Vivo cantando
{{Short description|1969 song by Salomé}}
{{Infobox song
| name = {{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}
| cover = Salomé - Vivo cantando.jpg
| type = single
| album = Vivo cantando
| language = Spanish
| artist = Salomé
| B-side = Amigos, amigos
| released = 1969
| genre =
- Easy listening{{cite web|first= Alexis|last= Petridis|title= All 69 Eurovision song contest winners – ranked!|website= The Guardian|date= May 11, 2023|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/11/all-69-eurovision-song-contest-winners-ranked|accessdate= September 15, 2024}}
- pop
| length = 2:09
| label = Belter
| composer = María José de Ceratto
| lyricist = Aniano Alcalde
| producer =
| misc = {{External music video|{{URL|https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/musica-en-el-archivo-de-rtve/videoclips-vivo-cantando-salome/3575160/|"Vivo Cantando"}} on RTVE Play}}
{{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes
| song = {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}"
| year = 1969
| country = Spain
| artist = María Rosa Marco
| as = Salomé
| language = Spanish
| composer = María José de Ceratto
| lyricist = Aniano Alcalde
| conductor = Augusto Algueró
| place = 1st
| points = 18
| prev = La, la, la
| prev_link = La La La (Massiel song)
| next = Gwendolyne
| next_link = Gwendolyne
}}
{{External music video|header=Official performance video|{{YouTube|POj0U2W6MnE|"Vivo cantando"}}}}
}}
"{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" ({{IPA|es|ˈbiβo kanˈtando}}; "I Live Singing") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Salomé with music composed by María José de Ceratto and lyrics written by Aniano Alcalde. It {{esccnty|Spain|t=represented Spain}} in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 held in Madrid, and became one of the four joint winning songs and the second song from Spain –and last to date– to win.
Salomé also recorded the song in Catalan, Basque, English, French, and Italian.
Background
=Conception=
"{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" was composed by María José de Ceratto with lyrics by Aniano Alcalde. It is a very up-tempo number, sung from the perspective of a woman telling her lover about the positive changes he has had on her, specifically that she now lives her life singing.{{Cite web |title=Vivo cantando - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush |url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1969es |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.diggiloo.net}}
=Eurovision=
On 20–22 February 1969, "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" performed by both Salomé and {{ill|Ana Kiro|es}} competed in the {{esccnty|Spain|y=1969|t=first edition}} of the {{lang|es|Festival de la Canción Española|italic=no}}, the national final organized by {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}} (TVE) to select the song Salomé –who had already been internally selected– would perform in the {{escyr|1969||14th edition}} of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition so it became the {{esccnty|Spain|t=Spanish entrant}} for the contest.{{cite web|url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/50s_60s/Spain1969.html|title=Spain National Final 1969|website=natfinals.50webs.com}}
In addition to the Spanish language original version, Salomé recorded the song in another five languages to promote the candidacy: in Catalan as "Canto i vull viure", in Basque as "Kantari bizi naiz", in English as "The Feeling of Love", in French as "Alors je chante", and in Italian as "Vivo cantando".{{cite web|url=https://www.diggiloo.net/?1969es|title=Spain - 1969|website=The Diggiloo Thrush}}
On 29 March 1969, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Teatro Real in Madrid hosted by TVE, and broadcast live throughout the continent.{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1969|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1969|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=TVE / EBU|date=29 March 1969}} Salomé performed "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" third on the night accompanied by Los Valldemossa –brothers Rafael, Tomeu, and Bernat Estaràs– as backing singers, following {{esccnty|Luxembourg}}'s "Catherine" by Romuald and preceding {{esccnty|Monaco}}'s "Maman, Maman" by Jean Jacques. Augusto Algueró –the event's musical director– conducted the live orchestra in the performance of the Spanish entry.
