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5 unusual facts about Oye Como Va


Arsenio Rodríguez

As David García points out, the first four beats of the actual break have a rhythm below which was used repeatedly in the subsequent decades, most famously by Tito Puente and later Carlos Santana in "Oye Como Va"—Moore (2007).

When the pattern is used as a type of block chord guajeo, as in "Oye Como Va," it's referred to as ponchando.

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2 Live Crew sampled the song on the track "Mamolapenga" on their 1990 album Banned in the U.S.A.

Latin rapper and singer Gerardo covered the song on his 1991 debut album, "Mo' Ritmo".

The song is referenced in the Syfy Channel's Warehouse 13 series in the second season episode "Around the Bend".



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