TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ en.wikipedia.org Submitted by gnomageddon7 t3_120k3o0 on March 24, 2023 at 1:21 PM in todayilearned 66 comments 1,172
MuthaPlucka t1_jdhorn8 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:56 PM It was the lyrics that got it removed. Unnecessary ululation. Permalink 1
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