No Tengo Dinero (Los Umbrellos song)

"No Tengo Dinero"
Single by Los Umbrellos
from the album Flamenco Funk
Released14 May 1997 (1997-05-14)
GenreLatin pop
Length3:36
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Los Umbrellos singles chronology
"No Tengo Dinero"
(1997)
"Drive"
(1998)

"No Tengo Dinero" (English: "I Have No Money") is the debut single of Danish musical group Los Umbrellos, considered to be their signature song. It was released by FLEX Records (now part of EMI) on 14 May 1997. Based on the theme of 1960 film Never on Sunday by Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis, the lyrics were written by Jay and Richie Balmorian and group member Al Agami. It was produced by Kenneth Bager, Michael Pfundheller and Jan Elhøj, with additional production handled by Cutfather & Joe.

The song became a top-five hit in Denmark, Italy, New Zealand and Switzerland. In Austria, the song reached number one for 10 weeks, received a platinum certification from IFPI, and was the highest-selling single of 1998. The song also peaked at number 31 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart and number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it stayed on the latter chart for 27 weeks without entering the top 40. As of August 2003, the single had sold 800,000 copies worldwide. Unlike "No Tengo Dinero", the band's following releases enjoyed no chart success, thus Los Umbrellos were named a one hit wonder. In 2017, Billboard magazine ranked "No Tengo Dinero" among "The 100 Greatest Pop Songs of 1997".