The song Vuela, vuela was released by Mexican boy band Magneto in 1991. It’s still the group’s most remembered song, and the one that propelled them, rocket-like, into international stardom.

The song was a version of the French original Voyage, voyage, by the singer Desireless. The French lyrics were loosely translated into Spanish (‘loosely’ is to put it mildly, but the new words worked nicely enough) for Magneto's version.

En ambas versiones, se trata de una canción escapista, que en ese aspecto nos recuerda al Don’t Worry, Be happy de Bobby McFerrin, que aparecía unos tres años antes, en el 88.

Vuela, vuela se convirtió en un éxito internacional en 1991 durante 14 semanas en 20 países, incluidos España y Estados Unidos, donde ya en los años 90 había un importante mercado latino (o, como nosotros preferimos llamarlo, hispanohablante).

Parte del éxito radicaba en la coreografía de la canción, de movimientos simples y memorables que recordaban a las artes marciales; como si el coreógrafo hubiera sido Daniel LaRusso o el señor Miyagi, otros grandes iconos populares de la época…

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