On December 19th, 2022, the song was delisted along with the game and all other DLC. On May 4th 2021, the song was added as part of FUSER Compilation Pack 01. Although the song is featured in their 1998 album "Up & Down - The Party Album", the game uses the single's cover art. The song is available in Fuser and was released as DLC on March 11th, 2021. However, that’s not where they started at all.We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) is a song released in 1998 by Eurodance group Vengaboys. It was a smart move that allowed them to sit inconspicuously alongside other late ‘90s acts within the bubblegum pop sphere, even if their subsequent music videos often ended up running afoul of censors in the UK precisely because the Vengaboys were regarded as being predominantly aimed at a young, impressionable demographic. The international artwork for their debut album – now just called The Party Album! – also swapped images of animals fornicating (and a logo implying two people having sex) for more recognisable cartoon avatars of the group. We Like To Party! (The Vengabus), therefore, provided a timely opportunity to tone down the Vengaboys’ image in readiness for mainstream domination. Sex was – and would continue to be – a part of their identity, but it’s not at the forefront here. We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) on the other hand, was – in many respects – where the notion of the Vengaboys as a pop group who could command a fanbase truly started to take shape.Īs a second single, the track set out a mission statement of what the group, in essence, intended to represent: “Hey now, hey now, hear what I say now, happiness is just around the corner hey now, hey now, hear what I say now, we’ll be there for you”.
Even so, while Up and Down was a big success (UK sales – including streaming – sit around 785,000 copies), it was also the kind of song that could easily have transpired to be a whacky one-off endeavour. The group started as an anonymous dance act (Danski and Delmundo) fronted by Kim Sasabone for their first two singles, Parada de Tettas – which ambiguously translates as Booby Parade – and To Brazil! However, it wasn’t until the Vengaboys launched internationally with Up and Down that the focus shifted: Denise Post-Van Rijswijk, Roy den Burger and Robin Pors became more prominently positioned within the group, while their debut album ( Up & Down – The Party Album) was reworked with most of the instrumental dance tracks swapped for new material that included vocals. While We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) was released as the Vengaboys’ second single in most countries, including the UK, it was technically their fourth overall.
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