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"'Arriba en la Cordillera'" (translanted: "Up in the Mountain Range") is a song by the Chilean singer-songwriter Patricio Manns released as single in 1965 and included in the 1966 studio album "Entre Mar y Cordillera". It reached #1 on the Chilean charts and was chosen as the most popular song at Huaso de Olmu Festival in 2009. The song was performed by various bands and singers such as Quilapayun, Inti-Illimani, Mon Laferte or Los Miserables.

Composition and recording



Manns wrote the song in a single night using as inspiration the memories he had of different moments in his young life, especially one where fleeing from justice he hid among the interiors of Los Angeles. Manns left place and after traveling to the Atacalco pass, it was established Laguna del Laja known as 'lagos cumbrereros', in which he lived and knew the experiences of the muleteers, who earned their living as cattle rustlers stealing Argentine cattle to bring them to Chilean territory through those remote mountain passes.

Manns recorded it on the Demon label thanks to the initiative of Camilo Fernandez, the song was performed together with Los Cuatro Cuartos and also featured two members from Las Cuatro Brujas summoned by their arranger Chino Urquidi.

Release



'Arriba en la Cordillera' was released as single in 1965 on Demon label, the song began to play on radio stations not accustomed to folk music and several copies of the single were sold out in almost all the record stores in the Chilean capital, becoming the label's best-selling album. It also reached No. 1 on the Chilean music charts, and later was included in 1966 album 'Entre Mar y Cordillera' (Between Sea And Mountain Range), an album that was released on Demon label and "which marked the development of nueva cancin as an increasingly distinctive musical genre and exposed a wider public to this form of musical expression."

Music video



The official music video was released in October 1972 under the direction of Hugo Arvalo, who is considered the father of the video clip in Chile. In the video clip, Patricio rides on horseback in Andes Mountains with a group of muleteers that both Manns and Arvalo obtained from the area of Farellones. According to the Arvalo words: "He had made this same story, this same section, he only tells his real experience, what he lived".

Legacy



Patricio after the success of "Arriba en la Cordillera" was recognized as one of the main figures of neofolklore, Ginette Acevedo achieved great success for his respective version of "Arriba en la Cordillera" and Antuco declared Manns as an illustrious citizen because of this song. The song is considered one of the most representative of the Nueva Cancin Chilena and one of the most important Chilean popular music of the 20th century as well as other songs such as "Gracias a la vida" by Violeta Parra or "Te recuerdo amanda" by Victor Jara.

In January 2009, it was chosen as the most popular song in the history of Chile at Huaso de Olmu Festival, and as award, Manns received the Golden Guitrapin and 4 million pesos. Surpassing other compositions like "Si somos americanos" by Rolando Alarcon, "Te recuerdo amanda" by Vctor Jara, "Volver a los 17" by Violeta Parra and "Viva Chile" by Luis Bahamonde.

References



Category:1965 singles

Category:1965 songs

Category:Spanish-language songs

Category:Chilean songs

Category:Chilean folk songs

Category:Nueva cancin

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