The true story of “La Macarena”: the song by two friends who became millionaires turned 30, and they are celebrating with a docuseries that recalls how famous people from all over the world danced it

Three decades have passed since “Macarena” hit the market in voice The ones from the riverthe Spanish duo that make up Antonio Romero and Rafael Ruizenough time for single became an icon in the 90s that also brought its performers millions of income.

It was on December 13, 1993, when Romero and Ruiz released a hit written in just five minutes, and in 1995, a remix was released.

The boom was so great that La Macarena became a global success with more than 14 billion copies sold and left the group with a profit of at least 60 million euros, about 63 million dollars, as El Español recalls in one of its publications.

Now that 30 years have passed since this launch, a two-episode documentary series is in the works to be released during the first quarter of 2024. Movistar Plus+. Led by Alejandro Marzoa, the genesis of the song will be told, as reported by El País de España.

“The series travels to the most unknown side of the song that managed to stay number one on the Billboard chart for 14 weeks,” reads an excerpt from the Spanish media regarding this documentary that will tell the story of “La Macarena,” a song that was even used for Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign.

The true story of “La Macarena”

Those from Ríos are in the mode of celebrating the anniversary of “La Macarena”, which is why in an interview with Jaime Cantizano for La 1, they talked about this success that brought them worldwide recognition, reminds RTVE.

“We understand the plagiarism that exists in the world, things, and that the Macarena perseveres and continues to move and above all brings joy to the world with music from Spain,” commented Antonio Romero, recalling how three decades have passed and the theme is still relevant.

For Los del Río, the story of “La Macarena” originated from Venezuela when they were at a private party where, without planning it, a young dancer followed them and when they saw her movements, they improvised some lines and then in Antonio wrote the lyrics to the hotel in a few minutes, the Vogue publication reminds.

But there is another protagonist in this story. is around Diana Patricija, a flamenco dancer who became famous for the song. And after the boom of that topic, the Venezuelan woman became internationally known as “La Macarena” because of her relationship with this creation of those from Seville.

She has her own version that she explained to El Español where she is reflected as the muse or inspiration for the song that filled the pockets of Los del Ría.

According to an interview with Spanish media, she met the duo at a private party held at the house of businessman Gustavo Cisneros in 1991.

A year later, during Los del Ría’s next visit to Venezuela, they met again with Diana Patricia, who was invited on stage in the middle of their performance after she sent them a message saying “I’m Diana Patricia, we met last year in to the house of Gustavo Cisneros.”

According to her story, they introduced her as “a great dancer” and from there they sang one of the lines that gave life to the song. “Give your body joy Magdalena”, sang one of the members who admitted after the end of the show that she would make a song out of it. “Magdalena” was changed to Macarena in honor of Antonio’s daughter, the composer of the successful song.

“Chiquilla, we’re going to make a song out of this phrase,” Los del Río warned Diana Patricia, although according to her, they never warned her or mentioned that she was their inspiration. Even so, being “La Macarena” opened up a world of possibilities for her.

“I traveled to many countries and had many contracts, but at the level of Macarena. To dance the Macarena,” he said, before declaring that he never received “a peseta, a euro, a dollar” for the hit. I never asked a lawyer to help me with something, I was completely satisfied because he gave me a world name, she said.

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