Butse Kik
"Butse Kik" (also spelled as Buchikik" or "Abuchikik"" or Butsikik"[1]) is a novelty song by Yoyoy Villame[2] that is widely regarded as one of his hits in the Philippines, becoming a radio staple.[3] The song title was originally released by Yoyoy Villame as "Vietcong Palagdas" performed by Villame with the Embees and the MB Rondalla Band through Kinampay Records.[4]
The song consists of gibberish nonsense-lyrics that sound somewhat like Chinese. Some of the Chinese community in Cebu demanded that it be removed from jukeboxes but according to Villame, a plan to bring the case to court failed because the complainants could not find a single Chinese word in the song.[3] The music and the concept itself is a parody of the song "Baby Cakes" by the American singer Dee Dee Sharp, released in 1962. "Butse Kik" ("buche cake") is a play on the title "Baby Cakes". In Filipino cuisine, "butse", "buche" "butsi" or "buchi" is a deep-fried pastry made of sticky rice flour with sweet red bean filling.
References
- Marjorie Evasco (2001). A life shaped by music: Andrea Ofilada Veneracion and the Philippine Madgrigal Singers. Bookmark. ISBN 978-971-569-412-4.
- Katherine Brisbane, Ravi Chaturvedi, Ramendu Majumdar, Chua Soo Pong, Minoru Tanokura (16 August 2005). The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 5: Asia/Pacific. Routledge. pp. 902–. ISBN 978-1-134-92977-1.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Humor in his chromosomes, Cora Lucas, Inquirer, May 20, 2007
- "Vietcong Palagdas (The Original Butsekik)". Retrieved 17 June 2014.