Estando contigo

Augusto Algueró composed the music and {{ill|Antonio Guijarro|es|Antonio Guijarro Campoy}} wrote the lyrics of "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" for the 1961 musical film An Angel Has Arrived, to be performed by Marisol.{{Cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Marisol-Canciones-De-La-Pel%C3%ADcula-Ha-Llegado-Un-Angel/release/3517830|title=Canciones de la película "Ha llegado un ángel"|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla / Zafiro|id=EPFM-189|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606075727/https://www.discogs.com/es/Marisol-Canciones-De-La-Pel%C3%ADcula-Ha-Llegado-Un-Angel/release/3517830|url-status=live|language=es|location=Spain}}{{Cite AV media notes|url=https://www.todocoleccion.net/discos-vinilo/conchita-bautista-estando-contigo-ep-spain-1961-toreador-iberofon-ib-45-2023~x26509594|title="Estando contigo" (Canción seleccionada para el Festival de la Canción de Cannes organizado por Eurovisión) de la película "Ha llegado un ángel"|others=Conchita Bautista|date=1961|publisher=Toreador / Iberofon|id=IB-45-2.023|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627230208/https://www.todocoleccion.net/discos-vinilo/conchita-bautista-estando-contigo-ep-spain-1961-toreador-iberofon-ib-45-2023~x26509594|url-status=live|language=es|location=Spain}}

On 13–14 February 1961, "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" performed by Conchita Bautista competed in the {{esccnty|Spain|y=1961|t=national final}} organized by {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}} (TVE) to select its first ever entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition so it became the {{esccnty|Spain|t=Spanish entry}} for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/conchita-bautista|title="Estanto contigo" at the official Eurovision Song Contest site|publisher=eurovision.tv|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821145803/https://eurovision.tv/participant/conchita-bautista|url-status=live}}

On 18 March 1961, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the {{lang|fr|Palais des Festivals et des Congrès|i=no}} of Cannes hosted by the {{lang|fr|Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|i=no}} (RTF), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Conchita Bautista performed "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" first on the night, preceding {{esccnty|Monaco|y=1961}}'s "{{lang|fr|Allons, allons les enfants|i=no}}" performed by Colette Deréal. This was Spain's first appearance at the contest, and the first occasion on which a song was full performed in Spanish language.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/country/spain|title=Spain at the official Eurovision Song Contest site|publisher=eurovision.tv|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112065903/https://eurovision.tv/country/spain|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1961es|title="Estando contigo" lyrics and detailed info|publisher=The Diggiloo Thrush|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215254/http://www.diggiloo.net/?1961es|url-status=live}} Rafael Ferrer conducted the event's orchestra in its performance.

At the close of voting, "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" had received eight points, placing ninth in a field of sixteen.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1961/final|title=Official Eurovision Song Contest 1961 scoreboard|publisher=eurovision.tv|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627230154/https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1961/final|url-status=live}} It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 1962 contest by "{{lang|es|Llámame|i=no}}" performed by Victor Balaguer.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/victor-balaguer|title="Llámame" at the official Eurovision Song Contest site|publisher=eurovision.tv|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324172548/https://eurovision.tv/participant/victor-balaguer|url-status=live}} Conchita Bautista would return to the contest in {{escyr|1965}} with "{{lang|es|Qué bueno, qué bueno|i=no}}".{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/conchita-bautista-1|title="¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" at the official Eurovision Song Contest site|publisher=eurovision.tv|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324052940/https://eurovision.tv/participant/conchita-bautista-1|url-status=live}}

On 8 June 1961 the film An Angel Has Arrived starring Marisol premiered in Spain, in which she sings several songs composed especially for the film, including "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}".{{Cite journal|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6741456|title=Los números musicales del cine pop: La negociación del discurso juvenil en la España del aperturismo a través de Los Bravos|author=Cano, José Olmo|date=2017|journal=Síneris: Revista de musicología|number=29|page=1|access-date=2024-04-02|issn=2254-3643}}

"{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" by Conchita Bautista was released in Spain by Toreador/Iberofon in a vinyl EP along with other three songs: "{{lang|es|La niña de Embajadores|i=no}}", "{{lang|es|Carnavalito gitano|i=no}}", and "{{lang|es|Dama de España|i=no}}".

