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Me Gustas Tú
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Bongo Bong
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Mama Call
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Clandestino (feat. Calypso Rose)
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Clandestino
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Mentira
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Mr Bobby
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La Chinita (Official Video)
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Pokito De Mí
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Merry Blues
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About Manu Chao
Artist Biography
When popular French rock band Mano Negra disbanded in the mid-‘90s, founder and lead singer Manu Chao decided to keep roaming. The band started in 1987 busking in the Paris subway, and at the height of fame, it toured South America by freight train and boat. Once on his own, Chao continued travelling the Americas, studying the chaotic urban symphonies of street bands, public markets and fellow migrants, eventually pouring his vivid stories into the wanderlust manifesto, 1998’s Clandestino. Movement has been a lifelong constant for Manu Chao, born in 1961 Paris to Spanish immigrants fleeing Francisco Franco's brutal regime. Even in music, Chao's natural inertia propelled him from band to band and through nearly a dozen languages, leaving a trail of influential projects including Hot Pants and Los Carayos, and a globally accessible songbook. Manu Chao grew into a fierce critic of capitalist globalisation and has expressed solidarity with Mexico's Zapatista movement—a rebellious, conscientious spirit that continued shaping his music across freewheeling gems Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) and La Radiolina (2007).
Hometown
Paris, France
Genre
Worldwide
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