Stephen King’s wife threatened to divorce him because he wouldn’t stop playing ‘Mambo No. 5’

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Rolling Stone, the novelist revealed that he’s a huge fan of the 1999 summer track, which was a cover of an instrumental song composed by Pérez Prado.Asked if he’s a fan of Lou Bega’s version, King said: “Oh, yeah.

Big time. My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that a lot. I had the dance mix. I loved those extended play things, and I played both sides of it.“And one of them was just total instrumental.

And I played that thing until my wife just said, ‘One more time, and I’m going to fucking leave you.’”King married Tabitha, who is also a novelist, in 1971.

They have three children together, daughter Naomi, and sons Owen and Joseph.Elsewhere in the interview, King said he particularly listens to “techno stuff or disco stuff” when he writes, citing LCD Soundsystem and Fatboy Slim as particular favourites.“I can just listen to that stuff,” King added. “If you tried to write and listen to Leonard Cohen, how the fuck would you do that?