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"Marica tú" (Spanish for You queer) is one of the many parodies of the song "Dragostea Din Tei", by the Moldovan group O-Zone. It was made by a comedy duo from Spain called Los Morancos de Triana, composed by brothers Jorge and César Cadaval. It became a major radio hit in many countries in Latin America, particularly in México, Chile, Argentina and Puerto Rico. In the latter, this song is more well-known than the original, leading to controversy over a Chicken Little trailer in which the titular character dances to Dragostea Din Tei.
The comedy duo replaced the original lyrics with audaciously pro-gay lyrics in Spanish, more or less preserving the original Romanian rhyme in parts (an intentional sort of mondegreen or soramimi), and by doing such, transformed the song into an international gay anthem. The video features a man who, after singing for a while, unleashes a stereotypical gay party, with lots of smoke, lights, feathers, and male strippers, while advising the listener to come out of the closet.
The parodical version is also known by its refrain, (Fiesta, fiesta, y) pluma, pluma gay [(Party, party and) gay feathers, feathers (sissyness) in English, which has almost the exactly same rhyme of the Romanian (Vrei să pleci dar) nu mă, nu mă iei.
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Categories:- World music song stubs
- Musical parodies
- Spanish-language songs
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