“Bear it, naive”: Hombres G and the story of the song ‘Give back my girl’, which they dedicated to a young woman Mac

“Put up with it, naive, give me back my girl, or you’ll be floundering among scabby powder“, says the lyrics of the song that gave everything for men Mras its founder David Summers said, recalling the creation of the Spanish group’s best-known theme from the 80s.

It was in the show “El Hormiguero” that the singer of the band, who turned 40 on stage in October 2021, revealed how the song that they usually close concerts on tours in Spain and the world was created.

What is the origin of the song “Tripi, naivčino” by Hombres G

Pablo Motos asked David Summers, the singer-founder of the rock band, if he made a “for jod…” (annoying) song to his ex’s new boyfriend when they first started, to which the singer replied between laughs that

“Yes, that’s the motivation I had when I started making songs”, He answered in part of the interview that can be viewed on Antena 3’s YouTube channel.

And Motos asks Javier Molina, a member of the band, if David “was very much in love with Maca”, what was the girl’s name, who jokingly confirms that he was, but luckily they ended.

“We were playing at Rock-Oli the following Saturday and I knew she was going with her boyfriend and a few days before I made a song to sing, for the two of them to listen to, and we practiced it a bit. and he played…” said David Summers.

This was the success of the song

Today, 59 years old, singer and founder of the group men Mr He said that when they did very specific concerts, they noticed that the single was very popular.

“People said, ‘Pizza pizza!’ That’s how we started to realize that the song had potential. When we recorded the first album I said: ‘We’re going to release this one, people love it’.

“Give me back my girl”, the title of the song, was a success that catapulted four young people. For 1987, David’s father, Manuel Summers, directed the film “Suffre, mamón”, which cemented the theme as an anthem for the youth of the 80s and 90s.

“Imagine, that song opened the door to whole countries for us. In the 80’s we went from Sufra mamón to America and we arrived in Peru and Peru was burning with song; we went to Venezuela, it was burning; we went to Mexico, we sold a million records in six months. It’s the song that gave us everything,” David recalled.

Javier Molina, who no longer mentioned the name of the girl who inspired the song, followed up on the anecdote: “I remember a concert I was at with a girl, the one you mentioned before and imagine how the red, green, yellow guy was, he wanted to kill us there.”

From 1982, when Hombres G was born, until 2021, the band, which also includes Rafa Gutiérrez and Daniel Mezquita, has 12 albums, according to Depor. Currently, the four members continue to tour with their cult song, which sounds like other famous ones such as “Venezia” and “Marta has a pacemaker”.

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