It might just be the catchiest Muppet song of them all, beating out "Rubber Duckie," "It's Not Easy Being Green," "Rainbow Connection" and all the rest -- but not it's being reported that "Mahna Mahna" came from a softcore porn film.
You know "Mahna Mahna," of course. It's not only in the new "Muppets" movie, but it's been on "Sesame Street," "The Muppet Show," and every Muppet music compilation out there.
The song, however, wasn't written by Jim Henson and crew. It was composed by Piero Umiliani, and first heard in a 1968 Italian film that some consider to be softcore pornography, "Sweden: Heaven and Hell."
The song plays over a scene where buxom Swedish ladies head for the sauna. The clip actually doesn't show any nudity -- even in the sauna the women are towel-wrapped.
The music was later used for the famous sketch in which two cow-like Muppets (called "Snouths" for "snout" and "mouth") provide backup while Mahna Mahna (voiced by Jim Henson himself) gets overly excited and keeps yelling out his signature line.
"Mahna Mahna" gets a great showcase in the new "Muppets" movie, as a rotating cast of celebs pop in to help sing along.
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