Pamela Anderson is a woman of many talents, and it turns out that singing is one of them. According to music producer Damion "Damizza" Young, the Baywatch star secretly provided background vocals for Mariah Carey's 2001 hit Loverboy.
Recalling how the unlikely collaboration came about, Young told the TFU Podcast that it started after Carey and Anderson became friends in the early 2000s. "So I go to the studio to finish up the recording of Loverboy, and Mariah says, 'Pam's coming by to do backgrounds'," he said.
"I'm a huge Baywatch fan, so I'm like, 'Pamela Anderson's coming by?! Oh, hell yeah!"' So the next thing I know we're poppin champagne and she's like, 'What do you want me to do?'"
Young then praised Anderson's surprisingly good vocal chops. "Pam Anderson can sing. And she's one of the smartest people I have ever met in my life," he gushed, before adding, "The dumb blonde thing is an act."
Released in 2001, Loverboy reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ed. it only reached No. 2] while the official remix with Da Brat and Ludacris hit No. 1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
While most people are unaware that Anderson's vocals are on the track, the former Playboy model did previously open up about the song while co-hosting the World Music Awards in 2014. "I did background vocals on her album," Anderson said on stage. "I was the 'Whoooo!' That was me."
Working with Carey isn't the first time that Anderson has had to sing. The blonde bombshell previously played Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway back in 2022.
(Daily Mail)
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