@jerquake943 what are you talking about? Do you assume everything? What's with the millennial stuff. Are you discriminating against age? What is your point? You are so stupid that's not drums.
I was 10 years old, when this song came out. Our dance instructor created a routine for one of our competition teams. Every time it plays on the radio, the memories of this dance number come back to me. Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine had several Billboard Top 10 hits in the 80s and 90s, and is an icon of their time. In all fairness, Gloria her husband, and son were involved in a near-fatal bus accident that collided with a tractor trailer on March 20, 1990 near the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania. Her son had a broken shoulder bone, husband had minor head a hand injuries, while she had a broken vertebra in her back. She underwent a four-hour surgery to repair her spinal alignment with steel rods. Her prognosis for a full recovery was doubtful, so she retired. However, with extensive physical therapy, she made a miraculous recovery, and returned to the music scene in January 1991. In March, she launched a year-long tour to highlight her comeback. Since then, she's had numerous hit albums, a Broadway show, and was awarded the President Medal of Freedom for profound contributions to music and the Latin American culture in 2017. Her life story is quite interesting. I encourage people of the younger generations to read her biography. Many artists and others believe that it is inspirational.
She is one of my biggest inspirations of all time. I read this article when she spoke about going through physical therapy for her back and how she never gave up. She said something along the lines of, “Today, I’m going to walk five feet. Tomorrow, 10 feet, the next day 15, and so on and so forth.” She never gave up from her injuries and she was told she’d never be able to have more children after the bus crash. She proved doctors wrong by giving birth to a healthy baby girl in 1994, who has followed in her footsteps and is a singer herself now.
👍 this was one of the most iconic bands of the 80's. For us European youngsters an introduction to latin music. Always wanted to understand Spanish because of Gloria Estefan.😅🤩 Now I am 47 and still fan.
Sorry if a repeated anecdote but young woman who in retrospect looked very like her on QM2 few years ago, cant remember which as was spending inheritance on a few. Almost fell over her bag leaving bar table, but 2019 trip thought dinner guests - not her this time - might be planning a beheading.
I always respected Gloria Estefan because her mother wanted her to go to college, but she wanted to be a singer. Our of respect for her mother, Gloria went to college, graduated and got a degree. Then she handed the degree to her mother and said, "That's for you, mother!" And then she went and did what she wanted, became a pop star.
You know Emilio Estefan, the guy with Gloria at the beginning was the producer/band leader of the MSM. He later went on to produce alot of other artists including Shakira.
Remember seeing Miami Sound Machine in the early 80’s, as a teenager, in Ybor City. It was a free concert and maybe 200 to 300 people showed up for it. Remember they were just starting to take off, so they needed to get their music known out there. Gloria (man, she was so short, tiny but wonderful person) and Emilio took a photo with my mom and me. We had gotten to talk with them for a few short minutes before they had to sign some other autographs and then depart for another Florida city, to perform at the next day. Never forgot that time they were a struggling band and saw them many times later too. Still have the photo, in one of my memory books... I will have to find and post it one day.
@nightsky some people just don’t want people to enjoy themselves and spread joy online, those are the same people whose friends all secretly hate, the same with co workers. Those are the same people that won’t be remembered by their family at their funeral, and those are the same people as you. So please stop being this way and just maybe you won’t be such a terrible person 🙂
I'm pretty sure it's literally involuntary. I'm actively trying not to right now and it's just not working! Edit: GUYS, I THINK I'M STUCK LIKE THIS. I'M GETTING KINDA SCARED PLZ HELP
I was so hoping she would've came out. I kept thinking Sharika, JLo AND Gloria...3 very popular female latino artist on stage performing this together would've been AWESOME!! They really missed an opportunity there.
I was telling everybody at work she (Gloria) was gonna be the half time surprise...they really missed a grand opportunity to pay tribute to Miami and its Latin roots!!!!
This is what happens when you put a talented singer with talented musicians. You get the very best music that defines a generation, that never goes out of style
I was just thinking how this song could hang with those of the last decade and come out rosy. It's almost a shock to see the heavy 80s outfits on display here to think that it really came out so long ago.
