Colombia Tierra Querida

"Colombia Tierra Querida"
Song by Lucho Bermúdez
Recorded	1970
Genre	Cumbia
Label	CBS Records
Songwriter(s)	Lucho Bermúdez

"Colombia Tierra Querida" (translation "Colombia dear land") is a song written by Lucho Bermúdez in the Colombian cumbia genre. It is also the name of the 1970 album by Bermúdez, released on CBS Records, that introduced the song.

The song was popularized in 1970 with a version of the song recorded by Bermúdez and his orchestra with vocals by Matilde Diaz. Since its release, the song has been covered by many artists and is one of the most widely recognized pieces of Colombian folk music. It has been described as a "second national anthem" by multiple Colombian media.[1][2][3]

The song has been listed as one of the greatest Colombian songs of all time by multiple media outlets:

• In its list of the top ten Colombian songs, El Heraldo rated Colombia Tierra Querida at No. 2.[4]
• In its list of the ten most iconic Colombian songs, El Nuevo Siglo, rated Colombia Tierra Querida at No. 2.[5]
• In its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, El Tiempo, Colombia's most widely circulated newspaper, ranked the song at No. 4.[6]
• Viva Music Colombia also rated the song No. 2 on its list of the 100 most important Colombian songs of all time.[7]

Juan Carlos Coronel covered the song in 1994.[8] In December 2020, Disney announced that its upcoming animated film Encanto, set in Colombia, would feature Coronel's version of the song.[9][10]

Other artists covering the song include Checo Acosta,[11][12] Andrés Cabas,[13] Carolina la O,[14] and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra.[15] It was also performed in 2015 on the Colombian version of "The Voice" by Fanny Lu, Cepeda, and Maluma, the official YouTube video of which has received over 7 million views.[16] In 2019, the song was used as the opening of the so-called "Plantón Sinfónico" during the 2019 protests in Colombia.[17]

References

1. "Lucho Bermúdez: 105 años". Radio Nacional de Colombia. January 25, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
2. Christopher Ramírez (July 20, 2020). "Top 7 de las canciones que todo colombiano lleva en su mente". Colombia.com. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
3. "Gran homenaje al compositor Lucho Bermúdez". Revista Arcadia. June 14, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
4. "Top 10 de las canciones más colombianas para celebrar este 20 de Julio". El Heraldo. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
5. "Las de siempre: top 10 de las canciones más colombianas". El Nuevo Siglo. September 10, 2021.
6. "Las 50 mejores canciones de Colombia". El Tiempo.
7. "Las 100 Canciones Colombianas Mas Importantes de Toda La Historia". Viva Music Colombia. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
8. "Colombia Tierra Querida, Juan Carlos Coronel - Video Oficial". Codiscos. December 1, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
9. "'Colombia tierra querida': la historia detrás de la canción que acompaña la película 'Encanto'". Semana. December 18, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
10. "¿Cómo llegó 'Colombia, tierra querida' a Disney?". El Tiempo. December 16, 2020.
11. "Checo Acosta presenta "Colombia tierra querida"". El Espectador. July 16, 2021.
12. "Colombia Tierra Querida". Checo Acosta. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
13. "Andrés Cabas Interpreta El Clasico Colombia Tierra Querida Para Celebrar El Bicentenario". El Tiempo. July 20, 2010.
14. "Carolina La O COLOMBIA TIERRA QUERIDA "EN VIVO" (Oficial)". Carolina la O. May 29, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
15. ""Colombia tierra querida"". Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. March 27, 2020.
16. "Fanny Lu, Cepeda y Maluma cantaron Colombia tierra querida – LVK Col – Especial – Cap 41 – T2". The Voice Kids Colombia. December 10, 2015.
17. "Más de 10.000 personas marcharon desde distintos puntos de Bogotá". El Espectador. November 27, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

External links

• Colombia, tierra querida at Spanish Wikipedia
• Original by Lucho Bermúdez