Benevolence Define: Bai Lao

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bai Lao

Que me quiten lo bailao" (Spanish pronunciation: [ke me ˈkiten lo βaiˈlao], literally "May they take away from me what I've danced", a colloquialism that means "They can't take the fun away from me")[1] was the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, performed by Lucía Pérez. The song, written and composed by Rafael Artesero, was chosen to be the Spanish entry through the national final "Destino Eurovisión", with 68% of the total votes by the audience.[2]

The song was released as a digital download on 25 March 2011.[3] It is the first song released from her fifth studio album Cruzo los dedosThe song was written and composed by Rafael Artesero, who had already penned the Andorran Eurovision entries of 2005 and 2006 ("La mirada interior" and "Sense tu" respectively), as well as several Spanish national final entries. The author had originally submitted the song to RTVE in English as "Weeping for Joy"