Chart Performance
The single became a worldwide summer hit, selling over 5 million copies in 1989 and was part of the Lambada dance craze. It reached number-one on eleven different charts, as well as number four on both the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart, number five on the Australia ARIA Singles Chart, and number 46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of the best known Brazilian songs of all time.
"Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)" was the 37th best-selling single of the United Kingdom during 1989. In France, where it topped the chart for 12 weeks and sold almost two million copies, the single was the number-one on the year-end list.
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