The soundtrack album of An Angel Has Arrived with the songs sung by Marisol was released in Spain by Montilla in a vinyl LP including "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" as the first track of the B-side.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Ha llegado un ángel|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla|id=FM-171|language=es|location=Spain}} Montilla subsequently released the album in different vinyl LP editions in Colombia,{{Cite AV media notes|title=Ha llegado un ángel|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla|id=FM-171|language=es|location=Colombia}} Mexico,{{Cite AV media notes|title=Ha llegado un ángel|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla|id=FM-171|language=es|location=Mexico}} Peru,{{Cite AV media notes|title=Ha llegado un ángel|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla|id=FM-171|language=es|location=Peru}} the United States,{{Cite AV media notes|title=Ha llegado un ángel|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla|id=FM-171|language=es|location=United States}} and Venezuela.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Ha llegado un ángel|others=Marisol|date=1961|publisher=Montilla|id=FM-171|language=es|location=Venezuela}} "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" was also released by Montilla in Spain in a vinyl EP distributed by Zafiro titled {{lang|es|Canciones de la película "Ha llegado un ángel"}} along with other three songs from the film: "{{lang|es|Rumbita|i=no}}", "{{lang|es|Canción de Marisol|i=no}}", and "{{lang|es|Bulerías|i=no}}".

The song was subsequently covered many times and released by different singers:

• José Guardiola covered the song in a 1961 EP.{{Cite AV media notes|title="La Novia" / "Estando contigo" / "Ol' Man River" / "Carita Morena"|others=José Guardiola|date=1961|publisher=La voz de su amo|id=7EPL 13.647|language=es}}
• {{ill|Los Cinco Latinos|es}} covered the song in a 1961 EP.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Estando contigo|others={{ill|Los Cinco Latinos|es}}|date=1961|publisher=Fontana|id=467 232 TE|language=es}}
• La Lupe covered the song in her 1971 album {{lang|es|La Lupe en Madrid}}.{{Cite AV media notes|title=La Lupe en Madrid|others=La Lupe|date=1971|publisher=Tico Records|id=LP-1229|language=es}}
• {{ill|Paco Ortega e Isabel Montero|es}} covered the song in a 2003 compilation album tribute to Augusto Algueró.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Augusto Algueró - Homenaje|others={{ill|Paco Ortega e Isabel Montero|es}}|date=2003|publisher=Universal|id=068 831-2|language=es}}
• {{ill|Celia Flores (singer)|es|Celia Flores|lt=Celia Flores}} featuring Bebe covered the song in her 2016 album {{lang|es|20 años de Marisol a Pepa Flores}}.{{Cite AV media notes|title=20 años de Marisol a Pepa Flores|others={{ill|Celia Flores (singer)|es|Celia Flores|lt=Celia Flores}}|date=2016|publisher=Dulcimer Songs|language=es}}
• {{ill|Maximiliano Calvo|es}} covered the song in 2020.{{YouTube|gAfbDKqYGQI|Maximiliano Calvo - Estando contigo}}

