{"id":53012,"date":"2015-05-21T16:34:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T14:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=53012"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:44:49","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs about Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No one can stay immune to the <strong>charms<\/strong> <strong>of<\/strong> <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>. With its beautiful landscapes, awe-inspiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/important-catalan-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\">architecture<\/a>, mouth-watering food and fascinating traditions, Barcelona is one of the most popular destinations for travelers worldwide. There are those who come to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/short-term-rentals\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"> visit again<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/long-term-rental\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">those who decide to stay<\/a>, and those who create art, inspired by the wonders of this eclectic city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong> presents a list of some of the various <strong>songs<\/strong> that were written about <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/music\/#La_Rumba_de_Barcelona_by_Manu_Chao\" title=\"La Rumba de Barcelona by Manu Chao\">La Rumba de Barcelona by Manu Chao<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/music\/#Barcelona_by_BLOF\" title=\"Barcelona by BL\u00d8F\">Barcelona by BL\u00d8F<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/music\/#Were_from_Barcelona_and_Barcelona_Loves_you_by_Im_from_Barcelona\" title=\"We\u2019re from Barcelona and Barcelona Loves you by I\u2019m from Barcelona\">We\u2019re from Barcelona and Barcelona Loves you by I\u2019m from Barcelona<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/music\/#Barcelone_by_Yves_Simon\" title=\"Barcelone by Yves Simon\">Barcelone by Yves Simon<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/music\/#Barcelona_by_George_Ezra\" title=\"Barcelona by George Ezra\">Barcelona by George Ezra<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Rumba_de_Barcelona_by_Manu_Chao\"><\/span><strong><img class=\"wp-image-53005 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/songs1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"songs1\" width=\"279\" height=\"209\" \/>La Rumba de Barcelona<\/strong> by Manu Chao<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Parisian-born artist released in 2002 the single \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wyUP_hlupXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">La Rumba de Barcelona<\/a><\/strong>\u201d as a part of the album \u201cRadio-Bemba Sound System\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Barcelona_by_BLOF\"><\/span><strong>Barcelona<\/strong> by BL\u00d8F<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Winner of two Edison Wards, this band from the Netherlands recorded a song entitled \u201c<strong>Barcelona<\/strong>\u201d as part of their album \u201cOmarm\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Were_from_Barcelona_and_Barcelona_Loves_you_by_Im_from_Barcelona\"><\/span><strong>We\u2019re from Barcelona<\/strong> and <strong>Barcelona Loves you <\/strong>by I\u2019m from Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flutes, trumpets, banjos and kazoos, everything goes in the music created by this Swedish band formed by a whopping 28 members. Not only are they called \u201cI\u2019m from Barcelona\u201d, but they recorded two songs whose titles contain the name of the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-the-muse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona, the muse<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Barcelone_by_Yves_Simon\"><\/span><strong>Barcelone <\/strong>by Yves Simon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>USA\/USSR<\/strong> was the name of the album singer-songwriter Yves Simon released in 1983, containing a song called \u201c<strong>Barcelona<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Barcelona_by_George_Ezra\"><\/span><strong>Barcelona<\/strong> by George Ezra<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"wp-image-53017 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/14574250106_bbd0bde906_z-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"George Ezra\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>22-year-old <strong>George Ezra<\/strong> also released a song with the title \u201c<strong>Barcelona<\/strong>\u201d. But it was \u201cBudapest\u201d that made him the famous singer he is today, being nominated for song of the year by the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/summer-music-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a> Awards in 2014 and best single by the Brit Awards n 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Barcelona<\/strong> by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caball\u00e9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A lot of people may not know this, but Queen\u2019s lead singer <strong>Freddie Mercury<\/strong> was a big fan of Opera. One of his favorite Opera singers was <strong>Montserrat Caball\u00e9<\/strong> who in 1986 invited Mercury to co-create and sing a song for the 1992 Olympic Games. \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IHRd0R-uKHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barcelona<\/a><\/strong>\u201d was played for the first time in 1987 during the Ibiza Festival in club Ku.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/concerts-in-barcelona-in-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Concerts in Barcelona in 2016<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"53012\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 90px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">3<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">3<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one can stay immune to the charms of Barcelona. With its beautiful landscapes, awe-inspiring architecture, mouth-watering food and fascinating traditions, Barcelona is one of the most popular destinations for travelers worldwide. There are those who come to visit again, those who decide to stay, and those who create art, inspired by the wonders of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":53014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4349],"tags":[3208,3679,3678,3680,210,2465],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53012"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80614,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012\/revisions\/80614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}