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Getting back to this a little later than originally anticipated - my apologies...

EdisonLite wrote: (He could simply mention "Spanish Version" in the database, as he has done for "Call Me", etc.)

Works for me. :-) But that being said, I do have one issue: The way Pat's on-line database is set up, if you want to try and look up which (i.e., how many) top 40 hits have Spanish-language versions available on U.S. CDs, there is no way to currently do so, unless you ALREADY KNOW a Spanish-language version of a specific song exists! Case in point: Prior to cftp's post above, I didn't know that KC and the Sunshine Band had recorded a Spanish-language version of their 1979 hit, "Please Don't Go". And not only have I since confirmed its existence on my own and discovered that it was indeed issued as a commercial U.S. 45 at that time (T.K. 1037A), sure enough, it's also available on a U.S. CD, which I don't have myself - namely 1999's two-disc 25th Anniversary Collection (Rhino 75804)! And yes, in this case, Pat DOES list it in the database (bravo!) - just wish there was a way to do a general search for these versions, as it obviously would've taken me a LOT longer to discover Pat's listing if not for cftp's tip. So perhaps Pat would be kind enough to search his existing database files and post a complete list here, since I can't imagine it would be more than about a dozen titles long??? :-) (Of course, that would be IN ADDITION TO entering the missing listings that we've been discussing here...)

Maybe the incompleteness you refer to could be because Pat wasn't aware of their existence on US CD.

Well, the Spanish-language versions of the two songs that I mentioned in my previous post as missing from Pat's current database listings are on various CDs that contain other top 40 hits - the additional contents of which ARE all listed - and therefore, I know he already owns those particular CDs...

To provide more specific details, the Spanish-language version of Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" is on this U.S. CD:

Hip-O 314520901 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - Ultimate Collection (track 22 - shown as "Por Amor Viviremos") (2001)

And the Spanish-language version of Toni Basil's "Mickey" appears on these two U.S. CDs:

EMI 89605 V/A - Living in Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits Volume Two (track 19) (1993)
Razor & Tie 2057 TONI BASIL - Best of (track 15) (1994)

(Sorry, at this time I don't have exact timings for the versions on the above CDs...)

Also, for the record, Sheena Easton recorded an all-Spanish LP in the mid '80s (also released on CD in 1989!) It contained 5 of her hits in Spanish, and 5 original songs sung in Spanish.

Good call! I totally forgot about that one - primarily because when it was originally released in 1984, Todo Me Recuerda a Ti wasn't issued here in the U.S. in any format (otherwise, I know I would've bought it on cassette at the time, as I've always been a fan). And yes, a check on Discogs reveals that it did eventually see a U.S. release in 1989 on Capitol/EMI Latin 42055 (which I wasn't aware of), and indeed it did come out on CD - must be pretty rare, though! Page w/ photos of U.S. CD here (note front cover art differs from original 1984 international release): Sheena Easton - "Todo Me Recuerda a Ti" U.S. CD So if Pat is going to list everything, this one certainly qualifies for database inclusion as well...

And as cmmmbase and MCT1 discussed in your new "Hits recorded in Spanish" thread, don't forget David Lee Roth's album, Sonrisa Salvaje, which WAS already on my list - but they beat me to it! As they already mentioned, it was an all-Spanish version of his 1986 album, Eat 'em and Smile. To expand on this one a bit, it came out at the same time as the English version, but only on vinyl LP & cassette (Warner Bros. 25516); I used to see it all the time back in the '80s when I lived in SoCal, w/ its heavy Hispanic population. And while the English version (Warner Bros. 25470) DID come out on CD then, the digital format was still considered too new for the label to issue Sonrisa Salvaje in that form. However, it DID finally come out on CD here in the U.S. in 2007, on Friday Music 1053, although it's now out-of-print (and I don't yet have it myself). The top 40 hit was of course "Yankee Rose", so again, if we're going to be completists, this one belongs in Pat's database, too. Here's a recent listing for the 2007 U.S. CD re-issue on eBay, w/ photos of both the front & back: David Lee Roth - "Sonrisa Salvaje" U.S. CD

And wow, if those Robbie Dupree or Kim Carnes titles exist on any import CDs, please report back!

