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Can You Name a Song that Mentions a Latin American Nation or City in it?

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Okay, so here is the list I have so far:

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo (Mexican, Tijuana)

Orinoco Flow - Enya (Peru)

Island Girl - Elton John (Jamaica)

Kokomo - the Beach Boys (Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahamas, Martinique, Port au Prince)

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (Colombia)

Runaway - Janet Jackson (Mexico)

Panama - Van Halen (Panama)

Latin Girls - Black Eyed Peas (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Havana)

Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Madonna (Argentina)

(This is the last one!) Can you add any songs to my list?

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  1. This gorgeous classic, "Aquarela do Brazil"  (Watercolours of Brazil) by Ary Barroso. The English lyrics are sooooo romantic. I fell in love with the song and the guy whom I first heard sing it.


  2. "La isla Bonita" Maddona

    "Brazil" Frank Sinatra

    "To Brazil" Vengaboys

    "Brazil" Chris De Burgh

    "Rio de Janeiro" Barry White

    "Panama" Van Hallen

  3. Jamaica, Aruba, Bermuda, Bahamas are not part of Latin America, only Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries (and in a strict definition French-speaking ones too) are part of Latin America.

  4. ecuador - sash

    dark clouds - Space (mentions Mexico)

    hips dont lie also include Haiti mentioned

    If your including the caribbean, loads of soca and Reggae mention Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad etc

  5. Rio by Duran Duran

  6. miss you by the rolling stones mentions puerto rico

  7. Will Smith's Welcome to Miami.....ha ha ha! Mexicalli Blues by The Grateful Dead.

  8. The Girl from Ipinema-an old classic

  9. Surfin Safari Beach Boys (the coast of Peru).

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