Rice & Curry

Rice & Curry is the first studio album by Swedish bubblegum dance artist Jonny Jakobsen under his pseudonym Dr. Bombay, released in 1998.

The album was the subject of mild controversy upon its release, prompted by a negative reaction to its faux-ethnic themes by the Indian government but no legal action was ever pursued.

Two of its tracks have been featured in the Beatmania IIDX series of video games and one is featured in the 2000 edition of Samba de Amigo.

Track listing

Music videos

Four music videos were produced for songs on the album. All of the music videos would later be released as bonus content on Jakobsen's first compilation album, The Hits. Videos were produced for the following songs:

Rice & Curry (song)

"Rice & Curry" is a song recorded by Swedish Eurodance artist Dr. Bombay. It was released in 1998 as the third single from his debut album Rice & Curry.

Content

The song has a humorous tone and is sung from the perspective of Dr. Bombay, a rice and curry chef who operates a restaurant in Calcutta while his uncle, a rice farmer, is on holiday. His eventual frustration with the negative response to his food leads him to re-brand his rice as glue to much success.

Track listing

CD single

The following tracks are on the CD single:

Single CD-maxi

The following tracks are on the 1999 maxi single:

Music video

An accompanying music video for the song was produced in 1998. The video features Jakobsen as Dr. Bombay and a multitude of backup dancers dressed in traditional Indian clothing, dancing, drumming, preparing and eating rice and curry and breathing fire as a result. The setting of the video is "Dr. Bombay · Flaming Hot Curry", a tented eating establishment equipped with strobe lights and elaborate live entertainment. Throughout the video, Jakobsen and the supporting dancers are seen rushing with water pistols to extinguish the flaming breath of customers who have eaten the curry.