Hijo de la Luna: Difference between revisions

"'''Hijo de la Luna'''" ([[English language|English]]: "Son of the Moon") is a song written by [[José María Cano]] performed originally by the Spanish band [[Mecano]] with lead singer [[Ana Torroja]]. It appeared on their 1986 album, ''[[Entre el cielo y el suelo]]'', and had great success all over the Spanish-speaking world, as did the album. From 28 December 1998 to 16 January 1999, a cover version by [[Loona (singer)|Loona]] topped the German charts,<ref>[http://www.swr3.de/musik/poplexikon/-/id=47414/vv=wilChartPos/gp1=151074/nid=47414/did=68926/v9ujzt/index.html SWR3.de - Loona<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029003341/http://www.swr3.de/musik/poplexikon/-/id%3D47414/vv%3DwilChartPos/gp1%3D151074/nid%3D47414/did%3D68926/v9ujzt/index.html |date=29 October 2007 }}</ref> and reached number two on the Swiss singles' chart.<ref>[http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Loona&titel=Hijo+de+la+luna&cat=s Loona - Hijo de la luna - hitparade.ch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The song has also been covered by best-selling soprano [[Sarah Brightman]] on her 2000 album [[La Luna (Sarah Brightman album)|La Luna]], and by Korean crossover quartet [[Forestella]].<ref>{{Citation |title=포레스텔라 - Hijo de la Luna (달의 아들) [열린 음악회/Open Concert] 20200524 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJc7wXa9JG8 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-26}}</ref>