![]() The Vengaboys logo first appeared on the cover of their debut single “To Brazil!” (1997), with artwork credited to The Fresh Connection (Thom Bouman). Together with the weekly Thursday protesters against the government and the racist, xenophobic and anti-democratic positions of its members, they celebrated a giant party at the Ballhausplatz. Less than two weeks later, the coalition had broken up, Chancellor Kurz had lost a no-confidence vote and the office – and Vengaboys came to Vienna. The following day, up to 20,000 people chanted the 20-year old Ibiza lyrics outside the chancellor’s office in Vienna after Heinz-Christian Strache, Vice-Chancellor of Austria, former neo-Nazi and leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party (FPÖ), resigned. Shortly after the Ibizagate scandal unfolded, the party song transmogrified into a political protest anthem, fueled by comedian Jan Böhmermann who posted a link to the music video on 17 May. Unexpected to most, their 1999 hit “We’re going to Ibiza” is now back at the top of the charts in Austria. With lyrics like “We like, we like to party” or “Boom boom boom boom / I want you in my room”, Vengaboys are associated with the hedonistic audience of riotous beach parties. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, they scored a number of chart hits that made them the most commercially successful Dutch group after 2 Unlimited. Vengaboys is a Eurodance music group from the Netherlands. These are the most common typefaces in the database, but there are many more.Haas Inserat-Grotesk / Neue Aurora VIII (43).
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