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Perhaps you have ever wondered what is the message that the human race sends to the universe when it decides that its favorite song of a whole summer rhymes "you are the magnet and I am the metal" with "I am approaching and I am putting together the plan" . Obviously, just thinking about it speeds up the pulse.

You should know, however, that the correct question is not what it says about us Despacito as a species, but what it says about us having specifically chosen the song of Luis Fonsi, an otherwise charming man, instead of any other of the many tunes of 2017. It was the year of Shape of you by Ed Sheeran, Green light by Lorde, My people by J Balvin, even by Mala mujer de C Tangana. But we prefer Despacito. And in what way: it's the most watched video in YouTube history with more than 6.3 billion views.

The story of the summer song is not only that of its victors, but also that of its losers . Take for example the case of 2002 (how to forget it). Up to the last corner of the galaxy came the ragatanga rhythm of the Muñoz sisters, who chanted "aserejé, ha, quit, tejebe tu de", etc., choreography of cuchufleta included, and they go and sing and dance dozens of countries from all the continents.

It was a colossal success and only another song could have overshadowed it. Spain of course grabbed that year to Las Ketchup just like the islet of Perejil, while the rest of the planet gave in to the almost as sophisticated and no less sexy rhythm of Kylie Minogue and her Can't get you out of my head , to understand us that of "Na, na, na, nananan anaaaa", and so on.

From Kylie we have known many more things since then, from Las Ketchup little more, and from the composer of Aserejé , less. We talked about the simpar Queco, a star from the rumba rumba in the 80s that broke down in a car accident that came out with 200 stitches in the head and half body shattered. After many worries he composed with his children the song, which was rejected by several record companies, achieved success and more or less withdrew.

In 2013, we preferred Ai Eu to hit Roar by Katy Perry . In 1983 we stayed with Let's Go to Righeira Beach instead of Every breath you take from The Police .

Even clearer: in 2003 the song of the world summer was Crazy in love by Beyoncé with Jay-Z , but not in Spain, where he succumbed outright to a trio of aces in a hard fight: Papi Chulo de Lorna, Loca de Malena Gracia and, shivering, Having the love of Dinio , that young man who herbalized with Marujita Díaz, married Miss Orense 2009 and became a porn actor, all in a heartbeat.

In 2006, all this great blue rock circling the Sun at 107,000 km / h danced a song that seemed impossible that it hadn't been recorded before, Crazy by Gnarls Barkley: a prodigy. All this blue rock? Do not! Our village of brave irreducible people preferred, to the amazement of the rest of the planet, to have fun chanting Opá, I traveled a corra , apocalyptic hymn of El Koala , which was not a koala but a lord of Malaga with a chickpea face called Manuel Jesus.

How would our history have been if we hadn't spent the whole summer of 2008 dancing Rodolfo Chikilicuatre's Chiki Chiki ? We are still recovering from the crisis after that September slope. «One: the brikindans ». Lehman Brothers that falls apart. «Two: the crusaíto ». Bankruptcy bankruptcy. "Three: the maiquelyason ." The stop goes off. «Four: the robocop ». And there was no turning back. Look that Coldplay had made us a hymn with a Spanish name, Long live life. Well, not for those.

And it has or does not have. Peret has it . Tequila have it. Vice versa they have it. Gipsy Kings go if they have it. And Kaoma, of course. Radio Futura, Alaska, Mecano and Hombres G have it too much. Ricky Martin has it in abundance. Let's not say Los del Río. Sonia and Selena ooze. Daddy Yankee too. They have what you have to have.

Bruno Lomas does not have it. He tried: he failed. Carlos Baute doesn't have it either, and see that he tried, even with Marta Sánchez . David Civera tried hard: he was close. Does not have it. And less Paulina Rubio . Nino Bravo, helped by the cream of the composers of his time, achieved a colossal success in 1969 with I love you, I love you. Was it summer song? No Flatly no. It was Los Payos with María Isabel and the verses " Chi ri bi ri bi / po po pom pom ", which rhymed in assonance with "sun", for more inri. There have even been desperate attempts, one would almost say grotesque, who escalated with a crash, from Sabrina to Leticia Sabater.

It follows that there are no reasonable formulas or explanations, although perhaps the context can help give some sense to some cases. In the Olympic summer of 1992 Spain adopted Los Manolos as its soundtrack, its version of All my loving and Friends forever . Drawer In 2010 the song of the summer in Spain was Waka waka , official theme of the World Cup that we won. Well drawer too. In 1986 the cloud of uranium dioxide, boron carbide and europium oxide expelled from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant spread throughout Europe. What was the summer song? It is clear: Who cares? . If we are the best.

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