7, 2008 at 10:32 am

    This song has a great mambo beat. As a ballroom dance teacher I heard this song constantly. So after hearing Chihuahua, Tequila, and Mambo #5 play on a loop 6 times you just go Numb!

  • 29 Johnny B on Oct 7, 2008 at 11:49 am

    Do you have problems with problems? No time to sing aloud about your cravings for chihuahua? If so, tell your doctor or supervisor that Chihuaprex® 24-Hour is right for you. You won’t remember that you did!

    [Side effects include uncontrollable moviness, diarrheaic constipation, lethal addiction to Chihuaprex® 24-Hour and, subsequently, to its antidote Lonelycol®, once taken as prescribed.] :j:

  • 30 JackTheRIFFER on Oct 7, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    Oh yes! That has “Mega Blockbuster Hit” written all over it….

  • 31 JackTheRIFFER on Oct 7, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Oh my God. It really is the end of days.

  • 32 JackTheRIFFER on Oct 7, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    Well, a chihuahua bit my ankle and it made be jump a little. But I was certainly not grooving.

  • 33 Karen Han on Oct 7, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    it will be good for say a few weeks(two most important weeks in a movie playing) and then tank. its fun im sure but why, i dont know.

    taco bell dog(viva!)

  • 34 RemmieBarrow on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    …Or at least it has “Discount Isle for five dollars” on it.

  • 35 Scooter on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2: Chihuahuas in SPACE”

    Which is to be followed by Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Chihuahua in the Hood

    which, of course, is to be followed by Beverly Hill Chihuahua 4: Back to the hood

    and following most series of movies, an old west themed one needs to be stuck in there somewhere

  • 36 Auntie Maim on Oct 7, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    I’m choosing to believe that the song is actually a paen to the region of Chihuahua. Y’know, with its long traditions of music and dance, and a rich history of…um…parking spaces.

  • 37 Queen Shadowrama on Oct 7, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    I’m not gonna lie, it’s on my iPod. I loved it when you first posted the video way back when Bill. I also saw the movie this weekend…and liked it. I actually got a little teary-eyed at some of the heartwarming bits, even if they were contrived.

    So what’s my deal? Am I just a deeply disturbed human being? Or is everyone else just really jaded? :-P

  • 38 Krunchy on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    When I first saw him I thought the same thing … OMG, IT”S JOEL!!! He’s helping Dr. Forrester take over the world!!!

  • 39 NavarezElectro on Oct 7, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    I wonder much bacon you could make out of a chihuahua.

  • 40 Paul on Oct 7, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    Why is the sleepy-eyed guy from mst3k singing about dogs in the style of a german doing an american accent?

  • 41 seanf on Oct 8, 2008 at 4:29 am

    In order to maximize profits (which is, of course, secondary to making a work that is artistically and intellectually fulfilling), you could go the straight-to-DVD route.

    You could even get Charlie Murphy (since Eddie will be busy with Beverly Hills Cop 4: Just Give Me the Damn Money Already).

    C’mon Bill, you can knock this out over a weekend!

  • 42 Mystok on Oct 8, 2008 at 5:49 am

    You give deeep hurting a whole new meaning, Bill. I will now send my ninja iguanas to deal with you.

  • 43 Bill Corbett on Oct 8, 2008 at 8:15 am

    The latter.

  • 44 brainyheather on Oct 8, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Is that Joel???

  • 45 Smuttynose on Oct 8, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Actually as one of “everyone else”, I prefer not to be called jaded but opaled.

    I’m sorry.

  • 46 Nanobots on Oct 8, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Great. Now I don’t know if you mispelled “appalled”, or if you were doing a gem of a joke about jade vs opel.

    In which case, I’m ruby’ed

  • 47 Enron Hubbard on Oct 8, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    “Great. Now I don’t know if you mispelled “appalled”, or if you were doing a gem of a joke about jade vs opel.

    In which case, I’m ruby’ed”

    Not only do I now catch myself humming the chihuahua song against my will, but Nanobots (if that is their *real* name) just blew my mind with the lethal deliberate “misunderstanding”, “misattribution of misspelling”, “misspelling” combo!

  • 48 Courtney on Oct 9, 2008 at 6:24 am

    I had a dream last night that I had a pet chihuahua (I like to pronounce the word “chi-hooah-hooah”) and I can’t believe this is mere coincidence. Corbett, I demand that you destroy your chihooahhooah dream invasion technology at once.

  • 49 Enron Hubbard on Oct 9, 2008 at 8:04 am

    Ph-nglui mglw’nafh Chihooahhooah R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn…

  • 50 MonkeyCheezPants on Oct 10, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    I’d love to hear a mash-up of this and the Chuggo classic “Fcuk a Guy”.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPeHk4WMWpY

  • 51 Rachel on Oct 24, 2010 at 4:34 am

    wat instruments are in this song?

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