"La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" | ||||
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Single by Rocío Dúrcal | ||||
from the album La gata / Confidencias | ||||
Language | Spanish | |||
English title | "The cat under the rain" | |||
B-side | "Marinero" | |||
Released | 1981 | |||
Genre | Romantic ballad | |||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Ariola | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rafael Pérez Botija | |||
Producer(s) | Rafael Pérez Botija | |||
Rocío Dúrcal singles chronology | ||||
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"La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" ( Castilian for "The Cat Under the Rain") is a song performed by Spanish singer and actress Rocío Dúrcal released as the second single from her twenty-second studio album Confidencias (1981), known as La gata in the European market. A commercial and critical success, "La gata bajo la lluvia" saw success in Spanish-speaking countries becoming a best-selling single in both the Hispanic American and Spanish markets. It is one of Rocío Dúrcal's signature songs. [1]
The song gives the name for the European version of the album, which is named La gata. [2]
Commercially the song received success specially in Mexico, where it sold a million copies and it is one of the best-selling singles in the country. [3]
Songwriter Rafael Pérez Botija has said that "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" was not inspired from a real situation that had happened to him but from a character he creates every time he wants to write a song. During the making of the song he would only imagine what the situation of a heartbreak would feel like. [4]
Dúrcal has stated that even though the song did not come from a real-life experience it still expresses the feelings of a real heartbreak.
"La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" | ||||
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Single by Rocío Dúrcal | ||||
from the album La gata / Confidencias | ||||
Language | Spanish | |||
English title | "The cat under the rain" | |||
B-side | "Marinero" | |||
Released | 1981 | |||
Genre | Romantic ballad | |||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Ariola | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rafael Pérez Botija | |||
Producer(s) | Rafael Pérez Botija | |||
Rocío Dúrcal singles chronology | ||||
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"La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" ( Castilian for "The Cat Under the Rain") is a song performed by Spanish singer and actress Rocío Dúrcal released as the second single from her twenty-second studio album Confidencias (1981), known as La gata in the European market. A commercial and critical success, "La gata bajo la lluvia" saw success in Spanish-speaking countries becoming a best-selling single in both the Hispanic American and Spanish markets. It is one of Rocío Dúrcal's signature songs. [1]
The song gives the name for the European version of the album, which is named La gata. [2]
Commercially the song received success specially in Mexico, where it sold a million copies and it is one of the best-selling singles in the country. [3]
Songwriter Rafael Pérez Botija has said that "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" was not inspired from a real situation that had happened to him but from a character he creates every time he wants to write a song. During the making of the song he would only imagine what the situation of a heartbreak would feel like. [4]
Dúrcal has stated that even though the song did not come from a real-life experience it still expresses the feelings of a real heartbreak.