I see you already found a source for Robbie Dupree. :-) No luck yet on Kim Carnes, which is high on my list, too. (Saw her in concert once back in the late '80s, and would LOVE to see her again, but over the last 15 years, she hasn't been very active in performing, and on the rare occasions that she does, it's never here in the northeast! *sigh*) Alas, I couldn't even find "Mas Amor" on YouTube, so I've still never heard it...

And 80sMusicFreak, for any other results you find - of these above mentioned songs in Spanish, whatever you find (especially CDs) please mention them in the forum here. Maybe we can start a new thread called "Top 40 Hits in Spanish" here, and keep an ongoing list of anything released on CD, 45, or LP. I suggest the new thread because anyone who doesn't care about "Do That To Me One More Time" won't even know about all the artists' Spanish titles discussed above.

Actually, that thought crossed my mind back when I first started the list last Fall, since I knew the topic had been mentioned here on occasion for specific songs, and thus I did actually search this chat board's archives for some of my research purposes (along w/ several other sources); it's just that my list is still in its relative infancy, as I haven't added much to it since that initial block of time that I invested some six months ago. But when cftp broached the subject again here w/ "DTTMOMT", and then MMathews expanded on it, well, I had to jump in. :-) I'm glad to see that there is indeed additional interest here, and now that I know that, I certainly agree w/ your suggestion - so going forward, I'll post in the new thread you started about ten days ago. I intend to add some new info there in the coming days, time permitting...

I'd been procrastinating responding to this. I do have a LOT of hits redone in Spanish, but it's not organized at all.

Here, in no particular order, is a giant list of English-language hits sung in Spanish by the original artists, which I've played on Crap From The Past:

