The lyrics of the 'Macarena' have been decoded and we will never be the same again.

The Macarena: it’s the party anthem you hear when you know a wedding has truly soured.

The song is infamous for its booty-shaking, hand-waving dance but there wouldn’t be many of us who remember the lyrics.

As it turns out, if we did, and if our parents did, we probably wouldn’t have been allowed to dance at all.

Oh, impossibly thin racially diverse dancers, how you distracted us with your grins and gyrations.

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Let’s review the lyrics, shall we?

“When I dance they call me Macarena,

and the boys they say ‘que estoy buena’…”

First Verse

They all want me, they can’t have me,

So they all come and dance beside me

Move with me, jam with me

And if you’re good

I’ll take you home with me.

Wait, what?

I’m sure they mean they’ll take them home for tea and crumpets after that afternoon line dancing competition. Right?

Second Verse Part 1:

Now, don’t you worry ‘bout my boyfriend

The boy whose name is Vittorino

Ha, I don’t want him, couldn’t stand him

He was no good so I…

SO YOU WHAT?!

Second Verse Part 2:

Now come on, what was I supposed to do,

He was out of town,

And his two friends were sooo fine.

So you cheated on him with his two friends? At the same time? What a casual conversation starter.

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The lyrics we’ve picked out above are the words the women sing in English during the official video.

The original Spanish lyrics are much more explicit and mention how Vittorino is being drafted into the army while ‘Macarena’ is getting with his two best mates.

One stunned Twitter user, @heythererobyn, wrote: “I AM HORRIFIED, MY CHILDHOOD IS RUINED.”