La Bamba by Ritchie Valens with English & Spanish lyrics

[hoshigakeable]

i love the movie <3 but i fell asleep on the final part where he caught a cold bfore a concert T^T cant watch it anymore,,cant fine it T^T

[EvilOne13805]

How can someone dislike Richie and this song its a Classic

[freetakoz]

So sad ritchie died so young! This song always makes me wana get up and dance sing along!!

[CreepersExplode999]

This song has me replying it in my head.

Para bailar la bamba.. Para bailar la bamba Se necisita una poca de gracia

[FOBxPADxgirl]

I can sing it in spanish by just listening to it

[jettison27]

nice :D

[Mayckly]

sooo cool.. i love his songs and La Bamba is one of my favourite.... me and my mom always cry when we watch the film !! :D (cry)

[ishop4819]

My spanish teacher wants us to learn this, then we will go class to class singing this. -.-

[TheXchocolatebunnies]

@ishop4819 thats exactly what we did but the song is so catchy o_o

[marends10]

spics



[211blabla]

R.I.P

[dorseyharrington]

After listening to this song for 50+ years, I finally know what it means in English. The subtle translational differences are less important to me than the overall feeling.

[anaserfrdrews12798]

Had to play this tune on melodica (look it up) cos my Music teacher COULDN'T F****NG BE BOTHERED TO HELP ME WITH IT ON GUITAR >:(

[bjbhappy]

great

[peca1999]

watch?v=KjNjplL6ayI&feature=re­lated



[JAZZYNBROWNIE]

Gracia Means Thanks Not Grace

[marends10]

@JAZZYNBROWNIE gracias*

gracia means grace

[rudyhc1]

@JAZZYNBROWNIE gracias means thanks gracia means grace

[MarilynCee310]

Im In Love With This Song && Him!! <3333

[lunaticQQ]

I thought gracia translated to grace, not humor...

[portia947]

love this song and the movie

[Penguin15musiclover]

i played this song at school wen i brought my guitar to school and people were shocked because im british

[Odaibat903]

@Penguin15musiclover even me

[TheBunster101]

I like this song! I saved it to my favorites LOL

[CreepersExplode999]

Good job.  I took Spanish in school and understood some/most of it. I just didt know the lyrics. Very well done.

[x3xRawhrzzz]

attempting to sing along with this like i actually know spanish.

gotta love lyric videos~

[TheKingCameron]

i thought arriba meant up? i guess i was wrong lol

[thisguy25551]

@TheKingCameron it also means that

[Pangael]

I kinda think 'gracia' better translates as 'grace', but I can live with 'humor'. 'Arriba y arriba' is pretty idiomatic. Literally, it's 'up and up' or 'forward and forward' but in Mexico it means something more like, 'Get-up-and-go.' So in order to dance La Bamba we both need a little bit of grace and some get-up-and-go. :-)

[RYANINBODEN1547]

i have this song on my guitar hero 

[RYANINBODEN1547]

i have this song on my guitar hero

[skrip1]

Totally need to learn how to translate ariba y ariba docent mean faster and faster it means up and up

[MultiMar16]

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper- legends taken too soon

[lolipopsrawsome]

17 people aren't true latins, cant dance the bamba, and MOST of all they suck!!!!!!!

[lolipopsrawsome]

16 peps cant dance bamba

[naiomi2001]

classiv yo yup

[brandonandles]

Themimer it dosent make sence in english but it is a good song

[MissAquamarine92]

Like this is the film La Bamba brought you here ;)

[thisguy25551]

@MissAquamarine92 hey is that a good movie cause i've always been wanting to watch it

[MissAquamarine92]

@thisguy25551 its a brilliant film :D defo watch it!! u can watch it on 1channel for free x

[xoaquachicxo]

i love this song soo much!! and guatanamera by jose marti. i found out about this song on a spanish festival field trip lols, luv it! :)

[aeriberry123]

llluuuvvveeee this songgg

[Jarlaxle543]

Who wouldn't like this song?

[ariahmak]

love this song, bahaha! xDD we had to sing this in spanish class with EVERYONE...roflololol!!! x) fun fun.

[PlatopusPrincess]

Me encanta este canción (: ¡Gracias, amigo!

