"¿A quién le importa?" | ||||
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Single by Alaska y Dinarama | ||||
from the album No Es Pecado | ||||
B-side | "Bote de Colón (Techno Chochi' Mix)" | |||
Released | March 1986 | |||
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Recorded | 1986 | |||
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Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | EMI Music | |||
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Producer(s) | Nick Patrick | |||
Alaska y Dinarama singles chronology | ||||
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"¿A quién le importa?" | ||||
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Single by Thalía | ||||
from the album Thalía | ||||
B-side | "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)" | |||
Released | December 2002 | |||
Format | CD single, 12" single | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Latin pop | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | EMI Latin | |||
Writer(s) | G. Berlanga I. Canut |
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Producer(s) | Estéfano | |||
Thalía singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Fangoria | ||||
from the album El paso trascendental del Vodevil a la Astracanada | ||||
Released | 2011 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | March 8, 2011 | |||
Genre | Electropop | |||
Length | 4:07 | |||
Label | Warner Music | |||
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Producer(s) | Carlos Jean | |||
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"¿A quién le importa?" (English: literally, "To whom does it matter?"; idiomatically, "Who cares?") is a successful single released from the Spanish pop rock band Alaska y Dinarama's 1986 No es pecado album. In 2002 Latin Mexican pop singer Thalia covered the song in her 2002 self-titled studio album, with an accompanying music video. Fangoria - composed of two of the song's three original artists, Alaska and Nacho Canut - recorded an updated, more electronic version of the song along with a new music video. The song was featured in the "Astracanada" disc of the album. Other cover versions include those by Pink Punk and Christina Rapado.
The song was originally written and produced by Carlos Berlanga and Nacho Canut. Alaska y Dinarama's version of the song was later recognized as a gay anthem by the Spanish language-speaking LGBT community, even though it did not allude to it at all. Alaska (the original singer) remains a star in Spanish media.
The song describes a person who is criticized for being different. The question and title lyric "Who cares?" is repeated throughout the song indicating that criticism does not affect her and she will stay the way she is. The chorus of the song asks (translated from the Spanish): "Who cares what I do? / Who cares what I say? / I am the way I am. I'll keep on being that. / I will never change."
"Alaska y Dinarama's Music Video"
The music video was filmed in 1986 on TVE's soundstage for Alaska's program La Bola de Cristal. The music video depicts Alaska with her "Rastafari Punk" look (her makeup is green, and her hair is shaved from the sides and is grabbed into a high pony tail with dreadlocks), as she sings at the center of an energetic crowd (whom seem to get motivated by her and support her). In this video Alaska is wearing a silver fringe jacket. This style later inspired Thalia to dress up almost identically to her during her trip to Argentina. This video was first aired in Spain in 1986.