"El Mareo" is a song by South American band Bajofondo

Bajofondo

Bajofondo is a "Río de la Plata" based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay. The band, which refers to itself as a "collective of composers, singers and artists", was formerly called "Bajofondo Tango Club", but shortened the name to "Bajofondo" after they felt their...

 featuring vocals by the famous Argentine rock

Rock music

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 musician

Musician

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 Gustavo Cerati

Gustavo Cerati

Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...

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After their successful single "Pa' Bailar

Pa' Bailar

"Pa' Bailar" is Bajofondo's first single from their third studio album Mar Dulce. This song features Japanese bandoneonist Ryōta Komatsu. The song is used as the theme of the Brazilian soap opera A Favorita.-Tracklist:...

" featuring Japanese bandoneonist Ryōta Komatsu

Ryota Komatsu

is a Japanese bandoneón player. He has cooperated with famous Japanese violinist Taro Hakase in his own album La Trampera , and with Bajofondo in their album Mar Dulce.-External links:...

 and just before starting their tour through North and Latin America, the band decided to make "El Mareo" the second single from 2007s album Mar Dulce

Mar Dulce (album)

-References:* on Juno Records store...

. The song was nominated on the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards, as Best Alternative Song.

Music video

The music video for the single shows the band playing the song, and Santaolalla and Cerati singing in grayscale

Grayscale

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Miscellaneous

On , it was released as Single of the week on iTunes Store, and it was retrieved on .