[bootseybuddy]

THANKS _ I needed the words for this one - I LOVE IT !!!!! Great Song !!!!!

[isaacsvideo]

15 people are sailors

[2599100abc]

Me gustaría que mi papá cantar esta conmigo, pero otras cosas son importantes!

[PurpleMistress1]

I -3 this song xx

[marleycoolj]

[iminent=RcPRX7YVffOB] i read this book la bamba and i loved it and i love this song

[xxxSkullLoverxxx3]

La Bamba is my favorite movie ever!! and this is my fav song too!

[playercubsphan]

Arriba means "up" not faster. And it can also mean long live

[17jacoyne]

BAMBA BAMBA LETS DANCE THE BAMBA

[awesomesauce639]

2011

[kittyandstars777]

I just thought it was abababababa bumba xD

[TheStamplover]

Always wanted to know what Ritchie was singing...thank you for the Spanish lyrics! My sister has the original Del-Fi single. I heard it a lot as a little girl.

[Purplebeans923]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! It makes me happy:)

[ashley14259]

i have to sing this song tommorrow for natioal spanish month .the whole 6th grade has to sing it and i learnt it so fast and im not even spanish :)

[parshley100]

spanish is hard to learn...im german,irish,and white so that's why i dont get spanish at all

i wish i can lewarn it

[sabraboo93]

even if you didn't know spanish or weren't spanish you knew this song !

i'm black & love this song lol

[TheMimere]

Thank you so much for posting this! I love it. I always wanted to know the lyrics.  Now that I get the play on words in Spanish I love it evgen more.

[MrNathanthejoe]

omg,thankyou so much for making this,i had to memorize the song for class,and this helped soo much,thnkyou!!! :)

[CuteFace2001]

this bring me back when I was in third grade I had to do a cinco de myo dance

[silverxarrows]

im learning how to play and sing this song just trip people out.

[Simmyho]

literally translated this song sounds insane

[sumayadu59]

jkifff jkifff jkifff jkifff lol

[lchibottle2]

@Hockey123123 Im late but he did put it right its also on a spanish book in class o_e

[ZacPloskiFitnessFan]

@lchibottle2 agreed

[lollyhollydolly2285]

We sang this in Choir and my teacher put it on in Spanish today :D

[delanieandkaylee01]

This is the only song I know in Spanish I  this song soooo much!!!!!!!!!!:D­

[maxirons98]

love it

[CTFxCMarleyZoe]

This guy shares my birthday, well I share his birthday

[SuperAlwaysLaughing]

i LOVE this song!! Im glad im Hispanic 8)

[ohsnapitzme13]

lol this is my best friends favorite song! and he isnt even hispanic xDDD

[14chica1]

Ritchieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ! Lolx RIP Ritchie Valens

[slyfox3333]

sorry i mean gracia

[slyfox3333]

i think he mixed grasia and grasiosa XD

[darkdemon0097]

que hola!

[vivian112ful]

GRACIA DOESN'T MEAN HUMOR IT MEANS GRACE just saying

[JaeMilinaTV]

te amo Ritchie Valens r.i.p

[Rawringtonthe3rd]

I'm 15 and I happen to think Ritchie Valens is the shit haha

[maxirons98]

isnt this song just unbeatable. i know every lyrics off by heart

[awsinger1]

ariba y ariba means up and up not faster and faster...

[kittykillerismyname]

Haha this song is awful!!!!!



[SecretBigG20]

14 people coudln't dance the Bamba

[kristalaltizer]

@SecretBigG20 

[champ50398765]

@SecretBigG20 they dont have a little hurmor (no i didnt get it from lyrics 'corse spanish is my 2nd language and i thought it was grace so i guess i did get it from they video

[aeriberry123]

@SecretBigG20 make that 17

[sami2751]

me encanta esta canción la se tocar en guitarra

[basketball30ism]

the lyrics are cool in spanish but in english its dumb lol. just my opinion so don't hate

[AgentSmashinglyG]

I can't speak spanish but I know all the lyrics to La Bamba.

[Roman122KJV]

NOW I KNOW THE WORDS IN ENGLISH! THANKS!!!!!