Miami Sound Machine! I was in La Florida, on and off for a tme and never got a chance to visit Miami. Everytime I hear this and "The Rhythm is Gonna get you," I think of the movie "The Birdcage" and South Beach and Miami pictures. Conga and bongos and some trumpet. Too bad they didn't get Ramon Flores, To play on this track.
A lot of people heard this song back in the days it was popular along with their other song the Rhythm gonna get you. The young generation don't know nothing about this
This song is so nostalgic for me. I was a Lil girl when this came out. I remember on a warm summer night my father would have the patio door open while making daiquiris and have this playing on the record player. I am definitely telling my age. This song brings and automatic smile to my face and I immediately break out into full on salsa dancing. Good music never dies.
@@spkanava 👍🎉 WOOHOO !! I luv the 80's and I was born in 69 Gen X and I used to luv listening to Bryan Adams ..." Was the Summer of 69 " song !! Think I'll have to play it now , lol !! 👍😁😄
Love that Latin rhythm ! Some of the 80's greatest music. Used to dance the nights away to Gloria and the sound machine. Thank for all the great times.
My daughter sent me a tik tok, I’m like...yep, my mom did aerobics to this in the 80’s??? I’m so old...I didn’t realize I just got “new” Rick Rolled...
@@safrenrecords WHAAAAT?!?!? Electro-Pop didn't exist in 1985?!?!? LIsten to me little BOY, go on and learn a few things, and then come back here and try to make some comments! 'Cause explaining to you, when was the time when Alphaville, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, SAndra, Yazoo, Eurythmics and all the other existed, would be an exercise in futility and stupidity!
I have tremendous levels of respect for Gloria Estefan because she paved the way for the Latin explosion of the music scene in the mid to late 90's as that is when Selena, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin and Shakira became popular with English language audiences.
This is definitely a more fun, upbeat version of the 1980s. We got some great artistic media out of the 80s (movie, music, Broadway, etc), but it wasn't always a party. While it's fun to reminisce, and ponder "What if?", many seem to overlook the not so glamorous aspects of the decade.
I lived through the 80s. Computers and video games were new and cool, not attached to devices, folks did too much cocaine, and used entirely too much aqua net hairspray
@@cannibalisticrequiem War on drugs, AIDS, homophobia, cocaine, crack babies, Apartheid, serious famines, world hunger, those commercials of very emaciated children, there was a lot of not so pretty parts of the 1980's.
It's so true. Have you ever seen that episode of Futurama where Bender asks what it would be like if he was a human? He wants to get the stereotypical "human experience", so he does things like smoking a cigar (he did that before too, but it wasn't bad for him), eating nachos, and going dancing. He feels an uncontrollable urge to move in his hips that he had never experienced before when this song (Conga) is played. I feel like that sums her up pretty well: even if you had never heard of dancing in your entire life, Gloria Estefan would somehow *_still_* make you feel the urge to get up and dance. I went a long way for that one, hopefully that made at least some sense lol
Omg!!! This song has so much electricity!! From the moment the beat drops it feels like your body gets filled with fire and the only way you can extinguish it is to get up and dance. Otherwise if you keep sitting you'll burn up!!!
Met the sound machine in a new Orleans elevator back in '89, ......makes you yearn for better times, everyone living and loving together as one people. Mad LOVE!!!
I listen to more country music than anything, but this Gloria Estefan classic from the 80's is one of my favorites. I was a young teenage girl when this song was on the charts back in the summer of 1985, just 16 - almost 17 years old. It's one of those songs that makes you smile whenever you hear it.
Dearest Gloria!! To a beautiful and talented woman who is an inspiration to us all. I've been listening to your music for over 30 years!! Your music transcends time. Sending you and our family all my love!!
