Can We Fix the Mambo?: The Musical Career of Bob the Builder | An AMTV Documentary

Can he fix it? Yes he can! Ever since he first debuted on our screens back in 1999, Bob the Builder and his team quickly became household favourites amongst millions of viewers. During the peak of this popularity, Bob launched into his own musical career, which went on to become a lot more successful than you may have first thought...

Come and learn about the Rise and Fall of Bob the Builders Musical Career! And yes, you read that correctly!

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[rockmanparadox]

Man, I didn’t plan on getting schooled on Bob the Builder by the guy who reviews TV idents most of the time, but I got schooled anyways. Great documentary, keep up the good work!

[abbafan]

'Never Mind The Breeze Blocks' is such a great album name! In Australia the album was called 'Appetite For Construction', a reference to the Guns and Roses album 'Appetite For Destruction'.

[harrisonallen]

What sets bob apart from Thomas is that Thomas made a bunch of original songs while Bob as you would know would do parodies of official pop songs. It’s nice to know that his first two singles did incredibly well in Australia which is where I’m from.

[YorkshireMemes]

Even though I was 3 months away from being 4. I remember my mum panicking so much about 9/11 and there’s me just vibing to bob the builders version of mambo no 5…mainly the reason why I like bricklaying so much and why I work in construction

[someguy]

In case you didn't know, there's actually a rich history of children's TV characters getting chart hits in the UK. Alongside Bob, The Wombles, The Tweenies, The Teletubbies, Robin the Frog from The Muppets, Shaun the Sheep, the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Rainbow, Mr. Blobby, and Bart Simpson (if you'd count that as being for kids) all had decently popular charting songs in the UK at one point.

[fairrodthecapacitor]

If Bob makes a comeback, pls bring back the old style Bob we all know and love

[pinkified_friends]

Just checked out the history of his music career. And let me just tell you, when I saw The Official BBC Children In Need Medley by Peter Kay, I was like "Bruh, this sh- no, it's over."
That single felt like a fever dream and I mean it.

[newforestpixie]

Surely it’s Neil Morrissey too whom deserved some recognition as a Pop Star & that cover of Dizzy might as well have been a collaboration with his fellow Brummies The Wonderstuff who’d covered the song years before.

[tugs_man]

This is really kind of a once in a lifetime opportunity having a children's TV character be No. 1 in the charts as not many other kids TV shows would think about doing something on the same level as that. This is one part of Bob The Builder's history that always interested me as it was one of my favourite shows growing up alongside Thomas The Tank Engine.

[StuartStudios]

I can just imagine how Westlife reacted when they realized they weren't at Xmas No. 1 in 2000. I can just imagine a member of Westlife telling his fellow band members "Sorry, guys. We didn't make it to No. 1", and then immediately afterwards saying "You won't believe who beat us."

[hakcagain]

Fun fact: With these 2 hits, Neil Morrissey has had more number one hits than Morrissey

[KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Unfortunately DJ Otsi’s “Hey Baby” would also suffer one week only at #1 as the charts for September 22nd-23rd, 2001 had the song placed at #2 and the next song to top the charts was “I Can’t Get You Outta My Head” by Aussie pop star Kylie Minogue

[KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

I used to be addicted to Baha Men’s “Who Let the Dogs Out?!” (WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO!) as a kid. That song deserved to tip the charts since it was also used in the Rugrats in Paris Movie

[DCSMedia]

I… did not expect to get as much out of this documentary, nor did I think I’d be compelled to start listening to their version of 500 miles, but it did. Great video Adam

[KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Wasn’t big fish little fish originally a rick and nick song?

The lyrics originally went
“Yo-yo. row the boat, cardboard box
Stack the shelves. shopping carts/trolleys, cardboard box
Big fish, little fish, cardboard box
We’re all raving mad! (SAY

[markdavidson]

Neil Morrissey would’ve been laughing all the way to the bank. Nice documentary

[chestnutbloke]

Can We Fix It? was on NOW 48 and Mambo No. 5 was on NOW 50.

[aidanwoodhead]

I remember having one of the musicals on VHS at my nans when i was like 4, i ended up wearing the tape out. Mum tried to get us tickets for a concert event thing at the time but unfortunately that dream never came true😔

[KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

The second album they also did a cover/parody of “Is This The Way to Amarillo?” made famous by Tony Christie and Neil Sedaka.

[roliv]

I’d heard of this before but only realised what you meant by the title/thumbnail until you mentioned the Christmas number one