"Porque te vas" (Because You Are Leaving) is a song performed by the singer Jeanette written by José Luis Perales and remained relatively unknown at the start of 1974.
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Only when the song was used in Carlos Saura's 1976 film Cría Cuervos (Raising Crows), and the film went on to be honored at the Cannes Film Festival (Jury grand prize) and the Berlin Film Festival (jury special prize), did the song become internationally known and a hit.
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Also José Luis Perales, author of "Porque te vas", recorded the song featuring Amaia Montero from Spanish group La Oreja de Van Gogh In 2006 by the duo Los Super Elegantes (aka Milena Muzquiz and Martiniano Lopez Crozet).
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The song was covered in 1996 by the Brazilian pop-rock band Pato Fu (album "Tem mas acabou"), and in 1997 by Mexican female group "Aurora y la Academia".
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Perales composed "Porque te vas" (Why Are You Leaving), which was performed by Jeanette and sold 4 million copies worldwide in 1972.
In Taiwan the album was released as a 2-CDs set with an exclusive covers EP that includes "Qui a tué grand-maman ?" (Polnareff), "Manchester et Liverpool" (Marie Laforêt), "Tous les garçons et les filles", "Ce petit cœur" et "Comment te dire adieu" (Françoise Hardy), "La plus belle pour aller danser" (Sylvie Vartan) and "Porque Te Vas" (Jeanette).