Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2000
Cartoon Heroes
Buy Cartoon Heroes now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Cartoon Heroes
| cover = Cartoon Heroes.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Aqua
| album = Aquarius
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:38
| label = Universal
| writer =
* Sren Rasted
* Claus Norreen
| producer =
* Sren Rasted
* Claus Norreen
| prev_title = Good Morning Sunshine
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Around the World
| next_year = 2000
| misc =
}}
"'Cartoon Heroes'" is a song by Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua from their second studio album, 'Aquarius'. The song was sent to radio stations worldwide on 1 January 2000 and was released as a retail single on 31 January 2000. It was their first release anywhere for over 14 months due to the time spent touring the world, resting, and recording 'Aquarius'.
Although a commercial success, "Cartoon Heroes" failed to follow the success of earlier songs such as "Barbie Girl" and "Doctor Jones". In Denmark, the song debuted at number one, selling enough copies to earn a quadruple-platinum sales certification within 48 hours of its release; it went on to become the country's highest-selling single of 2000. It also topped the charts of Italy, Norway, and Spain and reached the top 10 in at least nine other countries, including Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Music video
The music video for this song was filmed in December 1999. It starts with an American newscaster reporting on broadcast that a one-eyed sea monster attacks the world prompting an SOS call for Aqua in space. The quartet wakes up in zero gravity and Sren pushes up the gravity lever. They put on their hero suits and prepare to drive their spaceship to planet Earth where the sea monster is deep in the ocean. The quartet then puts on their diving suits and they fight the sea monster they seek. The green slime that bursts out of the sea monster's defeat transmits to the ending where the triumphant quartet returns to the ship with Sren and Claus who's had their leg and arm injured and the ship goes to the surface.
The video directed by Czech movie director Tom Man is said to be one of the most expensive music videos ever made, reportedly costing $3.5 million to produce.
Track listings
'European maxi CD'
# "Cartoon Heroes" (radio edit) 3:38
# "Cartoon Heroes" (Metro's That's All Folks Remix) 6:22
# "Cartoon Heroes" (Hampenberg Remix) 5:41
# "Cartoon Heroes" (Junior's Playground Mix) 7:53
# "Cartoon Heroes" (E-Lite Extended Remix) 9:09
'UK 7-inch single'
:A. "Cartoon Heroes" (radio edit) 3:58
:B. "Cartoon Heroes" (Love to Infinity Classic Mix) 6:28
'Australian CD single'
# "Cartoon Heroes" (radio edit) 3:38
# "Cartoon Heroes" (Love to Infinity Classic Mix) 6:28
# "Cartoon Heroes" (TNT Mix) 7:29
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:2000 singles
Category:2000 songs
Category:Aqua (band) songs
Category:Number-one singles in Denmark
Category:Number-one singles in Italy
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:Number-one singles in Spain
Category:Songs about superheroes
Category:Songs written by Claus Norreen
Category:Songs written by Sren Rasted
Category:Universal Records singles
Buy Cartoon Heroes now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 2000