Christina Aguilera Feat. Lil Kim, Mya, P!Nk: Lady Marmalade (2001) watch online HD

"Lady Marmalade" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. The song is famous for its sexually suggestive chorus of "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?", which translates into English as "Do you want to sleep with me (tonight)?" The song was originally recorded in 1974 by the group Eleventh Hour. It first became a popular hit when covered by the American girl group Labelle. The 2001 version by singers Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Pink, and rapper Lil' Kim, recorded for the Moulin Rouge. soundtrack was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks.

Ranked #46 on Billboard's list of the Greatest Music Videos of the 21st Century.

The song has had many cover versions over the years.

In 1998, girl group All Saints released a cover of the song that peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

"Lady Marmalade" was the ninth song to reach number one by two different musical acts in America.

The song was written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan, and was inspired by Crewe's experiences in New Orleans and the sex workers in the area.

The song was first recorded by The Eleventh Hour, a disco group made up of studio musicians fronted by Nolan on vocals.

The song is best known for the French lyric "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" (English: "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?") in the refrain.

Billboard named the song #16 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

The song won a 2002 Grammy Award in the category of "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals".

The music video, directed by Paul Hunter, features all four performers in lingerie (rapper Missy Elliott makes a cameo appearance.) and was filmed at the end of March 2001 on sets (Los Angeles) built to resemble the actual Moulin Rouge night club around the turn of the century (1890-1910).

The video won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best Video of the Year" and "Best Video from a Film".

The music video was nominated for "Best Dance Video", "Best Pop Video", "Best Choreography" (Tina Landon), and "Best Art Direction".

Brand Kohlenstein praised the song by highlighting it, adding that the ladies "teamed up for a surefire hit with their naughtier version of Patti Labelle's "Lady Marmalade."

The Sun Journal opined that the Moulin! Rouge version helped the song "find a new life."

This version of the song reached number-one in its eighth week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent five weeks at the top of the chart, 26 years after Labelle's version had reached number-one, making "Lady Marmalade" the ninth song in history to top the U.S. chart as performed as different artists.

It was the third airplay-only song in Billboard chart history (after Aaliyah's 2000 single "Try Again" and Shaggy's 2001 single "Angel") to hit number one without being released in a major commercially available single format.

The song also holds the record for the longest reigning number one on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart for an all female collaboration, topping the chart for nine consecutive weeks.

"Lady Marmalade" is the best-selling single for Lil' Kim and Mýa.

Lil' Kim also held the record for having the longest number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 for a female rapper, with "Lady Marmalade" being on the top of the charts for 5 consecutive weeks, until Australian female rapper Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" surpassed the record by holding on to the number one position for seven weeks in 2014.

The song was included on non-US versions of Aguilera's first greatest hits album, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits.

Lady Marmalade was the top selling song of 2001 and has sold 5.2 million copies worldwide as of December 2001.