"Bailar pegados"
Single by Sergio Dalma
from the album Sintiéndonos la piel
Released1991
GenreLatin ballad
Length4:36 (original)~3:00 (Eurovision version)
LabelHorus
Songwriter(s)
  • Julio Seijas
  • Luis Gómez Escobar
Producer(s)Piero Cassano
Sergio Dalma singles chronology
"Esa chica es mía"
(1989)		 "Bailar pegados"
(1991)		 "Cómo me gusta"
(1991)
Eurovision Song Contest 1991 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
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, 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: "dancing 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
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[2] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[3] 37
  1. ↑ Mahía, Manu (2008). ""Bailar pegados", la mejor canción española, según la gala Europasión". Eurovision-Spain.com. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  2. ↑ "Sergio Dalma Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "1991: The Year in Music". Billboard: YE-44. 21 December 1991.
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