Макарена: Тарихы мен әндерінің эволюциясы

1993 single by Los del Río

1993 (original)
15 August 1995 (Bayside Boys mix)
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Flamenco
pop
dance pop Another remix by Miami based producers the Bayside Boys, who added a section with English lyrics and expanded its popularity, initially peaked at No. (Number) 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in late 1995. In 2023, Billboard ranked "Macarena" number 500 in their list of Best Pop Songs of All Time.

"Macarena"s composition features a variant on the clave rhythm. The song is written in the key of A♭ major, moves at a tempo of 103 beats per minute, and follows the repeated chord progression A♭–G♭ throughout.

As a result of their lounge act, Los del Río were invited to tour South America in 1992 During the celebration, a local flamenco teacher, Diana Patricia Cubillán Herrera, performed a dance for the guests, and Los del Río were pleasantly surprised by Cubillán's dance skills. Spontaneously, Antonio Romero Monge, one half of the Los del Río duo, recited the song's chorus to be on the spot, as an accolade to Cubillán: "¡Diana, dale a tu cuerpo alegría y cosas buenas!'" ("Give your body some joy, Diana"). When Monge wrote the song, he changed the name to Macarena, in honor of his daughter Esperanza Macarena. intended to popularize the song in nightclubs and discotheques. These remixes changed the flamenco rhythm of the song to an electronic beat. According to Alaska, member of Fangoria, the Bayside Boys remix that followed in 1996 took their version labelled "Macarena (River Remix)" as its base. The band denounced it as plagiarism on the Court of Justice of the European Union but the case did not go through. Jammin Johnny Caride, a radio personality at Power 96 in Miami, first learned of the "Macarena" when clubgoers at a club where he worked as a DJ requested the song. then later during a concert tour by Carla Vanessa. The finished version was called "Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)." It also topped the US Cash Box Top 100.