• Carmen Sevilla performed the song in The Ed Sullivan Show aired on CBS on 3 January 1965.{{Cite episode|title=Carmen Sevilla "Estando Contigo" on The Ed Sullivan Show|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgCDQMP2iqE|series=The Ed Sullivan Show|series-link=The Ed Sullivan Show|network=CBS|date=3 January 1965}}
• Marta Sánchez performed the song in the show {{lang|es|Europasión}}, aired on La 1 of {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}} on 21 May 2008 to choose by popular vote the best song that Spain has sent to Eurovision.{{cite news|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/videos/actualidad/bailar-elegida-cancion-espanola-eurovision_1_7776238.html|title="Bailar pegados", elegida mejor canción española de Eurovisión|newspaper=elDiario.es|date=22 May 2008|language=es}}
• In the show {{ill|La mejor canción jamás cantada|es}} aired on La 1 of {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}} to choose by popular vote the best Spanish song ever sung, Azúcar Moreno performed "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" in the episode dedicated to the 1960s, aired on 22 February 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20190223/version-yo-soy-geronimo-rauch-vencedora-decada-60-mejor-cancion-jamas-cantada/1889080.shtml|title=La versión de 'Yo soy aquél' de Gerónimo Rauch, vencedora de la década de los 60 en 'La mejor canción jamás cantada'|date=23 February 2019|website=RTVE|language=es}}
• Gala 1 of the eleventh season of {{lang|es|Operación Triunfo}}, aired on 19 January 2020 on La 1 of {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}}, opened with all its contestants paying tribute to Marisol performing the song in a group medley with "{{ill|Ola, ola, ola|es}}" and "{{ill|Tómbola (song)|es|Tómbola (canción)|lt=Tómbola}}".{{YouTube|DPlcJw4yCOE|Group performance - "Marisol Medley"}} at Gala 1 of the eleventh season of Operación Triunfo
• Celia Flores performed the song at the 34th Goya Awards ceremony held on 25 January 2020, in tribute to Marisol –her mother–, the 2020 Honorary Goya Award laureate.{{cite news|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/34-edicion/articulos/ver/amaia-y-celia-flores-cantan-a-marisol/|website=Goya Awards|language=es|title=Amaia y Celia Flores cantan a Marisol|date=26 January 2020}}

Some performances of "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" were recreated in different talent shows:

• In the seventh episode of the second season of {{lang|es|Tu cara me suena}} aired on 12 November 2012 on {{lang|es|Antena 3|i=no}}, Anna Simón impersonated Marisol singing "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" replicating the performance she made on 19 October 1962 in VARA's Rudi Carrell Show.{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/concursantes/anna-simon-imita-marisol_20121112571e106a6584a8abb5824435.html|title=Anna Simon imita a Marisol|website=Antena 3|date=12 November 2012|language=es}}
• In the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of {{lang|es|Tu cara me suena}} aired on 26 January 2018 on {{lang|es|Antena 3|i=no}}, Lucía Jiménez impersonated Marisol singing "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" replicating the performance she made on 12 October 1968 in TVE's {{ill|Galas del sábado|es}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/galas-temporada-6/lucia-jimenez-se-mete-en-la-piel-de-una-enamorada-pepa-flores-para-lucirse-con-estando-contigo_201801265a6ba8820cf27229a99fa7e8.html|title=Lucía Jiménez se mete en la piel de una enamorada Pepa Flores para lucirse con 'Estando contigo'|website=Antena 3|date=26 January 2018|language=es}}
• In the opening number of the first episode of the eleventh season of {{lang|es|Tu cara me suena}} aired on 12 April 2024 on {{lang|es|Antena 3|i=no}}, Merche impersonated Carmen Sevilla singing "{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" replicating part of the performance she made in The Ed Sullivan Show.{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/asi-comienza-cara-suena-11-gran-homenaje-carmen-sevilla-maria-jimenez-concha-velasco_202404116617ac08c18d4000011d5847.html|title=Así comienza Tu cara me suena 11: un gran homenaje a Carmen Sevilla, María Jiménez y Concha Velasco|website=Antena 3|date=11 April 2024|language=es|author=Mendo, Alberto}}

"{{lang|es|Estando contigo|i=no}}" is used as the theme song of a daily morning magazine television show that bears its name that has been broadcast since 29 February 2016 on CMM TV.{{cite news|url=https://www.cmmedia.es/tv/estando-contigo|title=Estando Contigo|language=es|website=Castilla-La Mancha Media}} A version of the song is used in an advertising campaign launched by CaixaBank in Spain on 13 January 2025.{{YouTube|rYsexGNSIpc|Spot Campaña nóminas - CaixaBank}}

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