Remove ads
"Gente en la Calle" (English: "People in the Streets") is a song by Argentine singer-songwriter Fito Páez featuring vocals by Argentine singer Lali, from Páez's twenty-fourth studio album La Conquista del Espacio (2020). It was written by Páez and its producers Diego Olivero and Gustavo Borner. The track was released by Sony Music Argentina as the album's fourth single on March 4, 2021.
| "Gente en la Calle" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Fito Páez featuring Lali | ||||
| from the album La Conquista del Espacio | ||||
| Released | March 4, 2021 | |||
| Studio | ||||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Argentina | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) |
| |||
| Fito Páez singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Lali singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Gente en la Calle" on YouTube | ||||
In 2021, the song received a nomination for the Collaboration of the Year award at the 23rd Annual Gardel Awards.[2]
Remove ads
The artists' relationship developed through the years as each of them showed interest in each other's work. In 2018, Lali covered Paez's 1990 song "Y Dale Alegría a Mi Corazón". Lali's version was part of a Spotify campaign in which some artists released songs in support of their homecountries' national football teams on the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[3]
Moreover, Páez invited Lali to perform his song "Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazón" with him in two occasions: the first time in 2018 at Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, and the second in 2019 at the Fillmore Theatre, Miami.
In 2020, Lali released her fourth studio album, Libra, which had Páez as songwriter and background vocalist of the last track, "Una Esquina en Madrid". According to Lali, she sent the lyrics to Páez after having written the song. In return, he sent her a video of himself "finding the melody" of the song in a piano.[4]
Remove ads
In an interview with Billboard, Páez compared the song to Steely Dan's music, one of his favorite groups, and said that it is "melodically very difficult". He added that:
"[the song] talks about something very awful that’s happening here in Buenos Aires, but also in Los Angeles and Bogota, Lima, Rio de Janeiro. There are a lot of people living and sleeping in the streets in very marginal conditions. And this song is a way of telling that. The song is not three-dimensional. It’s two people walking through the city and telling us what they see. So, there’s no political undertones here. It’s a faithful reflection of reality. So, it has this duality where the song pleasantly floats, yet the lyrics are harsh. This was the experiment I wanted to do: That with beautiful music you can tell terrible things".[1]
Remove ads
A music video directed by Guido Adler and Alejandro Ros premiered on March 4, 2021. In the clip, Lali and Páez interact in a street-like set with huge traffic lights in front of screens that project real-life images of Buenos Aires and people living in its streets.[5]
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads