Saturday Flashback: Norman Langen – Baila mi amor

“All that’s really missing is Pitbull yelling nonsensical syllables over the top.”

Tim: After the not particularly inspiring Latin schlager track we featured on Wednesday, our reader Laith got in touch with us about this, a more interesting example you might enjoy – particularly if the highlight on Wednesday was the corset.

Tom: He’s not wearing a cor– oh, never mind, we’re good. But yes, that’s an interesting mix of German and Spanish, isn’t it?

Tim: And all that’s really missing is Pitbull yelling nonsensical syllables over the top – bring in Mr Worldwide and I think I’d really like it.

Tom: Wait, you’re saying Pitbull would improve something? Times have changed.

Tim: Oh, he can always be relied upon to spice up a track a bit. It has a good chorus, and while I obviously wouldn’t turn down a key change at the 3:06 mark, it works well enough without one. You’ve also got all the standard tropes from 2012 in there, the vocoded intro (albeit with a disappointing lack him of singing his own name), and in terms of Latin schlager I think this is probably as good as we’re going to get. Whether or not it’s worth pursuing is of course up to you; for me it’s an interesting novelty. Let’s not get too involved.