Zack Sharf Digital News Director Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5,” a 1999 dance remix of Dámaso Pérez Prado’s 1949 single, is one of the most love-it-or-hate-it songs of all time — Stephen King’s wife definitely falls in the latter camp.
The author recently spoke to Rolling Stone to promote his latest novel, “Holly,” and revealed his wife once threatened to divorce him due to his love of the infamous track, which was a worldwide hit and reached No.
3 on the Billboard 100. “Oh, yeah. Big time,” King said when asked if the rumors about his love for “Mambo No. 5” are true. “My wife threatened to divorce me.
I played that a lot.” “I had the dance mix,” the author continued. “I loved those extended play things and I played both sides of it.
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