Monday, March 8, 2010

Senorita - Senorita por favor


So, today is the International Women's day. To celebrate it we present truly international song about a woman. Marion Rung recorded "Senorita por favor" in 1978. It was a big hit in Finland and a minor hit in Germany (with the version in German that we present here). Marion recorded the song also in English. You can hear it, here. The song was written by the Italian singer and songwriter Toto Cutugno. As far as I know he didn't record the song himself, but the original recording was made by El Pasador, who is famous for his mega hit "Amore mio, amada mia" (finnpicked earlier, here). The song was on his 1977 album and was called "Senorita". El Pasador was the stage name of Italian singer, composer and conductor Paul Zavalloni. His characteristics were hoarse voice and a trucker's mustache. If he didn't sing many words on "Amore mio", his vocals are even more sparse on this "Senorita". The major part of the vocals is done by background singers and it's interesting to find out that the 1979 European hit for disco group Chocolat's is almost one-to-one to El Pasador's original version. Listen to it yourself ...

Here's the triplet:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It happened not so long ago
ho ho ho ho ho ho
I met a guy in Mexico
ho ho ho ho ho ho
Every morning at the crack of dawn
There I saw him standing all alone
But I say all I have for me
he hollered up to me

Refrain :
Seniorita por favor
Oh no no no
seniorita por favor
oh no no no

that's the way it all began
between either twist and ram
But he really was determined
what a naughty naughty man

Refrain :


I don't know the reason why
but I couldn't shed the guy
he was big and very strong
and pursuit me all day long

Baliamos senorita!
Io te quiero mucho!

And the disco flavour at the beach
He was never never out of reach
and even through the traffic noise
I heard his humming voice.

Refrain :

that's the way it all began
between either twist and ram
But he really was determined
what a naughty naughty man

So I give him one story night
He held me light he held me tight
we had cocktails, we had lots of wine
I admit I had a perfect time
But when he said you're right for me
I do not quite agree

Refrain :


that's the way it all began
between either twist and ram
But he really was determined
what a naughty naughty man

Refrain :


I don't know the reason why
but I couldn't shed the guy
he was big and very strong
and pursuit me all day long

Senortia por favor!

Anonymous said...

can anyone post the lyrics of the german version?

Anonymous said...

can anyone post the lyrics of the german version?