Cuando tenia 10 años en 1995 estaba en un grupo de danza y esa era una de las canciones que teníamos coreografia... Mi madre falleció hace 2 meses y estoy viviendo el luto de forma diferente... Acabo de bailar la canción completa con mi hija de 7 años
De eso se trata la vida ,de gozar, nuestras madres ya están en otro terreno celestial y ellas no nos quieren ver tristes más que felices ,a gozar de la vida sin hacer daño a nadie 😘💕🤗💋💓🎊💋💋
Last year they played this at my cousins' wedding and we all did a conga line. I was laughing because it reminded me of my aunt, since she used to have this song on a cassette tape when I was a little kid and we'd all dance. Now every time I hear it, I laugh and think back to those days.
@@aspenrebel lol I'm trying to figure out exactly what your problem is with the comment. The OP was sharing a memory from their childhood, but you have a problem with it because...? Well it *seems* like you want to get on the OP's case for making up the whole story, but you can't do that because you begrudgingly admit that the bit of the memory you find fault with, actually checks out on your imaginary list of facts. So what exactly is your issue? Or are you just trying to get a random stranger on the internet in some weird gotcha thing where you prove to yourself that... everyone younger than you don't know what they're talking about and will blatantly lie online simply to get your worthless approval because they're inherently inferior to you for not being born in the same generation as you?
La alegría de vivir transformada en música. Miami Sound Machine con la voz de Gloria Estefan llevaron la música latina a otro nivel, no solo entre los latinoamericanos residentes en Estados Unidos, si no también entre los propios "gringos" que los reconocen, admiran y respetan. 😘
Used to wake up to this music when I was a kid, my mom played it on full volume on her obnoxiously loud stereo system at 6 in the morning. Heard it all the way from the 2nd floor. Good times.
Grew in Key West, me and a few of my buddies were up in Miami partying, it was the summer of ‘75, we stumbled, literally, into this concert, it was The Miami Sound Machine, Gloria had just turned 18, it turned out to be one hell’va concert….!!!!
This song is 38 years old. It still feels like pure energy. Now, if we could figure out how to harvest it... wouldn't that be grand? But that would be like trying to catch the lightning.
We have a lot of Salsa Events down here in Düsseldorf, Germany. Today there was the first night when "Conga" was played and we have so much fun on the dancefloor. It was quiet fast, but we loved it and it worked well. I know this song from the ninetees but today it was the first time I really could dance it. Thank you so much Gloria...
@@omarnaranjo-h1p Sorry, that i can´t answer in spanish If you see the Salsa/Bachata Open Air Events in my Hometown (Düsseldorf) over the summer, you won´t believe that you are in Germany. Every weekend (if it´s not raining) there are some social dance events along the river Rhein. Every Wednesday there is a big Salsa party in the "Tanzhaus NRW" (it´s a dancing Academy). If you have the chance to come here to Düsseldorf, feel free to contact me and I´ll show you the best places.... Greetings to Colmbia
'' Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga I know you can't control yourself any longer Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat ''
I grew up jammin' to this in the 80's... and the real reason why i'm jammin' to this now is because of my favorite Disney ride of all time, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! This song makes the ride soooo HYPE!
Why surprised? The older the music is, the more vastly superior it is in all genres. Plus the 80s was such a pop culture/music explosion. So many good acts (and some bad ones too lol). People think as time goes on music evolves...Well, it did up until a point but now it's not true. For the most part, music today is over produced, too full of computer generated beats and autotuned singers. No soul. That's why the singers of 60s Motown easily destroys modern R&B.
wow, what beautiful memories this music brings me, I was in the Paraguayan army serving physical punishment (100 push ups) around the year 85 when I heard this music for the first time and instantly loved it, even without understanding anything it said.
Esta canción con su gran ritmo me subió el ánimo y la energía, la acabo de escuchar en una emisora en la radio y quería conocer el vídeo original, espectacular, no sé si existe una versión en español, pero seguro que es igual de buena que esta. Que gran talento el de Gloria y su esposo, ella se veía muy bonita en el video.
Pure culture and celebration right here ! Gloria is a genius for creating this authentic salsa 💃🏻 Cuban rhythm 🥁 that makes everyone feel alive and exhilarating ❤️🔥🎶
Thank GOD I was raised around great Music. I can still remember the neighborhood parties. When the Miami Sound Machine was playing everyone was dancing. Take care everyone.
