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La Bamba

by Ritchie Valens
on Best Of Richie Valens

Lyrics

Para bailar La Bamba
Para bailar La Bamba
Se necessita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia
full lyrics
Para bailar La Bamba
Para bailar La Bamba
Se necessita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia
full lyrics

Features of This Track

rock & roll roots
latin influences
demanding instrumental part writing
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
major key tonality
melodic songwriting
electric guitar riffs
prominent bass riffs
a dynamic male vocalist
subtle use of fender rhodes
latin percussion
emphasis on instrumental arranging

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Comments

I lov u Ritchie Valenzuela
I love you cousin. Yes he is my cousin! His name is richie valenzuela and he died at age seventeen in a plane crash! Don't you dare hate me!
He is soo cute
anne.carisa
What is he even saying
so sad he died so young...
This is the song that gets everyone out on the dance floor!
Para bailar La Bamba,se necesitan dos piernas wey!
I love this song and the movie ritchie u will always be loved and i put flowers on your grave and on your moms:)
apryll222
My unlcn love you ritchie miss u
So sweet so nice so cute I enjoy it
So great so nice so sweet and I love it
This song is my sh*t.
TRIVIA: Prior to this song, Valens didn't know a lick of Spanish despite coming from a Latin American family.
Classic song from Ritchie valens I highly recommend this song to everyone it's really good
If you love this song!! Aha then follow me and I'll follow you!! x)
Latino is the word you are looking for. Latin is the language the Romans spoke.
Until he recorded this song he had never known a lick of Spanish, despite being of Latin ancestry.
One of my faver song. We miss you Ritchie Valens.
Badass fucken song
I love the sound
I like the song and all, BUT HOW IS THIS ON SKRILLEX RADIO?! The world will never know. (Tootsie roll company sues for stealing slogan.)
Why did he get on the plain :'(
That we'll is supposed to be a well.
Why I had this song stuck in my head I don't know. I've never even seen the movie. I guess it's because EVERYONE has heard this song sometime or other. Oh we'll!
Ritchie galena died today 1959
Love it make you want dance
Love the movie but its sad
STILL DANCING THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!
Richieeeeeee e e e ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
How is this on Cher Lloyd station?
purplepink12 3 4
I love this song !
Love this song!!!
How the f---k is the on Ed sheeran radio
This song made my day:))))
jose2477
I don't give A fk
Pedie sang this song:)
Yelesadiq you are right my fam is from Yucatan
I love this song!
cms2376, that yell sounded more haunting than epic to me. It's been more than 20 years since I saw that ending, and it still sticks with me.
Ritchieeeeee e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e ! Anyone who saw La Bamba will remember the epic yell by Bob at the end. RIP Ritchie
It's on my Disney Music channel!! WTF
edstrasser
great song but wtf is this doing on my 80's Hair Rock channel?
crale-come on now,yeahur right about it roots are mexican but NOway afro na,na,nope!!
If you really want to know: "La Bamba" is an old Mexican song from Vera Cruz & the Yucatan, originally done in 6/8 or 3/4 time because it has African roots. Specifically , it was inspired by west Africans from Mali. The lyrics say "To dance the Bamba dance, you need a little gracefulness . . . " What it really means is dancing like a BAMBARA--the people of Mali who were brought to the Yucatan to work in the mines.
steve3691
A shame he died so young.
REAL .. .. .. .. .. thats all
What is this song about? I'm assuming it's some kind of dance. Great oldie, though, whatever it is.
miriaeva81
Where are the lyrics????

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