Freebola
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Freebola, also known as Chica Light, is a pop rock
song by Chile
an rock
band Glup!
featured in their debut album 1999
of 1999. The name of the song is a portmanteau of the word free and frivolous. The song became an instant hit in Chile, and has due to it fast tempo persisted as a classic in Chilean discotheques.
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
song by Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Glup!
Glup!
Glup! was a Chilean rock-pop band active in the period 1996-2003. In 1999 the band performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, coming soon afterwards into mainstream popularity in Chile due to their adolescent lyrics and sticky melodies. Freebola, released in 1999, was the groups...
featured in their debut album 1999
1999 (album)
1999 is the fifth studio album by Prince, released on October 27, 1982. It was his first top ten album on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983. 1999 was Prince's breakthrough album, but his next album Purple Rain would become his most...
of 1999. The name of the song is a portmanteau of the word free and frivolous. The song became an instant hit in Chile, and has due to it fast tempo persisted as a classic in Chilean discotheques.
Sources
- Rock chileno en la decada de los noventa: sistematizacion estilistica y funcionamiento de mercado - Diego Portales University
- Koko Stambuk Apunta alto - El MercurioEl MercurioEl Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's paper-of-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P...
online, 2009.