+Phillip John Buettner Jr Meh, I don't know. I was thinking of the good music from the 80's, came here and my rose colored glasses shattered. Not nearly as good as I remembered. The 80's is widely remembered as the worst decade for music for a reason. 3 Justin Beibers/10
Sin din duda cuba a dado y ha aportado a la musica a nivel mundia como pocas isla, orgulloso de ver como ha llegado hasta mi bella isla su talento y lo hemos sabido compartir con rel mundo. Tengo amigos cubano y siempre me gusta escucharlo aprendo oyendolos. Saludos desde PR.
She's got it all. She's exactly what the 80s needed.
Yes an yes… 😂
1985
@jerquake943 honky tonk is country music. Not Latin music.
@jerquake943 what are you talking about? Do you assume everything? What's with the millennial stuff. Are you discriminating against age? What is your point? You are so stupid that's not drums.
@jerquake943 Old people like you always bashing the younger generation pathetic
I was 10 years old, when this song came out. Our dance instructor created a routine for one of our competition teams. Every time it plays on the radio, the memories of this dance number come back to me. Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine had several Billboard Top 10 hits in the 80s and 90s, and is an icon of their time. In all fairness, Gloria her husband, and son were involved in a near-fatal bus accident that collided with a tractor trailer on March 20, 1990 near the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania. Her son had a broken shoulder bone, husband had minor head a hand injuries, while she had a broken vertebra in her back. She underwent a four-hour surgery to repair her spinal alignment with steel rods. Her prognosis for a full recovery was doubtful, so she retired. However, with extensive physical therapy, she made a miraculous recovery, and returned to the music scene in January 1991. In March, she launched a year-long tour to highlight her comeback. Since then, she's had numerous hit albums, a Broadway show, and was awarded the President Medal of Freedom for profound contributions to music and the Latin American culture in 2017. Her life story is quite interesting. I encourage people of the younger generations to read her biography. Many artists and others believe that it is inspirational.
She is one of my biggest inspirations of all time. I read this article when she spoke about going through physical therapy for her back and how she never gave up. She said something along the lines of, “Today, I’m going to walk five feet. Tomorrow, 10 feet, the next day 15, and so on and so forth.” She never gave up from her injuries and she was told she’d never be able to have more children after the bus crash. She proved doctors wrong by giving birth to a healthy baby girl in 1994, who has followed in her footsteps and is a singer herself now.
Ne vçgf de yyhhh 2:32
"Out of the Dark" was the song she wrote about the accident and her recovery. There was such a sense of pride I felt for her. I still do.
👍 this was one of the most iconic bands of the 80's. For us European youngsters an introduction to latin music. Always wanted to understand Spanish because of Gloria Estefan.😅🤩 Now I am 47 and still fan.
And what does it all has to do with your dance instructor? Are you a dancer now?
who in 2024?❤
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12 Nov, 24.
Me
Nov 2024🎉
Me
The MIAMI SOUND MACHINE IS A LEGEND....NUFF SAID
Indeed 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💪
😊
Sorry if a repeated anecdote but young woman who in retrospect looked very like her on QM2 few years ago, cant remember which as was spending inheritance on a few. Almost fell over her bag leaving bar table, but 2019 trip thought dinner guests - not her this time - might be planning a beheading.
I always respected Gloria Estefan because her mother wanted her to go to college, but she wanted to be a singer. Our of respect for her mother, Gloria went to college, graduated and got a degree. Then she handed the degree to her mother and said, "That's for you, mother!" And then she went and did what she wanted, became a pop star.
It's really piss her mother off I guess 🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A latín pop legend
Demuestra que es verdad que el saber no ocupa lugar
Alot of discipline. Respect.
You know Emilio Estefan, the guy with Gloria at the beginning was the producer/band leader of the MSM. He later went on to produce alot of other artists including Shakira.
