"La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" (Castilian for "The Cat Under the Rain") is a song performed by Spanish singer and actress Rocío Dúrcal released as the second single from her twenty-second studio album Confidencias (1981), known as La gata in the European market. A commercial and critical success, "La Gato Bajo la Lluvia" saw success in Spanish-speaking countries becoming a best-selling single in both the Hispanic American and Spanish markets. It is one of Rocío Dúrcal's signature songs.[1]
| "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Rocío Dúrcal | ||||
| from the album La gata / Confidencias | ||||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| English title | "The Cat Under the Rain" | |||
| B-side | "Marinero" | |||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Romantic ballad | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Ariola | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rafael Pérez Botija | |||
| Producer(s) | Rafael Pérez Botija | |||
| Rocío Dúrcal singles chronology | ||||
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The song gives the name for the European version of the album, which is named La gata.[2]
Commercially the song received success specially in Mexico, where it sold a million copies and it is one of the best-selling singles in the country.[3]
Composition
editSongwriter Rafael Pérez Botija has said that "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" was not inspired from a real situation that had happened to him but from a character he creates every time he wants to write a song. During the making of the song he would only imagine what the situation of a heartbreak would feel like.[4]
Dúrcal has stated that even though the song did not come from a real-life experience it still expresses the feelings of a real heartbreak.
References
edit- ^ "The origins of the most hurtful song from Rocío Dúrcal" (in European Spanish).
- ^ "La gata by Rocío Dúrcal". Discogs.
- ^ "The origins of the most hurtful song from Rocío Dúrcal" (in European Spanish).
- ^ Sónica MX. "The history between "La gata bajo la lluvia"" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 26, 2023.