What song is this?

July 13, 2006 10:15 AM

Song I heard at a salsa club last night..

The song was in Spanish and had lyrics that went something like: Something, something "no me quieres mas, como me gusta quererte." These lyrics seem to be the hook of the song because they are repeated many times. The song has to be fairly popular because I've heard it several times at several different clubs. Thank you for your help.

posted by hcastro to media & arts (14 comments total)

Rule one: as much as the MPA would prefer they weren't, all song lyrics *ever* are in Google:

Right here, in this case. Quotes are sometimes necessary.
posted by baylink at 10:20 AM on July 13, 2006

My first guess was Shakira, La Tortura, although it doesn't have those exact lyrics in it.
posted by driveler at 10:39 AM on July 13, 2006

Thanks for the effort, but I'm 100% sure that this song is not by Julio Iglesias. This song was salsa.
posted by hcastro at 10:40 AM on July 13, 2006

No, it isn't Shakira either. The artist or artists were male.
posted by hcastro at 10:41 AM on July 13, 2006

When you've heard it before, has it been recorded music, and has it always been the same artist? My experience in salsa clubs is that the bands all play the same songs, so it might be a Julio Iglesias song that's performed by lots of different people. (Or a more traditional song that was once recorded by Iglesias.)
posted by occhiblu at 10:45 AM on July 13, 2006

I've always heard it in the salsa clubs and always the same artist. There is a lot of truth in what you're saying about different bands playing similar songs, but I've heard tons of Julio's music, and I cannot see anyone porting something he sang into something like this.
posted by hcastro at 10:52 AM on July 13, 2006

Los Bondadosos?
posted by lilnemo at 11:00 AM on July 13, 2006

Nope. They came up in all my Google searches too.
posted by hcastro at 11:04 AM on July 13, 2006

Well, I dunno, but both segments of lyrics you posted come up exactly; I'm betting on a cover version.
posted by baylink at 11:08 AM on July 13, 2006

Why don't you just call/email the club? Maybe they'll ask the DJ? I did that years ago when I kept hearing Joe Arroyo's Rebelion at every salsa club and was desperate to know the name of the song.
posted by necessitas at 11:32 AM on July 13, 2006

Slight hijack, but I've heard a song a couple times at salsa things (not clubs, just gatherings/parties where a lot of the people do salsa) that has a refrain that, at least in part, is 'quaaaaant[a|o]s [something fast].' *Everyone* there seemed to have known it, & out of 20 or 30 songs, was the only one that people really sung along with. Feel free to email answers if you don't want to derail the thread further.
posted by devilsbrigade at 12:19 PM on July 13, 2006

devilsbrigade, is the singer male or female?
posted by necessitas at 12:49 PM on July 13, 2006

I think male.
posted by devilsbrigade at 1:24 PM on July 13, 2006

Located it. Looks like I was a little off on the lyrics, but I'll blame the Grey Goose for that. Oscar D'Leon - Volver a Verte. Thanks for the help everyone.
posted by hcastro at 7:51 PM on July 13, 2006