Remember seeing Miami Sound Machine in the early 80’s, as a teenager, in Ybor City. It was a free concert and maybe 200 to 300 people showed up for it. Remember they were just starting to take off, so they needed to get their music known out there. Gloria (man, she was so short, tiny but wonderful person) and Emilio took a photo with my mom and me. We had gotten to talk with them for a few short minutes before they had to sign some other autographs and then depart for another Florida city, to perform at the next day. Never forgot that time they were a struggling band and saw them many times later too. Still have the photo, in one of my memory books... I will have to find and post it one day.
You're so freakin lucky
My mom would play it then I heard it again in scarface
Tampa Bay!
And they did a song on the soundtrack of Top Gun back then....the bar scene when Maverick arrives in Miramar.
@nightsky some people just don’t want people to enjoy themselves and spread joy online, those are the same people whose friends all secretly hate, the same with co workers. Those are the same people that won’t be remembered by their family at their funeral, and those are the same people as you. So please stop being this way and just maybe you won’t be such a terrible person 🙂
I love this woman and the way she has respect for her Cuban roots.
She married a good man
Would you agree with me that the 80’s are the best decade of music ???
💗👍
I agree that the 80’s were really, really great. But there is so much to discover in ANY decade of the 20th century.
Si
No. 90's hands down
👍😊
Listening to this at 3 am, half-asleep, and yet my hips are swaying from side to side. The conga beat is powerful.
So cute 😁
lol same but it's only 10pm
Jajajajaja afloja la cadera y bailemos 😁😁🤗
Buaaaaa hahahahah Buaaaaa hahahahaha!!!
I'm pretty sure it's literally involuntary. I'm actively trying not to right now and it's just not working!
Edit: GUYS, I THINK I'M STUCK LIKE THIS. I'M GETTING KINDA SCARED PLZ HELP
My 8 year old found this song in something he was doing and it has been his alarm music for the last 3 months. It cracks me up.
Ur 8yo knows music!! ;) 🎶🎼🎤
😂😂😂😅😅
shanequa plz
@@mtvlagunabeach good taste
Lol he might be Spanish
Gloria is the QUEEN of Miami !!! Fabulous voice etc. when you hear her music you instantly picture the sights, sound and flavor of Miami 😍😍😍
Gloria is the queen of Latin Miami. Betty Wright was and always will be the true queen of Miami.
1984
It wouldn't be much of a stretch to call Gloria Estefan the First Lady of Miami.
well stated. she's the bomb. saludos a toda mi gente en miami. un boricua desde pennsilvania. saludos a todas aya
Met her. Kind and generous.
I love the 80s music I’m only 22yrs old and old school is cool 😎
Gloria Estefan singing Conga should have been part of the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2020 in Miami.
I was so hoping she would've came out. I kept thinking Sharika, JLo AND Gloria...3 very popular female latino artist on stage performing this together would've been AWESOME!! They really missed an opportunity there.
Me too, but unfortunately just didn't happen
totally agree
I was telling everybody at work she (Gloria) was gonna be the half time surprise...they really missed a grand opportunity to pay tribute to Miami and its Latin roots!!!!
👌👍
Jokes aside, this song is a complete banger.
Come💃on🕺shake💃your🕺body 💃do🕺that💃conga🕺no 💃you🕺cant💃control🕺💃any🕺longer💃🕺💃🕺💃
Fire
there is no place that is "not the place for" the Miami Sound Machine, and the incredible Gloria Estefan!
One of the best Latin Rock rhythm section I ever heard.
Yes
When that COVID-19 is finally gone, this is the song they will be playing for everyone to celebrate and to once again have fun.
Literally what i was thinking haha
Count me in, mate. 💣
amen!!!!!!!!!! take care!
Stay safe and be healthy everyone.
I really hope so! 😍
This is what happens when you put a talented singer with talented musicians. You get the very best music that defines a generation, that never goes out of style
I was just thinking how this song could hang with those of the last decade and come out rosy. It's almost a shock to see the heavy 80s outfits on display here to think that it really came out so long ago.
1985
At the time, they were already popular among Spanish language audiences. This was their English-language breakout.
