En_El_Muelle_De_San_Blás

En el muelle de San Blas

En el muelle de San Blas

1998 single by Maná


"En el muelle de San Blas" (English: "At the pier of San Blas") is the fourth radio single and eighth track off of Maná's fifth studio album, Sueños Líquidos (1997). In the week of May 23, 1998, the song debuted and reached number eighteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks.[1] It stayed for a total of six weeks.[2]

Quick Facts Single by Maná, from the album Sueños Líquidos ...

The song was inspired by Rebeca Méndez Jiménez, a woman in Nayarit, México. In 1971 she said goodbye to her fiancé Manuel, a foreign fisherman she was set to marry three days later. As he was returning from his fishing trip, the storm Priscila struck the area,[3] possibly killing him, though his body was never found. Rebeca Méndez Jiménez waited for him for 41 years (1971–2012) at the pier of San Blas. She was nicknamed the “Loca del Muelle de San Blas” by the locals because she often dressed as a bride.

In 1997, Fernando Olvera, the lead singer of the group Maná, visited the pier, crossed paths with Rebeca, asked her about her story, and decided to turn it into a song. Méndez Jiménez passed away on September 16, 2012, at the age of 63, still waiting for Manuel who never returned.

The authorities of Nayarit have built a statue of her at the San Blas Port to commemorate her story. This has made the port a popular tourist destination, attracting visitors from different parts of Mexico and Latin America. [4][dead link]

Statue of Rebeca Méndez Jiménez at the San Blas port.

Charts

More information Chart (1998), Peak position ...

References

  1. "San Blas y la leyenda de la mujer que esperó a su amado en el muelle". 11 May 2017.
  2. ZonaFrancaMX. "Muere la mujer que inspiró la canción 'En el muelle de San Blas', del grupo Maná" Archived 2015-06-07 at the Wayback Machine (Woman who inspired Maná's song "En el muelle de San Blas" dies), ZonaFranca Mexico, 19 September 2012.

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