De Música Ligera
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| "De Música Ligera" | ||||
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| Single by Soda Stereo | ||||
| from the album Canción Animal | ||||
| Released | October 15, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Composer(s) | ||||
| Lyricist(s) | Gustavo Cerati | |||
| Producer(s) |
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| Soda Stereo singles chronology | ||||
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"De Música Ligera" (Spanish for Of easy-listening music) is a song by the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo from their fifth studio album Canción Animal (1990). Widely considered to be Soda Stereo's most popular single, the song is considered an anthem of rock en español. The single was the last song performed at their farewell concert "El Último Concierto" in 1997.
Composition
[edit]Music
[edit]The song's title comes from albums frontman Gustavo Cerati's parents owned, which were named "Light Classics of all Times"
The song was written to be intentionally simplistic. Four chords (Bm, G, D, A) comprise most of the song as well as the opening riff. The lyrics only compose of seven lines.
The song's meaning was left intentionally ambiguous by the band, but is implied to be about a nostalgic past relationship between two lovers
Music video
[edit]The accompanying music video to the song was directed by Alfredo Lois and shows the band performing the song behind a colorful background
Sales and certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico (AMPROFON)[1] | Gold | 30,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
Related circumstances
[edit]- The song was the first release from the album Canción Animal (Animal Song) and made the group famous in Spain
- In the farewell concert (1997), De música ligera was the last song played by the band.
- In Brazil, the song was covered by the Os Paralamas do Sucesso, with the title "De Música Ligeira" (version: Herbert Vianna) on their 1996 album Nove Luas, and by the group Capital Inicial, with the title À Sua Maneira (version: Dinho Ouro Preto) on their 2002 album Rosas e Vinho Tinto.[2]
- The British rock band Coldplay covered the song during a concert on their A Head Full of Dreams Tour in La Plata, Argentina, on November 14, 2017, and it was released as a track on their live album Live in Buenos Aires on December 7, 2018. Five years later, the band covered the song again on the Buenos Aires shows of their Music of the Spheres World Tour.
- During 2020, 3 Latin rock artists: Los Rabanes from Panama, Beto Cuevas (La Ley) from Chile and Randy Ebrigth (Molotov) from Mexico released a ska version of the song
References
[edit]- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Soda Stereo in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and De Musica Ligera in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
- ^ "Título ainda não informado (favor adicionar)" (in Portuguese). 2002. Archived from the original on 19 January 2003. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
Versão da canção De Musica Ligeira. Existe outra feita pelos Paralamas, mas a gente só descobriu quando a nossa já estava pronta.