Eres tu and Touch the Wind cover

Eres tu and Touch the Wind cover

Eres tú - Mocedades

Writer/s: Encarnita Garcia De Jesus, Kany Garcia

Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

[Estrofa 1] (Stanza 1)

Como una promesa, eres tú, eres tú

Como una mañana de verano

Como una sonrisa, eres tú, eres tú

Así, así, eres tú

Toda mi esperanza, eres tú, eres tú

Como lluvia fresca en mis manos

Como fuerte brisa, eres tú, eres tú

Así, así, eres tú

[Estribillo] (Chorus)

Eres tú como el agua de mi fuente

(Algo así eres tú)

Eres tú el fuego de mi hogar

Eres tú como el fuego de mi hoguera

Eres tú el trigo de mi pan

[Estrofa 2]

Como mi poema, eres tú, eres tú

Como una guitarra en la noche

Todo mi horizonte eres tú, eres tú

Así, así, eres tú

[Estribillo]

Eres tú como el agua de mi fuente

(Algo así eres tú)

Eres tú el fuego de mi hogar

Eres tú como el fuego de mi hoguera

Eres tú el trigo de mi pan

[Outro]

Eres tú...

“Eres tú” (“It’s You”) was the Spanish entry to the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest. It was written and conducted by Juan Carlos Calderón and performed by the band Mocedades (Youths). Calderón conducted and Mocedades performed live at the contest on April 7, 1973. They came in second to the Luxembourg entry “Tu te reconnaîtras” by Anne-Marie David.

The song was released as a single shortly after the contest and achieved chart success across Europe, far outstripping the winner. But the extremely rare thing was that by 1974, the original Spanish language version of the song was a top 10 hit in the United States, hitting #9 in the Billboard Hot 100. Mocedades is one of only five acts from Spain to score a top 10 hit in the U.S. and the only one to do so with a song entirely in Spanish.

An English language version of the song was created called “Touch the Wind”. The English lyrics, credited to Mike Hawker (best known as co-writer of “I Only Want to Be With You”), were entirely new and not an attempt to translate the original. Despite its mild success on the U.S. charts at the time (especially in covers), it has mostly faded into obscurity.

Touch the Wind - Juan Carlos Calderón, Mike Hawker

I woke up this morning and my mind fell away

And looking back sadly from tomorrow

As I heard an echo from the past softly say

Come back, come back, won't you stay?

 

I wanted to reach you, let you know I still care (I still care)

And lost in the silence of my sorrow

I put a promise in the wind, on the air

To fly away to you there

 

Touch the wind

Catch my love as it goes sailing

Touch the wind and I'll be close to you

 

(Touch the wind)

I'll be easy to find

(Catch my love as it goes sailing)

On the winds of the morning I'll come sailing

(Touch the wind)

I'll be easy to find

(And I'll be close to you)

Baby, I'll be close to you

 

And only forever can I say I love you

And only forever have I lost you

But only a dreamer could wake up as I do

And hope it's still yesterday

 

(Nananana...)

(Nananana... na...)

 

Touch the wind

Catch my love as it goes sailing

Touch the wind and i'll be close to you

 

(Touch the wind)

I'll be easy to find

(Catch my love as it goes sailing)

On the winds of the morning I'll come sailing

(Touch the wind)

I'll be easy to find

(And I'll be close to you)

Baby, I'll be close to you

 

Touch the wind

I think the copyright for both songs are for 1973 but I could not actually find one Online.

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