Mi querida España
"Mi querida España" ("My Dearest Spain" or "My Lovely Spain") is a song. It was written and sung by the Spanish songwriter Cecilia in 1975. It was included on her album Un ramito de violetas (A bouquet of violets). This song was considered a protest song in the last years of Francisco Franco's dictatorship because of its lyrics.[1]
Description[change | change source]
"Mi querida España" was a hit in the 1970s and became a part of Spanish music history.[2] It has become a national symbol.[3]
The lyrics include social criticism toward the Franco government.[1] Some sentences were considered controversial by the government authorities in those years. For example, where Cecilia sung:[4]
Spanish Esta España viva, esta España muerta
English This living Spain, this dead Spain
this was changed by the censors to this version:
Spanish Esta España mía, esta España nuestra
English This Spain of mine, this Spain of ours
Music video[change | change source]
The music video was filmed in Retiro Park, Madrid by Enrique Martí Maqueda, TVE's producer in those times, for the 1975 OTI Festival.
Other versions[change | change source]
In 1987, the Spanish band La Década Prodigiosa released a cover of the song.[5]
In 1996 (twenty years after Cecilia's death) it was published in a tribute album titled: Desde que tú te has ido (Since you are gone). Several artists sang her singles in memory of Cecilia. Miguel Bosé recorded this song.[source?]
In 2015 "Mi querida España" was performed by Kiko Veneno and Rozalen for the soundtrack of the Spanish movie Perdiendo el norte.[6]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cecilia: la vieja muñeca de una poeta 13 October 2012 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Cecilia" (in Spanish). Julián Molero, Lafonoteca. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "'Equilibrista', la primera biografía sobre la cantante Cecilia" (in Spanish). 20minutos. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Cecilia derriba 35 años después la censura de la "España muerta"" (in Spanish). Jesús Miguel Marcos, Diario Público. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Ficha de Catálogo" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "'Perdiendo el Norte' más de millón y medio en la taquilla española" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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