[ihatekiren]

nice job to the dude who made this R>I>P> ritchie u are missed music aint the same without you amigo

[BaradaJawhary]

The three musketeers :D

[beckspetrinja]

coool pjesma

[Xatper0]

@Hocker123123 is right it is Bomba Bomba.

[hjs2044]

I was 12 when Ritchie Valens died. I'm now teaching myself Spanish.Thanks so much for the translation. I never had a clue what they guy was singing about. I always prefered the flip-side "Donna", but now I have a new appreciation after all these years. You rock. Howard

[marce1673]

WOW SUPER  ME ENCANTA ESTA CANCION

[Hayleysmarty]

RIP Ritchie

[FightPredatorsOnline]

Awesome! I never knew what this song meant so thanks for posting this :-)

[lovemepleaseme1]

umm gracia is grace it should be all you need is a little grace and arriba means up when its repeated its means in a hurry so its say up up

[llddau]

@lovemepleaseme1 Hi sounds like you know Spanish so I'm also wondering if these original lyrics work for a female too or if they need to be changed a little? Cheers from Oz!

[salsa40]

غنو وارقصوا ياويلكم ويا سواد ليلكم

ليبيا نار قوية علي من يعاديها من عملا ومرتدين جايبنهم يلعبو دور البطولة

ليبيا معمر ومعمر ليبيا وتوا الايام اتبيين

[Homa526]

Ричи Валенс - навсегда!

[liberatordude1988]

14 people are morons who cant be open minded!

[slyfoxbear]

@Hockey123123 and @jnaruto123 - I always thought he said Ba La Bamba or Bailar Bamba (Dance the Bamba) but the first line of the first chorus you can clearly hear that he pronounces an 'm' singing 'Bamba Bamba'

[slyfoxbear]

@Hockey123123 and @jnaruto123 - I always thought he said Ba La Bamba or Bailar Bamba (Dance the Bamba) but the first line of the first chorus you can clearly hear that he pronounces an 'm' singing 'Bamba Bamba'

[andreamichelleculp]

bamba bamba haah my freind almoat killed me bc i sung this so much after i learned it in spanish

[kikarocks100]

he is a cool singer but the song does not make scenc in english

[tafferatu]

Excellent, I've loved this tune since I watched the film when I was 7, and always wondered at the translation.

[Hockey123123]

not that its important but its ba, ba ,bamba not bamba, bamba just sayin ya know

[jnaruto123]

@Hockey123123 Interesting, I just noticed that :o I thought it was just the way he said it

[Hockey123123]

@jnaruto123 yeah we got the lyrics in spanish class so...

[tradition4life1983]

@jnaruto123 I'm learning this song for my nephew's 4th birthday, i dont know if i could have learned the lyrics without this, thank you.

[kingdomheartsfreak75]

@jnaruto123 wow i could use this for MY spanish class lolz or osmething very close to this... shed love it!

[jevan113]

@jnaruto123 Its Bamba Bamba 

[mephistopholes23]

@Hockey123123 . It is actually bamba bamba.

[YukiCrossist]

@Hockey123123 actually, it's not..the lyrics are correct lol.

[justindoucet4]

@Hockey123123 No it is Bamba its the way he says it i got a karaoke Program and it says its Bamba its the way he says it

[edmonarque]

like so many other songs, now I know what's being sung. thanks.

[kittykatzrockz]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!! ITS AMAZING!!!!

[therockstaralex]

I love it

[Emilydollgoth]

Good I loved it thx 4 putting on xxx

@Mralexr04 on cuz it's Y Ariba Y Ariba and y means and....

XD

[rebecaqt]

arriba means up instead of faster wich means rapido it should to be higher higher but other than that i believe its ok =) good work =)

[legecar00]

awsome song nice vid nice job



[GOfurious]

good video, but some of the english translations are wrong

[afrundzhyan75]

I LOVE THIS SOng

[JmWearsOrangeFoundii]

This has been stuck in my head since Thursday so I searched it and now I know all the words ;D

[megancrystalful101]

we learned the moves in music

[Atomicflash500]

wrong..its a little grace " not at little humor

[funcullen]

LA BABMBA IS AWESOME AND SO IS RITCHIE VALENS, still sorry he died when he was 17 in a plane crash with buddy holly and the big bopper thumbs up if you think the same thing