KEEP COMING BACK (Spanish version) - Richard Marx (1991)
ZOOT SUIT RIOT (Spanish version) - Cherry Poppin' Daddies (1998)
LUKA (Spanish version) - Suzanne Vega (1987)
SENTIMIENTOS [Feelings in Spanish] - Morris Albert (1975)
MICKEY (Spanish version) - Toni Basil (1982)
VUELVE A MÍ [Come Back To Me in Spanish] - Janet Jackson (1989)
NOCHE Y DÍA [Nite And Day in Spanish] - Al B. ¡Seguro! (1988)
LAGO AZUL [Blue Bayou in Spanish] - Linda Ronstadt (1978)
¡LOCO DEL CALOR! [Goin' Crazy in Spanish] - David Lee Roth (1986)
QUÉ BUENA SUERTE [Congratulations in Spanish] - Cliff Richard (1968)
I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU (Spanish version) - Michael Jackson (1987)
POR FAVOR NO TE VAYAS [Please Don't Go in Spanish] - KC and the Sunshine Band (1980)
LISTOS PARA AMAR [Yes I'm Ready in Spanish] - Teri DeSario with KC (1980)
SALSA PICANTE [Hot Sauce in Spanish] - Thomas Dolby (1988)
I'M TOO SEXY (Spanish version) - el Derecho Said Fred (1992)
DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA (Spanish version) - The Police (1981)
SI ESTAMOS JUNTOS [We'll Be Together in Spanish] - Sting (1987)
YO VIVIRÉ [I Will Survive in Spanish] - Gloria Gaynor (1979)
DAME DAME DAME [Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) in Spanish] - Abba (1979)
AQUÍ CONTIGO [Being With You in Spanish] - Smokey Robinson (1981)
SUKIYAKI (Spanish version) - 4 P.M. (1994)
NOCHES DE SEDA [Nights In White Satin in Spanish] - The Moody Blues (1972)
KOKOMO (Spanish version) - The Beach Boys (1988)
CALL ME (Spanish version) - Blondie (1980)
COPACABANA (Spanish version) - Barry Manilow (1978)
POR AMOR VIVIREMOS [Love Will Keep Us Together in Spanish] - El Capitan y Tennille (1975)
UN PASO ADELANTE [One Step Beyond in Spanish] - Madness (1979)
EVERGREEN (Spanish version) - Barbra Streisand (1977)
CAMA DE ROSAS [Bed Of Roses in Spanish] - Bon Jovi (1993)
MAMA MIA [in Spanish] - Abba (1982)
CONOCIENDOME CONOCIENDOTE (KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU in Spanish) - Abba (1982)
LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA [in Spanish] - Ricky Martin (1999)
RING RING [in Spanish] - Abba (1974)
CHIQUITITA [in Spanish] - Abba (1982)
TODO LO QUE HAGO, LE HAGO POR TI [Everything I Do, I Do It For You in Spanish] - Bryan Adams (1991)
UNBREAK MY HEART [in Spanish] - Toni Braxton (1996)
CATCH ME I'M FALLING [in Spanish] - Pretty Poison (1987)
LET'S GET SERIOUS [in Spanish] - Jermaine Jackson (1980)
FERNANDO [in Spanish] - Abba (1982)
CELEBREMOS [Celebration in Spanish] - Kool and the Gang (1981)
RICO SUAVE [in Spanish] - Gerardo (1990)
GENIO ATRAPADO [Genie In A Bottle in Spanish] - Christina Aguilera (2000)
NO SE SI ES AMOR [It Must Have Been Love in Spanish!] - Roxette (1990)
ES TAN TIMIDO [He's So Shy in Spanish] - Pointer Sisters (1980)
QUIERO ENTREGARTE MI AMOR [MORE THAN YOU KNOW in Spanish] (1989)
BROKEN HEARTED ME (in Spanish) - Anne Murray (1980?)
EL PRIMER TREN (MORNING TRAIN in Spanish) - Sheena Easton (1980)
TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE [in Spanish] - Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams (1978)
MANDY [in Spanish] - Barry Manilow (1975)
ASI ES LA VIDA (That's Life in Spanish) - David Lee Roth (1986)
HOT ROD HEARTS (in Spanish) - Robbie Dupree (1980)
NINETEEN (in Spanish) - Paul Hardcastle (1985)
YANKEE ROSE (in Spanish) - David Lee Roth (1986)
SI NO ESTAS TU (Without You in Spanish) - Harry Nilsson (1972)
NO TE ENAMORES DE UN LOCO (Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer in Spanish) - Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes (1980)
EN MI CORAZON (You'll Be In My Heart in Spanish) - Phil Collins
HABLA EL CORAZON (Listen To Your Heart in Spanish) - Roxette
JUST ANOTHER DAY (in Spanish) - Jon Secada
NUNCA HE IDO A MI (I've Never Been To Me in Spanish) - Charlene
SWEET DREAMS (HOLA HOLA EH) (in Spanish) - La Bouche
SERA ESTO MAGIA (Could It Be Magic in Spanish) - Barry Manilow
HOT ROD HEARTS (in Spanish) - Robbie Dupree
GIRLFRIEND (in Portuguese - it's as close as I could get) - Avril Lavigne
MAS AMOR (More Love in Spanish) - Kim Carnes
UNCLE F**KA (in Spanish) - Terrance and Phillip
TOGETHER (in Spanish) - Tierra
EVIDENCE (in Spanish) - Faith No More
DAY IN DAY OUT (in Spanish) - David Bowie
POLVO EN EL VIENTO (Dust In The Wind in Spanish) - Kansas (1978)
STEAL AWAY [in Spanish] - Robbie Dupree (1980)
AMAME UNA VEZ MAS [Do That To Me One More Time in Spanish] - Captain And Tennille (1980)

You'll want to pick up the CD Stars In Spanish, which includes "Let's Get Serious" and about 10 others. It used to go for $$$$, but should have come back down to a reasonable price.

I'm sure I have more, but this should keep you busy for a while. :)

Edited by crapfromthepast

EdisonLite wrote: And what CDs would contain the spanish versions of "Genie in A Bottle" and "UnBreak My Heart"?

The Spanish version of "Genie In A Bottle" is on Aguilera's Mi Reflejo CD.

I wonder how difficult it is for these artists to learn how to sing their respective songs in Spanish or any other language? (And I wonder if any of them ever badly butcher their pronunciation on the recordings!)

Edited by Todd Ireland