"Bumble Bees" is the eleventh single release by the Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

n dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

-pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 group Aqua

Aqua (band)

Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two...

 overall, and the first since "Lollipop (Candyman)

Lollipop (Candyman)

"Lollipop " is the fourth single to be released by the Danish dance-pop group Aqua overall, and the follow-up to their most successful song "Barbie Girl" in many countries...

" (1997) not to be released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The song more closely resembled their earlier releases, not possessing the slower beat of "Turn Back Time

Turn Back Time

"Turn Back Time" is a song by Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua, released as their seventh single overall, and the third UK release. The single is their third United Kingdom number one. The song featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Sliding Doors, and was released across the world the same...

" or the anthemic, orchestral features of "Cartoon Heroes

Cartoon Heroes

"Cartoon Heroes" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua from their second studio album, Aquarius. The song was sent to radio stations worldwide on January 1, 2000. It was their first release anywhere for over 14 months, due to the time spent touring the world, resting and recording...

". Taken from the album Aquarius

Aquarius (Aqua album)

-Personnel:*Aqua – mixing*Stefan Boman – vocal engineer*Christian Møller Nielsen – additional programming*René Dif – lyricist, composer, lead vocals*Björn Engelmann – mastering*Nana Hedin – backing vocals*Michael Henderson – mixing...

, the song was released in several countries in August 2000, peaking at #34 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

The video for the song was one of five Aqua

Aqua (band)

Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two...

 videos directed by Peder Pedersen. It parodied

Parody

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 the group's status as a 'Barbie band', gained due to the success of their breakthrough hit "Barbie Girl

Barbie Girl

"Barbie Girl" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua, who released the song in 1997 as their third single overall, and the first United Kingdom release...

". It featured the group trying to make a good music video, but being hampered by a poor director

Music video director

A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...

, faulty equipment and the weight of René Dif

René Dif

René Dif is a musician and actor, best known as the male vocalist in the Danish pop-dance group Aqua.-Biography:...

 being too much for a backstage crewman holding his support rope. The video was featured heavily on MTV Europe

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's "Comedy Weekend" in 2001.

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	65
Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...	16
German Singles Chart	96
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	34