Llorando se fue
| "Llorando se fue" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Los Kjarkas | |
| from the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo | |
| A-side | Wa ya yay |
| B-side | "Llorando se fue" |
| Released | 1982 2004 (Digital) |
| Recorded | 1981 |
| Genre | Afro-Bolivian Saya, Andean pop |
| Length | 4:03 |
| Label | Lauro, EMI (France) |
| Songwriters | Ulises Hermosa Gonzalo Hermosa (original music & lyrics) |
| Official audio | |
| "Llorando se fue" on YouTube | |
"Llorando se fue" (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoˈɾan.do se ˈfwe]; English: Crying, he/she went away) is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982.
The song has been very popular in Latin America since the 1980s and has been covered several times. It was later covered by many artists, including Cuarteto Continental in 1984, Brazilian singer Márcia Ferreira in 1986 and the French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma in 1989. Kaoma's version was unauthorized version of the song and that led to successful lawsuits against Kaoma's producers Olivier Lorsac, Jean Karakos and Jean-Claude Bonaventure.
Over the years, the song has been covered and adapted by several artists, including Ivete Sangalo in 2005, Wisin & Yandel with "Pam Pam" in 2006, Don Omar with "Taboo" in 2011, and Jennifer Lopez with "On the Floor" that same year.