August 22 [16:00 EDT] -- Like a brisk dose of Scandinavian mineral water (with its distinct bubble gum aftertaste) comes the new Danish Eurodisco quartet, Aqua, splashing into the American punch bowl of pop music with "Barbie Girl" from their European platinum selling album, "Aquarium."

Platinum in Denmark may only be 250,000 copies but that means one out of every twelve households in the tiny Hamlet homeland is partying with Barbie nightly. Norwegian, ex-TV host, Lene Grawford Nystrom sings "Barbie" with a startlingly helium-high, tongue-in-cheek voice that the real Barbie, if she were a true living doll, would no doubt be proud of. Rene Dif sings his "Ken" part of the duet, enticing Barbie to venture out (she is easily persuaded, natch) in a vocal register reminiscent of Ken, if Ken were Sha-Na-Na's Bowser, instead of one of Denmark's former premiere DJ's.

The second half of the A-quartet, Claus Norreen and Soren Rasted worked at the same gas station prior to the founding of their band four years ago, where they brainstormed about music. They later collaborated on a score for one of Denmark's most popular children's' films. All four members of Aqua share a writing credit on "Barbie Girl."

Mattel Toy's most famous curvaceous-is-an-understatement blond has been immortalized (yet again), but not with the company's permission, who are looking into copyright infringements, though U.S. label MCA is stickering the single with the statement "a social comment was not created or approved by the makers of the doll."

So perhaps, Barbie and Aqua can continue to bop without any legal snags...certainly Shonen Knife got away clean with their "Twist Barbie". In the meantime, the band hopes Aquamania will catch on here and in greater Europe with gum-smackers of all ages, while currently in Scandinavia and Asia, Aqua is pure Velva.