Oye Cómo Va
"Oye Como Va" | |
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Song by Tito Puente | |
from the album El Rey Bravo | |
Language | Spanish |
Released | 1962 |
Genre | Cha-cha-chá[1] |
Length | 4:26 |
Label | Tico Records |
Songwriter(s) | Tito Puente |
"Oye Cómo Va" is a 1962
The song has been praised by critics and inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. Due to its multinational origins—Cuban, Puerto Rican and American—and its many versions by artists from all over the world, "Oye cómo va" has come to represent "the interconnectedness, hybridity and transnationality" of Latin music in the United States.[3]
Original version
"Oye cómo va" was written and recorded by Tito Puente and his orchestra in 1962 for
Puente himself recorded "Oye cómo va" live on many occasions, including his 1980 Montreux Jazz Festival appearance with the Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble.
The lineup in the original recording was the following:[8]
- Tito Puente: timbales, chorus, leader
- Jimmy Frisaura: trumpet
- Pedro "Puchi" Boulong: trumpet
- Pat Russo: trumpet
- Barry Rogers: trombone
- Shep Pullman: baritone saxophone
- Rafael "Tata" Palau: tenor saxophone
- Jesús Caunedo: tenor saxophone
- Al Abreu: tenor saxophone
- Pete Fanelli: alto saxophone
- Johnny Pacheco: flute
- Gil López: piano
- Pupi Legarreta: violin
- Bobby Rodríguez: bass
- Juan "Papi" Cadavieco: congas
- José Mangual Sr.: bongos
- Santos Colón: vocals
- Rudy Calzado: vocals
- Yayo el Indio: chorus
- Chirivico Dávila: chorus
Santana version
"Oye Como Va" | ||||
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Samba Pa Ti" | ||||
Released | 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970 | |||
Genre | Latin rock | |||
Length | 4:17 | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tito Puente | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
Santana singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Oye Como Va" (audio only) on YouTube |
Santana's arrangement is a "driving, cranked-up version"
Tito Puente, speaking in the intro to his recording of "Oye cómo va" on the album Mambo Birdland, said "Everybody's heard of Santana. Santana! Beautiful Santana! He put our music, Latin rock, around the world, man! And I'd like to thank him publicly 'cause he recorded a tune and he gave me credit as the composer of the tune. So, since that day... all we play... is Santana music!" The version of the song on Mambo Birdland is a Santana-sized version. When interviewed, Puente explained how he was initially outraged by his song being covered by a rock band, until he received his first royalty check.[5]
Santana's version was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001[11] and the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. It was also included in the NPR 100 list, "the most important American musical works of the 20th century".[9] In 2021, it was ranked No. 479 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[12]
Santana's recording was sampled by 2 Live Crew on the song "Mamolapenga" from their 1990 album Banned in the U.S.A..
Chart performance
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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Canadian Singles Chart | 7 |
Mexican Singles Chart | 9 |
Billboard Hot 100 (US) | 13 |
Other versions
The song has been covered by various Latin music artists, such as
The song has been remixed by DJs as well. Two remixes charted in the United Kingdom. A remix of Tito Puente Jr & The Latin Rhythm's 1996 version of the song reached #36 in the UK charts. A second remix, released in 1997, peaked at #56.
References
- ^ a b c Salazar, Max. "Orestes Lopez, brother to Israel Lopez Cachao, and the mambo", Latin Beat Magazine. September 2002. Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Carlos Santana", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 1, 2006.
- ^ a b Hernandez, Deborah Pacini (2009). Oye Como Va!: Hybridity and Identity in Latino Popular Music. Temple University Press. pp. 1–2.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-252-06778-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-8296-6.
- ^ "Te Enseñaré". 1960.
- ^ "El que haya pecado que tenga cuidado / Te enseñaré - Orquesta Estrellas Cubanas".
- ^ El Rey Bravo + Tambó CD liner notes (2013). Malanga Music: MM 823.
- ^ a b c "Oye Como Va" (RAM). NPR 100. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ "Oye Como Va" (PDF). McGraw Hill. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2001. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-03.