![]() ![]() The lyrics at the first glance don’t say much, however they are extremely close to the leader of Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo. The lyrics describe a couple, Chan Chan and Juanica, who go to the beach to build their house out of sand, and as they collect it, Juanica shakes the sifter and Chan Chan is aroused. It is written in 1987, and was one of Buena Vista Social Clubs last songs. One day I woke up listening to those four sensible notes, I put them a lyric inspired on a children tale from my childhood, Juanita y Chan Chan, and you see, now it’s sung everywhere.” – SegundoĬhan Chan is a song that has great meaning for Cuban music history. I look over the balcony and I see nobody, but I hear it as if it was played on the street. I sometimes wake up with a melody on the head, I hear the instruments, all very clear. “I didn’t compose Chan Chan, I dreamed it.
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