While Los Del Río first released 'Macarena' in 1993, it was the 1995 Bayside Boys Remix that really made this party anthem take off in music charts around the world. Photo: AFP Relaxnews
To this day, Antonio Romero Monge and Rafael Ruiz Perdigones still struggle to put words to the worldwide success thatIt must be said that there was nothing in particular about how the song came about that hinted that it would become one of the most popular hits of the 20th century. Monge, now 73, was at a party in Caracas, Venezuela, when a dancer inspired him to write the lyrics “Dale alegria a tu cuerpo” .
“When you write a song, you do it with the belief that it will become very popular and many people will listen to it. And that it will touch the hearts of the whole world. When you write a song, you always do it with this idea in mind. But you never imagine that it can actually happen, and that your song is going to become one of the most listened-to songs of the last 25 years, ” he says.
Some of them even turn to TikTok to discuss the lyrics they danced to during their childhood with other music fans. That’s the case of TikToker @peakay81, who recently expressed his shock at the suggestive lyrics of. And he doesn’t seem to be the only one, as his video has been viewed more than 1.8 million times to date.It’s a phenomenon that Monge finds highly amusing, although he insists that he and Perdigones have worked hard to get to where they are.
. “We love music very much. We spend our days in the recording studio doing what we love and striving to bring a little joy into the world, ” Perdigones enthusiastically explains. “The music lives in us, and we are going to use it to leave behind the catastrophic year we have lived.”in style. Starting June 28, the vacation rental site will offer users the possibility of booking an Andalusian villa near Dos Hermanas, a familiar haunt of Monge and Perdigones.