David Lubega Balemezi (born 13 April 1975), better known by his stage name Lou Bega, is a German singer.

David Lubega Balemezi was born on 13 April 1975 in Munich, Bavaria, then West Germany, to an Italian mother, who came from Sicily, and a Ugandan father.

[1] His father Charles went to West Germany in 1972 to study biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

After returning to Munich, Bega met his then manager, Goar Biesenkamp, as well as music producers "Frank Lio" (Achim Kleist) and "Donald Fact" (Wolfgang von Webenau) (Syndicate Musicproduction), with whom he developed the concept for the song "Mambo No. 5".

[10][13][14] The second single, "I Got a Girl" charted well, entering the Top 10 in some European countries, including France, Finland and Belgium.

The album failed to experience success similar to its predecessor in Bega's native market or internationally.

[20] Bega's fifth studio album A Little Bit of 80's was released on 28 June 2013, in Germany on Ariola (Sony Music).

[21] In this album, Bega again covered classic international hits including "Smooth Operator" (1984)" by Sade, "I'm So Excited" (1982) by The Pointer Sisters, "Vamos a la playa" (1983) by Righeira, "Red Red Wine" (1968) by Neil Diamond (a remake of which was a hit for UB40 during the 1980s) and "Karma Chameleon" (1983) by Culture Club.

Bega's first single off his fifth album was his cover of the 1982 hit "Give It Up" by KC and the Sunshine Band, which was released in Germany on 14 June 2013.

And then of course, there's the suits, and the mustaches, and the retro style.In 2006, Bega recorded a song titled "C'est la Vie" with Edvin Marton and a music video was also filmed.

Bega was also the only artist to be asked to sing the same song twice on Germany's headlining show Wetten, dass..?.

He also performed live on television on the Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2015.

In July 2016, Bega performed as a special guest in several of André Rieu's famous Maastricht concerts.

[25] Bega sang the theme song for the Disney Channel animated series Brandy & Mr. Whiskers.

He was included as part of a licensing deal that also saw Bega's song "Club Elitaire" integrated into the German release of Tropico.

[26] In the Ubisoft/Disney Interactive video game Walt Disney's The Jungle Book Rhythm n' Groove, Bega participates in a challenge with his namesake.