Both the song and its music video feature Lene Nystrøm as Barbie and René Dif as Ken. The lyrics of the song are about Barbie and Ken, the dolls made by Mattel. Lene Nystrøm talking to Music Week about the song Rene came up with the original lyric 'Come on Barbie, Let's go party!' and we wanted to put voices to the dolls and imagine what they would say to each other. Twenty-five years later, Mattel licensed the song in the 2023 film Barbie and additionally sampled it for a new song, ' Barbie World'. Mattel accused Aqua's label of diluting the image of Barbie, leading to the controversial lawsuit Mattel, Inc.

It is Aqua's most popular work and was also performed as the interval act in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. It also reached number two in the group's homeland and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song topped the charts worldwide, particularly in European countries such as the United Kingdom, where it was a number-one hit for four weeks and remains one of the best-selling singles of all time. It was written after Rasted saw an exhibit on kitsch culture in Denmark that featured Barbie dolls.

The song was written by band members Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, and Lene Nystrøm, and was produced by the former two alongside Johnny Jam and Delgado. It was released in April 1997 as the third single from the group's debut studio album, Aquarium (1997). ' Barbie Girl' is a song by Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua.

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