"Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"
Single by Mecano
from the album Mecano
LanguageSpanish
English titleToday I Can't Wake Up
B-side"Quiero Vivir En La Ciudad"
Written1981
ReleasedJune 22, 1981
Recorded1981
StudioSpain Estudios Escorpio
Genre
Length3:16
LabelDiscos CBS
Composer(s)Nacho Cano
Lyricist(s)José María Cano
Producer(s)Jorge Álvarez
Mecano singles chronology
"Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"
(1981)		 "Perdido En Mi Habitación"
(1981)
Music video
"Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar" on YouTube

"Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar" (Spanish for "Today I Can't Wake Up") is the debut single by Spanish band Mecano released in June 1981. The song is from their 1982 self-titled debut album.

Composition

Mecano member Nacho Cano was trying to write a song for the record since his brother José María Cano had written all the songs. By 27 May 2015, Nacho Cano told periodist Ismael Cala for CNN en Español that the lyrics of the song came as a result of a hangover due to a party the day before. Cano also added that it was then that he discovered that creativity comes from everyday experiences.[1]

Release

The original 7-inch release of the song came with a B-side called "Quiero Vivir En La Ciudad". Despite its resonance in radio, the song was not included on the debut album until the 2005 rerelease,[2] where it appears as a bonus track.

"Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar" instantly became a hit in Spain, where it sold over 100,000 copies between 1981 and 1982.[3]

A mistake in the printing of the 7-inch single release occurred in which the date of the song release was dated as 1980, one year earlier than the original.[4]

Track listings

7-inch vinyl

No.TitleLength
1."Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"3:16
2."Quiero Vivir En La Ciudad"2:43

Digital download and streaming

No.TitleLength
1."Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"3:16

Certifications

Country Certification Equivalents Ref.
 Spain 2xPlatinum 100.000^ [5]
^Sales figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "I wrote my first hit drunk". CNN en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mecano reedita su primer disco 23 años después con el único tema cantado por los hermanos Cano". elmundo.es (in Spanish). 2005-03-20. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  3. ↑ www.popdelos80.com. "Pop de Los 80" (in Spanish). Retrieved September 25, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Ivoox.com. "Song information" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ http://www.popdelos80.com/mecano/
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.