# Lujon

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{{Short description|1961 song by Henry Mancini}}
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{{About|the Henry Mancini song|the musical instrument|Lujon (musical instrument)}}
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"'''Lujon'''" (also known as "'''Slow Hot Wind'''") is a composition by [Henry Mancini](/source/Henry_Mancini).<ref>{{cite web |title=Lujon |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/78342 |website=SecondHandSongs |access-date=2020-12-02}}</ref>

==Background==
Its name comes from the [lujon](/source/Lujon_(musical_instrument)) percussion instrument heard on the recording.

==Henry Mancini recording==
It appeared on his 1961 album ''Mr. Lucky Goes Latin'', but was an original piece of music that had nothing to do with the ''[Mr. Lucky](/source/Mr._Lucky_(TV_series))'' television program.<ref>{{cite book |last=Caps |first=John |title=Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK6UmDGh2V4C&pg=PA59 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |date=2012-02-15 |page=59 |isbn=978-0-252-09384-5}}</ref> It was included in the soundtracks for the films ''[The Big Lebowski](/source/The_Big_Lebowski)'', ''[Sexy Beast](/source/Sexy_Beast)'', ''[W.E.](/source/W.E.)'', and ''[Two Lovers](/source/Two_Lovers_(2008_film))''. Mancini would later record a jazz/swing version of "Slow Hot Wind" and include it on his 1975 album ''Symphonic Soul''. The song reached No. 38 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1976.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001 |publisher=Record Research |year=2002 |page=154}}</ref>

==Other versions==
* With lyrics by [Norman Gimbel](/source/Norman_Gimbel), titled as "Slow Hot Wind" (or "A Slow Hot Wind"), the song was recorded by [Johnny Hartman](/source/Johnny_Hartman) (1964 album ''[The Voice That Is!](/source/The_Voice_That_Is!)''), [Sarah Vaughan](/source/Sarah_Vaughan) (1965 album ''[Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook](/source/Sarah_Vaughan_Sings_the_Mancini_Songbook)''), [Sérgio Mendes](/source/S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes) & Brazil '66 (1966 album ''[Herb Alpert Presents](/source/Herb_Alpert_Presents)''), [Roseanna Vitro](/source/Roseanna_Vitro) (1991 album ''[Reaching for the Moon](/source/Reaching_for_the_Moon_(album))''), [Julee Cruise](/source/Julee_Cruise) (2002 album ''[The Art of Being a Girl](/source/The_Art_of_Being_a_Girl)''), and others.
* The song was remixed as "Ocean Beach" by Black Mighty Orchestra on the compilation album ''[Chilled 1991–2008](/source/Chilled_1991%E2%80%932008)''.
* "Lujon" is featured in the 1996 album ''[Sacrebleu](/source/Sacrebleu_(album))'' by [Dimitri from Paris](/source/Dimitri_from_Paris), Track 19, renamed "Epilogue".
* Belgian [trip hop](/source/trip_hop) band [Hooverphonic](/source/Hooverphonic) recorded a version of the song overlaid with vocals, "No More Sweet Music".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humo.be/cd-reviews/46002/hooverphonic-no-more-sweet-music |title=Hooverphonic – (No) More Sweet Music |work=[HUMO](/source/HUMO) |language=nl |date=2005-11-19}}</ref> from the [2005 eponymous album](/source/No_More_Sweet_Music).
* "Lujon" was recorded by Les Deux Love Orchestra and appears on the album ''King Kong'' (2008), featuring members of Mancini's original orchestra.

==References==
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Category:Songs with music by Henry Mancini
Category:Songs with lyrics by Norman Gimbel

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