"Clandestino" is the second single and the title track from Manu Chao

Manu Chao

Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...

's first album, Clandestino

Clandestino

Clandestino is the first full-length solo album by Manu Chao, released in 1998. The album contains many soundbites throughout, two of which are bits of a speech by Subcomandante Marcos.-Track listing:...

. It is perhaps, along with "Bongo Bong

Bongo Bong

"Bongo Bong" is the first solo single by Manu Chao from his first album, Clandestino. It is his most successful and recognisable song—a remake of Mano Negra's song, "King of Bongo" , which has its roots from a 1939 recording of "King of the Bongo Bong" by the trumpeter Roy Eldridge...

" and "Me Gustas Tú

Me Gustas Tú

"Me Gustas Tú" is the second single from Manu Chao's second solo album, Próxima Estación: Esperanza. It has proved to be one of the artist's most popular songs worldwide. Its lyrics show a simple but catchy structure, and it is primarily sung in Spanish but on the chorus French is also spoken...

", his most well known song. The lyrics of the song are sung in Spanish and deal with the issue of immigration: "I wrote it about the border between Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and those coming from poorer nations. Look around -maybe 30% of the people in this street are clandestino [illegal]."

Track listings

1. "Clandestino"
2. "Bienvenido A Tijuana" (More Image Version)
3. "Mama Call"
4. "Clandestino" (Enhanced Video)

Music video

A music video was produced for the song along with the album track which appears on the single, "Mama Call".

Cover versions

• Brazilian singer Adriana Calcanhotto
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• Brazilian band Tihuana
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• Italian singer Fiorella Mannoia
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• Belgian choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers
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   (2005)
• French band El Gafla (duet with Manu Chao) (pA/Ris-Casbah, 2006)
• Spanish flamenco singer José Mercé
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• Turkish jazz band Luxus (2010)