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Who sang Hijo De La Luna?

Release date: 17/6/1986

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Mecano released the song Hijo De La Luna. Date of release: 17/6/1986.

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This song is about a gypsy woman who conjured the moon and had a child with her, but as the child was not born of a gypsy, the father, caught in a rage, killed the child.

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Mecano - Short Biography

- Mecano is a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and active until 1992.
- They were considered avant-garde and were part of the counter-cultural movement of the Movida Madrileña.
- Mecano is the best-selling Spanish band of all time, with over 25 million records sold worldwide.
- They made a brief comeback in 1998.
- Their music is still considered influential in Spanish pop music.

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- "Hijo de la Luna" is a song written by José María Cano and performed by the Spanish band Mecano.
- The song was included on their 1986 album, Entre el cielo y el suelo, and was a big hit in the Spanish-speaking world.
- From December 28, 1998 to January 16, 1999, a cover version by Loona topped the German charts and reached number two in the Swiss singles chart.
- The lyrics of the song describe a tragic Roma legend of a Roma woman who gives birth to an albino child.
- The man assumes the father is a payo (a non-Roma person) and angrily stabs his wife to death.
- He takes the child and abandons him on a mountain, leaving the child to freeze to death.
- Later, it is said that the child will live happily ever after with the moon.

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