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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Marcia Bala

| cover = Marcia_baila.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Les Rita Mitsouko

| album = Rita Mitsouko

| B-side = Jalousie

| released = April 1984

| recorded = France, 1984

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = 5:34

| label = Virgin

| writer = Catherine Ringer
Frdric Chichin

| producer = Conny Plank
Rita Mitsouko

| prev_title = Restez avec moi

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Andy

| next_year = 1986

| misc =

}}

"'Marcia Bala'" is a 1984 song recorded by the French duo Les Rita Mitsouko. It was the third single from their first album, 'Rita Mitsouko', and was released in April of that year. Dedicated to a dancer with the band who died in 1981, this song was a big hit both in France and abroad and can be considered as being one of the band's signature songs.

Background and writing



The song was composed by both members of the group, Catherine Ringer and Fred Chichin. It is a tribute to Argentine dancer and choreographer Marcia Moretto, who participated in the band's tours before her death from breast cancer in 1983 at the age of 36. With this song, the group enjoyed extensive media coverage; indeed, "the music video for the single [was] a success which result[ed] in repeated and enthusiastic broadcastings on the television, the extravagance of the group express[ing] itself as well in concerts as during its cathodic performances."Elia Habib, 'Muz hit. tubes', p. 45 Philippe Gautier directed the vibrant and widely viewed music video that accompanies the song, and gathered in a global concept representative of the arts of its time, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler for the costumes and graffiti painters from the Figuration libre movement as well as Xavier Veilhan for the set design. Despite its Spanish title, the lyrics are in French.

Chart performance



In France, the song had a long chart trajectory, remaining on the Top 50 charts for 29 weeks. It debuted at #33 on April 27, 1985, and climbed regularly until it peaked at #2 for three consecutive weeks, but by note and curiosity, it was blocked by the song "Live is Life" by "Opus". In all, it spent 17 weeks in the Top Ten."Marcia Bala", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=21816&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved November 14, 2008)
The song was Rita Mitsouko's first big hit and propelled them to considerable fame.

In the media and cover versions



The song can be heard in several films, including 'The Witnesses' (produced by Andr Tchin, 2007), 'La Tte de maman' (Carine Tardieu, 2007), 'Le Pornographe' (Bertrand Bonello, 2001), 'Belle Maman' (Gabriel Aghion, 1999) and 'Sans toit ni loi' (Agns Varda, 1985).

The song is also a PAL region exclusive for Just Dance 3.

In 1997, the song was covered in Spanish by Los Del Sol. Gloria Lasso covered the song under the title "Balando con Marcia". In 1998, Ricky Martin covered the song on his album 'Vuelve', on which it features as the 11th track.'Vuelve', track listing and charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=2712&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved November 14, 2008) Christer Bjrkman also made a version of the song, released as a single in 2002. The French band Nouvelle Vague covered this song for their fourth album Couleurs sur Paris, released in 2010.

Track listings



; 7" single

# "Marcia Bala" 4:30

# "Jalousie" 3:40

; 12" maxi

# "Marcia Bala" 5:34

# "Jalousie" 3:40

# "Marcia Bala" (instrumental) 6:15

; U.K. 12" single [http://www.discogs.com/Rita-Mitsouko-Marcia-Baila/release/1369276 Rita Mitsouko* - Marcia Baila (12") at Discogs] (Retrieved January 24, 2009)

# "Marcia Bala (Extended Version)"

# "Marcia Bala (Extended French Version)"

# "Marcia Bala (7" English Version)"

; U.S. Sire Records 12" maxi [http://www.discogs.com/Rita-Mitsouko-Marcia-Baila/release/86119 Rita Mitsouko* - Marcia Baila (12") at Discogs] (Retrieved January 24, 2009)

# "Marcia Bala (English Version)"

# "Marcia Bala (French Version)"

# "Jalousie"

# "Marcia Bala (Single Version)"

# "Marcia Bala (Instrumental)"

; Canada 12" maxi[http://www.discogs.com/Rita-Mitsouko-Marcia-Baila/release/871893 Rita Mitsouko* - Marcia Baila (12") at Discogs] (Retrieved January 24, 2009)

# "Marcia Bala (Extended Version)" 7:21

# "Andy (7" French Version)" 4:15

# "Marcia Bala (Extended French Version)" 5:10

# "Andy (Extended French Version)" 5:15

Charts



{|class="wikitable"

!Chart (1985)

!Peak
position

|-

|Eurochart Hot 100

|align="center"|13

|-

|French SNEP Singles Chart

|align="center"|2

|-

|US 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Play

|align="center"|27

|-

|}

Certifications



References




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