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"Panda Madam"
Shot of Anda Adam standing in a revealing costume in front of a royal golden background.
Single by Anda Adam
from the album AMO
Released14 February 2012[A]
Recorded2011
GenreDance
Length3:27
Label
Songwriter(s)Marius Moga
Producer(s)Marius Moga
Anda Adam singles chronology
"Trust"
(2011) 		"Panda Madam"
(2012) 		"Feel"
(2012)
Music video
"Panda Madan" on YouTube

"Panda Madam" (often stylized as "pAnda mAdam") is a song by Romanian singer Anda Adam, recorded and released for her third studio album AMO (2013). It was released as the fifth single from the record on 14 February 2012,[A] following the previous singles — "My Love on You" (2009), "Cadillac" (2010), "Show Me" (2010), and "Trust" (2011). The track was written and produced by Marius Moga, who has previously produced many of Anda's works. The song experienced moderate chart success in Sweden, Romania, and Turkey, peaking number 29, 26, and 3 respectively. A remix EP was also released in 2012, which featured remixes of the songs "Panda Madam", "Feel" (2012), and "Show Me".

An accompanying music video for "Panda Madam" was premiered on November 14, 2011. Directed by Alex Ceaușu, the clip features Anda Adam and couple of her friends in stewardess and pilot costumes flying in an airplane around the world in all seven continents. The song was met positively, a critic comparing it to the singer's biggest hit in the native country, "Ce ți-aș face (Selecta)" (2005) by calling it a "revival".

Promotion and music video[edit]

Anda performed the song live on the Romanian TV show Neatza cu Răzvan și Dani on 27 December, 2011.[2] The singer also performed the song at NRJ Music Tour in Beirut, Lebanon on 2 July, 2012.[3]

The music video, shot and directed by Alex Ceaușu, was premiered on November 14, 2011.[4] It managed to gain over 12.000 views in the first 24 hours of its upload.[5] The video for the song represents Anda dressed in a pilot costume flying in a plane with a couple of fellow females, dressed as stewardesses. The music video shows various people from different countries dancing to the song, including Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt and many others from all the continents.[6]

Critical reception and Charts Performance[edit]

Alexandru Manea of Romanian website ADPM called the song "cool" with some accents of "hip-hop". He compared the song to "Ce ți-aș face (Selecta)" which became the singer's biggest hit in the native country, by calling it a "revival", and later "Selecta 2011".[7]

Commercially, the song experiences moderate chart success in countries such as Sweden, Romania and Turkey. In the singer's native country, Romania, the song spend seven weeks on the Airplay 100, reaching its peak of 26 in its sixth week.[8]

Track listing[edit]

  • Official versions[B]
  1. "Panda Madam (Radio Edit)" – 3:27
  2. "Panda Madam (Extended Version)" – 5:15
  3. "Panda Madam (Zampa Tools Mix)" – 4:50
  4. "Panda Madam (LLP Remix)" – 5:07
  5. "Panda Madam (Lazybox Remix)" – 5:54
  6. "Panda Madam (Lazybox Remix Edit)" – 3:25

Charts[edit]

Chart (2011 – 2012) Peak
position
Turkey (Number One Chart)[15] 3
Sweden (Aqua Charts)[16] 29
Romania (Airplay 100)[8] 26

Release history[edit]

Country Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 14 February 2012 Digital download Roton
[9]
N/A 2012 CD
[11]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Although the digital release date of "Panda Madam" indicates 14 February 2012, the music video was made available on YouTube in November of 2011.[1]
  2. ^ This acts as a summary of all versions of the single found on digital and physical releases.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Anda Adam - Panda Madam". YouTube. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Anda Adam a interpretat melodia "Panda Madam"" [Anda Adam performed the song "Panda Madam".] (in Romanian). Antena1.ro. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Anda Adam e gata să-i uimească pe libanezi în cadrul NRJ Music Tour" [Anda Adam is ready to surprise the lebanese at NRJ Music Tour] (in Romanian). Unica.ro. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ Petre Dobrescu (14 November 2011). "Anda Adam a lansat pe Libertatea.ro videoclipul "Panda Madam"" [Anda Adam has released the music video for "Panda Madam" on Libertatea.ro] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  5. ^ Catalin Pavel. "Videoclip nou: Anda Adam - Panda Madam" [New video: Anda Adam - Panda Madam] (in Romanian). Acasa.ro. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  6. ^ Viorela Precupaş. "Iată ce dansatoare sexy a ales Anda Adam pentru noul ei clip!" [Here's what the sexy dancer Anda Adam has chosen for her new music video!] (in Romanian). Click.ro. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  7. ^ Alexandru Manea (31 October 2011). "Anda Adam da timpul inapoi: lanseaza "Selecta 2011"!" [Anda Adam takes us back in time: releases "Selecta 2011".] (in Romanian). Agentiadepresamondena.ro. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  8. ^ a b ""Panda Madan" by Anda Adam: Kiss FM Romania chart history". Crownnote.com.
  9. ^ a b "Panda Madam (Radio Edit) – Single by Anda Adam on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  10. ^ "pAnda mAdam [Extended Version]". SoundCloud. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  11. ^ a b Panda Madam / Feel / Show Me (CD Maxi-single). Anda Adam, Romania: Roton. (Cat. no.: 4924-2)
  12. ^ "pAnda mAdam [LLP Remix]". SoundCloud. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Panda Madam (Lazybox Remix)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Panda Madam (Lazybox Remix Edit)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  15. ^ "ANDA ADAM ESTE FOARTE INDRAGITA IN TURCIA! "PANDA MADAM" OCUPA LOCUL 3 IN TOP!" [Anda Adam is loved by Turkey! "Panda Madam" has reached number three in the charts!] (in Romanian). Cancan.ro. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  16. ^ ""Panda Madan" by Anda Adam: AquaCharts chart history". Crownnote.com.
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