Two memorable aspects of Salomé's performance were her costume –a blue pantsuit designed by Manuel Pertegaz covered in long strands of porcelain resembling beads that weighed {{convert|14|kg|abbr=on}}–, and the fact that the singer chose to dance on the spot during certain parts of the song. Dancing was against the contest rules at the time; Salomé was not penalized, however, as the performers from Ireland and the United Kingdom had done the same that year as well.{{cite news|url=https://www.vogue.es/moda/news/articulos/salome-traje-azul-manuel-pertegaz-festival-eurovision-50-anos/39775|title=Se cumplen 50 años de Salomé en Eurovisión (y del mono que llevó de Pertegaz)|magazine=Vogue Spain|date=29 March 2019|language=es|author=Luis, Nuria}}
At the close of voting, the song had received 18 points, the same number of points as the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1969}}'s "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1969}}' "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, and {{esccnty|France|y=1969}}'s "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara. As there was no tiebreaker rule in place at the time, all four countries were declared joint winners.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/madrid-1969|title=Official Eurovision Song Contest 1969 site|website=Eurovision Song Contest}} "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" was succeeded as a Spanish entry at the 1970 contest by "Gwendolyne" by Julio Iglesias.{{Cite journal |last1=Sánchez Olmos |first1=Cande |last2=Segarra Saavedra |first2=Jesús |last3=Hidalgo Marí |first3=Tatiana |date=2021-02-05 |title='Brand Placement' en los videoclips del Billboard Hot 100: ¿integración o imposición de marcas? |journal=Tripodos |issue=44 |pages=63–81 |doi=10.51698/tripodos.2019.44p63-81 |s2cid=202455793 |issn=2340-5007|doi-access=free |hdl=10045/93914 |hdl-access=free }}
= Aftermath =
"Vivo Cantando" was included in Salomé's studio album of the same name.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Vivo Cantando|others=Salomé|date=1969|publisher=Belter|id=22.317}} On 14 February 1970, she guest performed the song at the final of the {{esccnty|Spain|y=1970|t=2nd edition}} of the {{lang|es|Festival de la Canción Española|italic=no}}, the national final organized by TVE in Barcelona to select the song and performer for the following Eurovision.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/musica-en-el-archivo-de-rtve/segundo-festival-cancion-espanola/3941664/|title=Final del Segundo Festival de la Canción Española|website=RTVE|date=14 February 1970}}
Chart history
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1969)
!scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Spain (El Gran Musical){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jigEAAAAMBAJ&dq=vivo+cantando+singles+may.+1969+billboard&pg=PA65|title=Hits of the world|magazine=Billboard|date=3 May 1969}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Legacy
= Cover versions =
- Israeli singer Rika Zaraï released a cover of the French version, which spent three weeks at number one in the French singles chart from 16 August to 5 September 1969.
= Other performances =
- {{ill|Sole Giménez|es}} performed the song in the show Europasión, aired on La 1 of Televisión Española 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}}
- Rosa López performed the song in the Eurovision sixtieth anniversary show Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits held on 31 March 2015 in London.{{efn|She performed "Vivo cantando" in a medley with other three Spanish entries: "La, la, la", "Eres tú", and "Europe's Living a Celebration".{{YouTube|6tT2WF_JoWI|Rosa López - Spanish Eurovision Medley at Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits}}}}{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02llhdd|access-date=3 April 2015|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=BBC / EBU|date=3 April 2015}}
= Impersonations =
Salomé performances singing "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" were recreated several times in different talent shows:
- In the eighth episode of the first season of Tu cara me suena aired on 16 November 2011 on Antena 3, {{ill|Francisco (singer)|es|Francisco (cantante)|lt=Francisco}} impersonated Salomé singing "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" replicating her performance at Eurovision.{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/concursantes/francisco-como-salome_20111115571efb104beb287a291b6104.html|title=Francisco como Salomé|website=Antena 3|date=16 November 2011|language=es}}
- In the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of Tu cara me suena aired on 2 February 2018 on Antena 3, {{ill|Pepa Aniorte|es}} impersonated Salomé singing "{{Lang|es|Vivo cantando|italic=no}}" replicating her performance at Eurovision.{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/galas-temporada-6/una-pepa-aniorte-convertida-en-salome-se-entrega-a-la-musica-con-vivo-cantando_201802025a74f54a0cf20e2c8b4e8cf1.html|title=Una Pepa Aniorte convertida en Salomé se entrega a la música con 'Vivo cantando'|website=Antena 3|date=3 February 2018|language=es}}
- In the opening number of the first episode of the twelfth season of {{lang|es|Tu cara me suena}} aired on 4 April 2025 on {{lang|es|Antena 3|i=no}}, Àngel Llàcer impersonated Salomé singing "{{lang|es|Vivo cantando|i=no}}" dressed as her at Eurovision.{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/salome-quevedo-dua-lipa-lolita-dan-bienvenida-nuevos-concursantes-asi-arranca_2025040467f03feaeec2d3000146336f.html|title=Salomé, Quevedo, Dua Lipa y Lolita dan la bienvenida a los nuevos concursantes: ¡así arranca Tu cara me suena 12!|website=Antena 3|date=4 April 2025|language=es}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|442965|"Vivo cantando"|type=single}} by Salomé
- {{Discogs release|5133370|"Vivo cantando"|type=single}} by Ana Kiro
{{s-start}}
{{succession box|
before="La, la, la" by Massiel|
title=Eurovision Song Contest winners
co-winner with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara and "Boom Bang-a-Bang" by Lulu||
after="All Kinds of Everything" by Dana Rosemary Scallon|
years= {{escyr|1969}}|
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1969}}
{{Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{List of Eurovision Song Contest winners}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits}}
Category:Eurovision songs of 1969
Category:Eurovision songs of Spain