For album of same name, see Yo quiero bailar (album)

Yo quiero bailar (album)

Yo Quiero Bailar is a debut album of the Spanish singers Sonia & Selena. This album was a big success. It achieved gold and platinum certification in countries such as Spain, Latin America and Europe and sold over than 1,000,000 copies there....

For other uses, see Yo quiero bailar (disambiguation)

"Yo quiero bailar" is a Spanish language

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 successful song by Sonia & Selena. The Spanish duo bid to represent Spain

Spain

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 in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 in 2001 contest

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with an entry selected through a national preselection called "Eurocanción 2001", hosted from Madrid by Jennifer Rope and Sandra Morey. David Civera with the song "Dile que la quiero", composed by Alejandro Abad , was chosen to represent Spain...

 with the song, but lost the bid to David Civera

David Civera

David Civera is a popular Spanish singer.-Biography:David Civera was born in Teruel, in 1979. His parents are José and Pilar and he has two sisters, Sonia is older than David, and Andrea is the younger. David studied Computer Studies and communications but he liked music better and wanted to sing...

 and his song "Dile que la quiero

Dile que la quiero

"Dile que la quiero" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, performed in Spanish by David Civera....

". "Yo quiero bailar" finished 9th overall in the finals to Spanish qualifications for the year.

The song was selected for OGAE Second Chance Contest 2001

OGAE Second Chance Contest 2001

The 2001 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 16th OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select the best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through their national finals...

 that chooses non-qualifying songs to Eurovision and picks the best, The song came 2nd overall in that contest between 20 songs with the Swedish non-qualifying song "Allt som jag ser" by Barbados

Barbados (band)

Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in...

 coming first.

Despite this, "Yo queiro bailar" (meaning I want to dance in English) became a great Spanish and international hit. It was included in Sonia & Selena's debut and only studio album of the same title Yo quiero bailar

Yo quiero bailar (album)

Yo Quiero Bailar is a debut album of the Spanish singers Sonia & Selena. This album was a big success. It achieved gold and platinum certification in countries such as Spain, Latin America and Europe and sold over than 1,000,000 copies there....

. The single went to #1 in the Spanish radiocharts and made it to the top 5 in the Spanish Singles Chart and became popular all over Latin America and worldwide.

Cover versions

The song has been subject of a number of cover versions in Spanish and many languages.

• Georgina Verbaan
  Georgina Verbaan
  Georgina Carolina Verbaan is a Dutch actress and singer. Verbaan is best known for her recurring role in soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. She has also appeared in various Dutch films, including Costa!, Volle maan and Oogverblindend.-Early life:Verbaan was born in The Hague, Netherlands...
  
  , a Dutch singer and actress released an up-tempo bilingual dance version of the song in Spanish and English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0p9bEid5Hs&playnext=1
• The Canadian duo Tadros
  Tadros (duo)
  Tadros also known as Les jumeaux Tadros / Duo Tadros are a successful Montreal-based Canadian musical duo musical act made up of singer-songwriters, the identical twin brothers Daniel "Dan" Tadros and Eric Tadros...
  
   covered the song in their 2004 debut album Yo Quiero Bailar that includes three versions of the song (done in Spanish, English and French). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkVWbxIpmq0
• Los Sultanes
  Los Sultanes
  Los Sultanes is a tropical music band of Argentine Pop, formed in 1992 and comprising Kazmer Jorge , Jorge Valeggiani , Jose Luis Navarro , Adrian lexicon , Gonzalo Rodriguez and Marcelo Lopez ....
  
  made a humorous take on the song in their 2006 album also entitled "Yo queiro bailar"