[Mralexr04]

LMAO faster faster thats what she sed

[cat24097]

can you make a video of only english words for labamb becouse i have a song in my band book and its labamba i have to play it on clarinet and sing it for my courous if you can yay if you cant booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooo bye

[KristinHarmony]

I wish my spanish ear and pronunciation was better so I could hear and sing something better than "mmbblahblahmayba!" I'm working on it though xD

[Rainboworld2011]

GREAT video, thank u ! Keep it up :D

[LiveToDance013]

I'm Mexican myself

[TheKyleedawn]

@chanelle2082001 Really? their really cool but the ones that don't speak very good english are hard to under stand

[xuSmileyface]

i remeber in 6th grade when we song this in front of the school. it was fun.

[ilargitxo2]

Se necesita una poca de gracia could be translated as a " It is needed a little bit of style" not humour but well quite a good translation.

[sunderbruch12]

love this song

[Love5987]

i love this song i can play it on my clarinet we did it at our band concert

[zuzukyd]

realle a nice song...but..."una poca de GRACIA" = is not humor, the song is about "talent". Ex; tener gracia = to have talent in something...arriba = up =)

[xxSapphieCowPunchxx]

you need a little bit of grace...not humor...

[ILoveGredandForge]

@234Beastyboy haha me too cuz of some story we read I was like okaay but then I fell in love with it in the end lol

[kpool63]

Thank me for watching ? No!!!! Thank you for posting !

[playtonfan]

lolz teacher played it XD



[r474b4k]

Para bailar la bamba -In order to dance the bamba

Se nesecita una poca de gracia- A little bit of GRACE is needed

Para mi para ti - For me for you

Ay ariba Ay ariba- and UP and UP

[r474b4k]

the lyrics are wrong



[r474b4k]

Las letras no son correcto

[234Beastyboy]

I was listenig to this song in my lauguage arts class the teacher played it ?????? :|

[randomallstars]

This Video is very good and so is this song

[TheSlushoMan]

iFantastico mi amigo!

[ywmpg]

I REALLY LIKE this video!!

Whether it's perfectly accurate or not isn't that important--we get the jist of the lyrics...

Thanks for putting the English 'alongside' the Spanish lyrics...

[jnaruto123]

@ywmpg Thank you for the wonderful comment!

And it was my pleasure to make this video :)

[TheKyleedawn]

@ywmpg I like selena's verision better but im only listning to this one cause i have two mexicans in my class so were singing this song for my concert

[spinningstarr]

@ywmpg it is almost exact some people might say it says a little laughter is needed but I think humor is more exact translation

[fluzy97]

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[oldfart269]

Translation from one language to another is never exact, Rather than straight-across word for word, translations always try to get the best meaning out of the material.

[oldfart269]

Translation from one laanguage to another is never exact, Rather than straight-across word for word, translations always try to get the best meaning out of the material.

[12345678987654321do]

me gusta

[gfg7811]

thank you so much for the English lyrics!

[beatferger]

Te doy 10 puntos por tu clase de español :)

Muy buena tu traducción.

[supercandykid1998]

i live in bolivia speak spanish and english and the translations are pretty good but it doesnt make quite sense in english .....

[christinedag98]

your english lyrics are wrong apparently i dont know im not spanish my my friend who is spanish said the english is wrong but i dont know sorry if that may have offended you i meant no harm i like your videos

[jnaruto123]

@christinedag98 none taken, i understand that lyrics are wrong, im not spanish either so i can't have exact correct translations

[floydmilton1]

@jnaruto123 it's not humor but grace The english translation is Dance the bamba in order to dance the bamba a little bit of grace is needed. a little grace and another little thing and higher and higher and higher and higher and I will go I am not a sailor I am not a sailor I am the captain I am the captain

[TheDjlorono]

@jnaruto123 its call google translator.just saying

[jnaruto123]

@TheDjlorono which is what I used for most of the lyrics and translations. It translates the word literally but not it's true slang meaning

[SimesyBrakes]

@christinedag98 There is nothing wrong with this translation of the lyrics. They fit the mood of the song perfectly adequately.

[windymeadows2]

@christinedag98 i looked up the lyrics and she had them right according to the internet