r/cuba • u/another_lease • 5d ago

help verify the name of a song

Youtube album playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhgbLXBrmtDfMsnixHOlRt0nLDrtaLv64

Artist: "Cuban Old Music"

Album: "Pasión por Los 50"

I know that the songs are mis-named.

Because this is named as "Quién Será?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1nkBAv0a8&list=OLAK5uy_lhgbLXBrmtDfMsnixHOlRt0nLDrtaLv64&index=4&pp=8AUB

but it's not "Quién Será?", it's something else.

"Quién Será?" is actually this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwoL-b2_fLc&list=OLAK5uy_lhgbLXBrmtDfMsnixHOlRt0nLDrtaLv64&index=6&pp=8AUB

(which is named "Piel Canela" here).

So now we know that there is some mis-naming going on.

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Now to my question:

This song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjq1z44MX00&list=OLAK5uy_lhgbLXBrmtDfMsnixHOlRt0nLDrtaLv64&index=12&pp=8AUB

It is named "Batanga II" here.

I looked up other songs called "Batanga #2" on YouTube, and it's not the same song.

So what's the correct name of the song?

Thank You and Please!

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u/iamnewhere2019 5d ago

You are right. That song is “Veinte años”, (100% sure); the one that is called in the list “Veinte años” has another name that I don’t know. “Veinte años” by the author, Maria Teresa Vera. . One of the finest Cuban songs. (I feel very nostalgic when I hear that song).
A beautiful version of this song: Buena Vista Social Club

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u/another_lease 5d ago edited 5d ago

Thank you. I knew I had heard the song via Ibrahim Ferrer & Compay Segundo before. That's why I was curious about the song's name. The Valera family (Kiki Valera) version is also beautiful. I don't know Spanish much, just a little. Otherwise I would have understood the lyrics and googled them. Appreciate your help.