Midnight Mixtape: Espana

Viva Espana

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (03/08/2023) with Songs with Spanish lyrics in them or that explicitly mention Spain!!

Songs in contention

• Sylvia Vrethammar* - Y Viva Espana
• Richie Valens* - La Bamba
• Manic Street preachers - If you tolerate this...
• Pogues - Fiesta
• Gipsy Kings* - Hotel California
• Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee* - Despacito
• Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe* - Barcelona
• Abba* - Gratias pour la music
• Los Del Río* - Sevilla Tiene un Color Especial Macarena
• Herb Alpert* - Spanish Flea
• Pixies - Isla de encanta
• Don Omar ft Lucenzo* - Danza Kuduro
• Ben E King - Spanish Harlem
• Madonna - La Isla Bonita
• Shakira - Hips don't lie
• Cypress Hill - Yo Quiero Fumar (I want to get high)
• Gipsy Kings* - Bamboleo
• Beck - Loser
• Doors - Spanish Caravan
• Santana - Oye como va
• Ricky Martin* - Livin' la vida loca
• Gibson Brothers* - Cuba

Mentioned and preview for part 2:

• Offspring - Pretty fly (for a white guy)
• My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison & Audrey Hepburn) - Rain in Spain
• Mink Deville - Spanish Strol
• Man and the Echo - Capable man
• Elton John - Daniel
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe
• Foals - Spanish Sahara
• Decemberists - O Valencia
• Clash - Should I stay (or should I go now)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Sylvia Vrethammar - Y Viva Espana
2. Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee - Despacito
3. Pixies - Isla de encanta
4. Gipsy Kings - Bamboleo
5. Ben E King - Spanish Harlem
6. Los Del Río - Sevilla tiene un color especial
[Side 2]
7. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe - Barcelona
8. Santana - Oye como va
9. Cypress Hill - Yo Quiero Fumar (I want to get high)
10. Richie Valens - La Bamba
11. Shakira - Hips don't lie
12. Ricky Martin - Livin' la vida loca
Hidden: Gibson Brothers - Cuba

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and spotified playlist

Previous Appearances

8 First-time appearances for Gibson Brothers, Gipsy Kings, Los Del Rio, Luis Fonti, Richie Valens, Ricky Martin, Sylvia and slightly surprisingly, Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Ben E King	2	"Spanish Harlem" (Roses)
Cypress Hill	2	"Insane in the brain" (Brain)
Santana	2	"Black magic woman" (Magic)
Shakira	2	"Hips don't lie" (Liar Liar)
Pixies	7	"Cactus" (Plants) "Monkey gone to Heave" (Devils) "Tony's Theme" (Superheroes) "Wave of mutilation" (Under the Sea) "Where is my mind?" (Brain*, Lost)