Llorando se fue

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"Llorando se fue"
Single by Los Kjarkas
from the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo
A-side Wa ya yay [1]
B-side "Llorando se fue"
Released1982
2004 (Digital) [2]
Recorded1981
Genre Afro-Bolivian Saya, Andean pop
Length4:03
Label Lauro, EMI (France)
Songwriter(s) Ulises Hermosa
Gonzalo Hermosa (original music & lyrics)

"Llorando se fue" (English: They left in tears) is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo [3] and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. [4] The song has been very popular in Latin America since the 1980s and has been covered several times. It obtained international fame with artists such as Wilkins in 1984, Argentine singer Juan Ramón in 1985, Brazilian singer Márcia Ferreira in 1986 and the French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma in 1989. [4] Kaoma's cover "Lambada" was an unauthorized translation of the song and based on the music of Cuarteto Continental  [ es ] group and Márcia Ferreira's Portuguese version that led to a successful lawsuit against Kaoma's producers Olivier Lorsac and Jean Karakos. [4] Recently, the song was adapted by several artists including Ivete Sangalo, Red Fox's "Pose Off", Jennifer Lopez for her 2011 single "On the Floor", [4] Don Omar's "Taboo" and Wisin & Yandel's "Pam Pam".

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The song is alternately titled "Lambada" in several cover versions. Its translated title in Portuguese is "Chorando se foi".

History

According to Gonzalo Hermosa, Los Kjarkas had based "Llorando se fue" on a small, nostalgic Andean melody. Their song in Spanish was written in a sad and slow Saya rhythm, which is a type of Afro-Bolivian music. [5]

The original recording featured an A motif of 3 bars and a B motif of 4 bars, shown here transposed to the key of A minor:

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The irregular 3-bar length of the A motif is a distinctive feature that was retained in "Lambada", though some other versions have padded the motif to a more conventional 4 bars. "On the Floor" takes such an approach, and omits the B motif entirely.

By 1990, Los Kjarkas authorized the translation of the song to 42 languages. [6] They also performed a Spanish-Japanese bilingual version of the song (keeping the Saya rhythm) in concerts and for the music video made in 1990. [7] [8] The bilingual version was recorded on their 1996 album Sentimiento Andino, Volume 2 and on their 2001 compilation album 30 Años Sólo Se Vive Una Vez, Volume 1. Los Kjarkas also re-recorded "Llorando se fue" as an upbeat dance version for their 1991 album Tecno Kjarkas (Tecno Andino) and in 2010 with the Bolivian group Voltaje. [9]

Single track listing

France 7" 45 RPM [10]

Label: B.M. Productions/CBS (1989)

Side 1
  1. "Llorando se fue" (Saya) — (G. Hermosa, U. Hermosa) — 4:03
Side 2
  1. "Tata Sabaya" (Huayno) — (U. Hermosa) — 2:28

Japan 3" (8cm) CD [11]

Label: Polydor (1990)

  1. "Llorando se fue" — (G. Hermoza, U. Hermoza)
  2. "Wa ya yay" (Huayño) — (U. Hermoza)

Márcia Ferreira version

Brazilian singer-songwriter Márcia Ferreira was inspired to cover "Llorando se fue" when she first heard the song in its original Saya by Los Kjarkas on her trip to Tabatinga, and afterwards she bought a vinyl record by the Peruvian group Cuarteto Continental  [ es ], who included their cover noted for its first upbeat version of the song introducing the accordion and produced by Alberto Maraví. She co-wrote "Chorando se foi" with José Ari as the first legally authorized Portuguese version of "Llorando se fue" and adjusted the song to the Lambada dance rhythm popular in Brazil. She released "Chorando se foi" in 1986 for her self-titled third album, which has been certified platinum. With the success of her cover version and musical career, she became known in Brazil as "A Rainha da Lambada" ("The Queen of Lambada"). [12]

Cover versions of "Chorando se foi" is credited to Márcia Ferreira and José Ari as the original authors for their Portuguese translation, in addition to the original composers Ulises Hermosa and Gonzalo Hermosa. [13]

Kaoma version

In 1989, French band Kaoma had a chart-topping hit with their dance music single "Lambada," a cover of Brazilian singer-songwriter Márcia Ferreira's 1986 dance hit "Chorando se foi," which itself was a legally authorized Portuguese-translated rendition of the original 1981 slow ballad, "Llorando se fue" by the Bolivian group Los Kjarkas. [14] [15] Given Kaoma's release of their single without Los Kjarkas' permission, Los Kjarkas successfully sued. [16] Kaoma's "Lambada" was originally credited to a fictitious composer with the pseudonym Chico de Oliveira, and the publishing rights of this composer were registered at the French Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique. [17] In 1991, a French court ruled that Kaoma's song was a copyright violation and that the correct original authors should appear on all future releases. [18]

Other versions

In 1984, an upbeat version of the song introducing the accordion was released by the Peruvian group Cuarteto Continental, whose arrangements (produced by Alberto Maravi) were later purchased by Kaoma. [19] [20] The first Portuguese translation and recording of "Llorando se fue" - as "Chorando se foi" - was released by Brazilian singer-songwriter Márcia Ferreira (with co-writer José Ari) in 1986 under her third album. [21]

Prior to Kaoma's 1989 release of the song (and even after it), several covers of "Llorando se fue" have been released:

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