Bailar pegados
"Bailar pegados" | ||||
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Single by Sergio Dalma | ||||
from the album Sintiéndonos la piel | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Genre | Latin ballad | |||
Length | 4:36 | |||
Label | Horus | |||
Songwriter(s) | Julio Seijas, Luis Gómez Escobar | |||
Producer(s) | Piero Cassano | |||
Sergio Dalma singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1991 entry | ||||
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Artist(s) | ||||
Language | Spanish | |||
Composer(s) | Julio Seijas | |||
Lyricist(s) | Luis Gómez Escobar | |||
Conductor | Eduardo Leiva | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 4th | |||
Final points | 119 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Bandido" (1990) | ||||
"Todo esto es la música" (1992) ► |
"Bailar pegados" (Spanish pronunciation: [bajˈlaɾ peˈɣaðos], "Dancing Closely") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Sergio Dalma. The song was written by Julio Seijas and Luis Gómez Escobar. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, held in Rome.
Background[]
The song is a romantic ballad in which Dalma sings: "To dance closely is dancing like the sea dances with the dolphins/Heart to heart in just one ballroom". Dalma also recorded the song in French as "Danser contre toi" and Italian as "Ballare stretti".
Eurovision[]
The song was performed nineteenth on the night (following Belgium's Clouseau with "Geef het op" and preceding United Kingdom's Samantha Janus with "A Message to Your Heart"). At the close of voting, it had received 119 points, placing 4th in a field of 22.
It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 1992 Contest by Serafín Zubiri singing "Todo esto es la música".
In 2008, the song was named the best Spanish Eurovision entry of all time at the Europasión special show organized by Televisión Española.[1]
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
Chart (1991–1992) | Peak position |
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Chile (El Siglo de Torreón)[2] | 2 |
Ecuador (El Siglo de Torreón)[3] | 3 |
El Salvador (El Siglo de Torreón)[4] | 7 |
Uruguay (El Siglo de Torreón)[5] | 1 |
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[6] | 6 |
Year-end charts[]
Chart (1991) | Position |
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US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[7] | 37 |
Sources and external links[]
- ^ Mahía, Manu (2008). ""Bailar pegados", la mejor canción española, según la gala Europasión". Eurovision-Spain.com. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ "Discos populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreon (in Spanish). December 20, 1991. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Discos más populares en Mexico". El Siglo de Torreon (in Spanish): 56. May 24, 1992. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Discos populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreon (in Spanish). December 20, 1991. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Discos más populares en Mexico". El Siglo de Torreon (in Spanish): 56. May 24, 1992. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Sergio Dalma Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "1991: The Year in Music". Billboard: YE-44. 21 December 1991.
- Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1991.
- Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Bailar pegados".
- Eurovision songs of Spain
- Eurovision songs of 1991
- 1991 songs
- Spain stubs