“Muchachos, we can dream again…” the hit song that accompanied Argentina in their 2022 World Cup conquest has found deep resonance in a country desperate for a feel-good moment. “Muchachos,” which translates as “guys,” hit number 1 on Spotify in Argentina on Tuesday with more than half a million plays, and was heard repeatedly in downtown Buenos Aires, where huge crowds of fans gathered to celebrate the victorious team. to welcome. The catchy tune, which alludes to late Argentine superstar Diego Maradona looking down from heaven on modern day hero Lionel Messi, also echoed through Qatar’s stadiums – surrounded by supporters with patriotic fervor.
First released in 2003, the song by fusion rock, ska and salsa band La Mosca Tse-Tse originally contained the lyrics, “Muchachos, tonight I’m going to get drunk.”
It was later adapted and adopted by fans of football clubs, including 30-year-old teacher Fernando Romero.
Romero rewrote the lyrics this year and dedicated them to the Albiceleste national team. His version quickly went viral.
“What is happening is so crazy, so amazing that it makes you dizzy,” Romero told Argentinian media during the World Cup campaign.
“It started one day at home when I was cooking. I started getting emotional on my own. I just thought about it. I wrote it on my phone and it stuck.”
The new lyrics begin with “I was born in Argentina, the land of Diego and Lionel, of the boys of the Falklands I’ll never forget.”
It laments all the finals lost by the team and celebrates a famous victory over Brazil in the 2021 Copa America that allowed Argentina to dream of a third World Cup, which the team then claimed in Qatar.
‘An explosion of feelings’
“The song is huge!” said 19-year-old Nicolas Arias, among the crowd celebrating in the capital.
“It describes my country well, my people. It has an emotional side, it’s creative, it’s an explosion of feelings. It’s complete, great!” lyrically the younger.
Pablo Mendoza, who came to Buenos Aires with his wife from La Plata some 60 kilometers (35 mi) away, said for him that the song “represents everything. It talks about Diego, about the Argentine soldiers of the Falklands… Look!” he said, showing off a tattoo on his leg of the archipelago at the center of a war with Britain in 1982.
For Romero, the song was intended as something “to encourage the players, to make them proud to be Argentinian”.
Cheer them on as Messi and his team fervently sang “Muchachos” in their tournament bus or in the changing rooms, to Romero’s eternal pride.
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