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Composed and arranged by Alex Alvear

MANGO is sort of a "Here I Am" type of song, a call to celebrate life. The intro is inspired on a chord progression typical in Argentinean Samba music. It then goes into different mixtures of Merengue, some Soca and some Songo.

Gilenny pretty much nailed the entire session, without having heard this music before! In this song she has a short feature and it was done in one or two takes.

On our live shows we started having Manolo do some rap improvisations (is there anything this guy can't do?) and it pretty much took the song to another place. We could not have a long ad lib for the CD so Manolo prepared this rap section and sent us a couple of versions. Gonzalo did some minor editing and the final version is killer!

lyrics

MANGO (Spanish)

Ahora vengo yo!
Y todo el mundo lo quiere bailar
Ahora vengo yo!
Es Mango Blue para guarachar
Ahora vengo yo!
Es un combito sabroso y original
Ahora vengo yo!
Escucha bien como dice

Este ritmo no tiene fronteras
Cada quien lo baila a su manera
Ahora que la cosa esta bien buena
Ven conmigo y olvida las penas

No te dejes engan~ar, que te digo la verdad
Cuando sientas mi tumba'o lo comprenderas
Esta vida es corta y hay que a provechar
Vamos a bailar con mi Mango!

MANGO (English)

Here I Come!
And everyone will want to dance
Here I Come!
It's Mango Blue to enjoy
Here I Come!
It's a delicious and original combo
Here I Come!
Check it out

This groove has no frontiers
Anyone can dance it in their own way
Now that things are cookin'
Come with me and forget your sorrow

Don't be fooled 'cause I speak the truth
When you hear my tumbao' (groove) you'll understand
Life is short and we gotta take advantage
Let's dance with Mango!

credits

from MANGO, track released January 26, 2011
Alex Alvear - Bass, Vocals
Rebecca Cline - Keyboards
Karina Colis - Timbal
Ernesto Diaz - Congas
Eric Doob - Drums
Gonzalo Grau - Minor Percussion, Bckgnd. Vocals & Keyboards
Gilenny Guzman - Lead & Bckgnd. Vocals
Manolo Mairena - Misc. Percussion, Bckgnd. Vocals & Rap
Felipe Salles - Tenor Sax
Jared Sims, Alto Sax

Produced by: Gonzalo Grau
Mixed by: Fernando Aponte

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