The Story Behind The Song Macarena Is So Much More Outrageous Than You’d Think

Los Del Rio in the iconic Macarena music video.

If you are old enough to remember the ′90s, you’ll remember the absolute chokehold that Los Del Rio’s hit Macarena had on our airwaves, school discos and even pubs.

More iconic than than the song, though, was the dance. As soon as those opening beats hit, everything was duly dropped so that we could get in line and mimic the dance moves from the music video.

However, now that I know what the song is actually about, I think that...