Description
From the 2003 direct-to-video movie "Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico," released on this day 23 years ago (and one of the better direct-to-video Scooby-Doo video movies of the 2000s, emulating the classic Scooby shows in a manner not unlike "Scooby-Doo and Guess Who" did), this is the FULL version of the song "Viva Mexico," written by Gigi Meroni and Rich Dickerson (two of WB Animation's main composers at that time) and performed by Maria Carmen, based on Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas." It's nearly a minute longer than the version heard in the film's closing credits as previously uploaded on YouTube, with a longer introduction. Sourced from the DVD's 5.1 surround sound channels, so there aren't any sound effects interfering with the song.
I still think Warner Bros. Animation blew a perfect opportunity to dust off this song as a "Merrie Melodies" music video in "The Looney Tunes Show" 8-10 years later, featuring Speedy Gonzales and his Mexican mice band (especially since the song even features Speedy's exclamation "Andale, andale!", which is fair since he ran a pizzeria named after another one of his exclamations: "Pizzarriba!").
Of course, you might also recognize this song from my infamous Looney Tunes YTP "Seven Arts Setbacks!"
© 2003 Warner Bros. Discovery and Warner Music; FAIR USE!