La canción de la semana #229

The words "que sera, sera" in the song of the same name may be Spanish but the phrase makes no sense. According to Wikipedia,

Composer Jay Livingston had seen the 1954 film The Barefoot Contessa, in which an Italian family has the motto "Che sarà sarà" carved in stone at their ancestral castle. He immediately wrote it down as a possible song title, and he and lyricist Ray Evans later respelled it in Spanish "because there are so many Spanish-speaking people in the world."

Ironically, the phrase "Che sarà sarà" is also ungrammatical in modern Italian.

Back to Spanish: this week's song (not related to Que Sera, Sera) is... Qué Será by the Puerto Rican legend José Feliciano.

La canción de la semana #228

...is El amor de mi vida by Grupo Galé from Medellin, Colombia. This song appears on their album Auténtico.

La canción de la semana #227

At some point of Toy Story 3, the toys discover another — Spanish-speaking! — personality of Buzz Lightyear. But what happens in the Spanish-language version? As you can hear, "reset" Buzz (normally voiced by José Luis Gil) still speaks Spanish but with thick Andalucian accent. Buzz's "flamenco-mode" voice was provided by the famous singer Diego El Cigala. This week's song is En esta tarde gris from his latest album, Cigala & Tango.

La canción de la semana #226

Natalia y La Forquetina was the name of a short-lived band fronted by the Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade. This week's song is Piel Canela from the band's only album, Casa (2005).