The original point of the song contained the words “Zapatero and Rajoy,” in reference to the Spanish political leader Jos Luis Rodr guez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy. Due to the proximity of the Spanish General Elections 2008, it was decided to make a new version by the developers of a dog that completely replace the original.
This new version omitted the terms mentioned, being replaced by the name “Jose Luis and Mariano,” but keep the reference to Hugo Chavez, in the original. We repeated a couple of stanzas of the song, in order to extend further in time to avoid breaching rules imposed on the contest. For more specific information, check out Media Group. This was the second version that appeared in the Gala TVE the Spanish election of the candidate for Eurovision 2008, Eurovision Save, “and I give the victory to Rodolfo.
Once selected, “Dance the chiki chiki” it became the property of TVE, so the song could be modified by the chain, in collaboration with the author himself. This was Rodolfo Chikilicuatre prepare a new final version to match, in letter and in duration, the rules of the EBU, as it announced on Monday March 10, 2008, where he had his first meeting with the media be communicated after the winner.
This final version, which was made public on March 14, 2008, is longer (2 minutes 52 seconds) and includes several paragraphs in English, with references to some of the most internationally recognized Spanish Pau Gasol, Fernando Alonso, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodovar. also refers to a great success of Spanish music, internationally: the Macarena.
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