La, la, la
| La, la, la | |
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| Massiel | |
| publication | 1968 |
| length | 3:02 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Ramón Arcusa, Manuel de la Calva |
| Publisher (s) | Polydor |
| Award (s) | 1st place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 |
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La, la, la is the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 in London . It was composed by Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva (also known as Dúo Dinámico ) and interpreted by the Spanish singer Massiel .
The orchestral arrangement of the title comes from Bert Kaempfert .
Her background singers in azure dresses were María Jesús Aguirre, María Dolores Arenas and Mercedes Valimaña Macaria.
Massiel recorded the song in Spanish, Italian, German and as La, la, la (He Gives Me Love) in English. The title was later covered by the Italian singer Mina on the music show Canzonissima , by the Finnish singer Carola and in English by the American singer Lesley Gore . The latter version reached number 119 on the Billboard charts. In 1998 the song was recorded with an English text differing from the original by the British electronic band Saint Etienne and released on the album Eurotrash . The best-known cover version, however, comes from the Portuguese fado singer Amália Rodrigues , who published the song in Spanish and was thus a great success on the Iberian Peninsula. There is a Turkish version of the singer Alpay called Sen Gidince (La La La)
controversy
The Catalan singer Joan Manuel Serrat was originally supposed to play for Spain. However, the dictatorial Franco regime suppressed the Catalan language and required a contribution in Spanish. So it was finally decided in favor of Massiel. It was not until 2004 in Istanbul that Andorra made the first contribution in Catalan to the Eurovision Song Contest. La, la, la scored 29 points and hit the jury traded as favorites Post Congratulations by Cliff Richard to just one point. Bill Martin , author of the British contribution, described the Spanish song as "a piece of rubbish".
A documentary that ran on Spanish television in 2008 claims that General Franco used the song contest to give Spain a win and thereby boost the country's reputation abroad. As a thank you for the jury votes, so the documentation, the Spanish national television TVE bought hardly any successful television programs from abroad and enabled little-known foreign artists to perform in Spain. The maker of the documentary quoted the journalist José María Íñigo, who said: "Massiel won the Eurovision with bought votes". Bjørn Erichsen, director of Eurovision TV, asked: “Was Franco really that keen to let Spain win? We're not talking about NATO or the EU, or political influence, we're talking about a song competition ”. Massiel was outraged by the allegations in the film and stated that she won because her song was better and that Franco was not able to buy all the votes for her first place. José María Iñigo, originator of the claim in the documentary, apologized to Massiel, saying he had only repeated one rumor.
Web links
- Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1968
- Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "La, la, la"
- History of the song, as narrated by the members of Dúo Dinámico (Spanish) ( Memento from October 9, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK
- ↑ Diego A. Manrique: La operación 'La, la la' , elpais.com, April 6, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
- ^ Nieves Mira: El Dúo Dinámico, 50 años después del «La la la»: «La canción ya era ganadora antes de que Massiel la cantara» , abc.es, April 6, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
- ↑ Information for "La, la, la" on Diggiloo Thrush . Diggiloo.net. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d Franco stole Cliff Richard's 1968 Eurovision glory by fixing vote . Chinapost.com.tw. May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Congratulations ... 40 years late . In: BBC News , May 5, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Fiona Govan: How Franco cheated Cliff out of Eurovision title . In: The Daily Telegraph , May 4, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ↑ La prensa británica se escandaliza con el tongo de Massiel . elConfidencial.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Massiel e Iñigo acusan a La Sexta de "urdir todo para favorecer a Chiquilicuatre" ( Spanish ) El Mundo . May 6, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012.