If this song dont get you up and moving nothing will.
I was such a kid, I didn't even know how great she is. Now I know. She is a true musician. May she be blessed forever!
I was born in Miami in 85 and raised in NY but as a little boy in Miami I remember my mom playing this song. Everytime I hear it I think about Miami.
Miami Vice Miami Nice.
Im still in Miami :) Arriba Miami!!!
Miami Sound Machine! I was in La Florida, on and off for a tme and never got a chance to visit Miami. Everytime I hear this and "The Rhythm is Gonna get you," I think of the movie "The Birdcage" and South Beach and Miami pictures. Conga and bongos and some trumpet. Too bad they didn't get Ramon Flores, To play on this track.
Nicaraguan in Miami since I was 3 yrs in 1984, I always remember this song,,this was Miami, Gloria was Miami. Awesome memories
I was a teenager back in the 80’s and remember when this song came out. Sad people have not heard this. I absolutely love this song!
A lot of people heard this song back in the days it was popular along with their other song the Rhythm gonna get you.
The young generation don't know nothing about this
@@sarahsimpkins1311 well as a teen im glad i know this masterpiece
@@h3lm0s24 I was 7 years old when this came out 35 years ago.
i was born in 93, i've heard that song every year at the carnival at end of february
i just know about this song, yeah im late. but i love it
80s talent. That decade and talented music is severely missed!!
Yes! When there were actual instruments in songs 😂
Some dance pop had good guitar solos in them in the 80s. Gloria Est. and the MSM and the group Expose are examples.
Take care!!
Severely 🙏🏻
YES
Definitely
Yujuuuuuù pura energía, pasaron a la historía, Conga!! Marcó toda una epoca, abrieron una brecha y el resto es historia! CONGA!!
This song is so nostalgic for me. I was a Lil girl when this came out. I remember on a warm summer night my father would have the patio door open while making daiquiris and have this playing on the record player. I am definitely telling my age. This song brings and automatic smile to my face and I immediately break out into full on salsa dancing. Good music never dies.
its great to have that Memory ,,still fresh in your memory !!!
1985
@@spkanava
👍🎉 WOOHOO !! I luv the 80's and I was born in 69 Gen X and I used to luv listening to Bryan Adams ..." Was the Summer of 69 " song !! Think I'll have to play it now , lol !! 👍😁😄
I fully agree that you mentioned that good music never die
I was a kid too back then. Don’t be sad these days are gone; be happy we were there to see them.
perfect example of talent and energy with no need of vulgarities and nudity etc.
If this isnt played at my funeral im not showing up
I'll be there hahaha
Same here 🤣🤣🤣
Nor am i
lmao love it
Lol
Ahhhh...love the 80's....this takes me way back!
80's were fantastic!
1985
Unless people were there, they have no clue how awesome the 80s were.
Vuelve al futuro y ponte regueton
Love that Latin rhythm ! Some of the 80's greatest music. Used to dance the nights away to Gloria and the sound machine. Thank for all the great times.
ARE THOSE LATIN RHYTHMS? I LOVE LATIN RHYTHMS!- Scout from TF2
@@thejman5683yeah man, that genre is Merengue if you want to look for more songs haha
□ sleeping
□ eating
☑ 🕺crying because I can’t escape the conga 💃
Just like you can't escape being donuted in every meme
@@muckymorphineee LMAO I CHOKED ON MY CHICKEN READING THAT
@@d3hftoness
LMAOO
kak you can drink your tears
My daughter sent me a tik tok, I’m like...yep, my mom did aerobics to this in the 80’s??? I’m so old...I didn’t realize I just got “new” Rick Rolled...
No es de mi época, pero esta música es una joya. Gloria una artista de todos los tiempos. Talentosísima. Gracias Cuba por darnos este regalo!!
Tampoco es de mi época está canción la escuché en 2003 tenía como 13 años
At one point everything came through Miami. The 80's was crazy
Especially controlled substances...
This song hits the same after 35 years!!!. You can still play this song at a party and people get lit AF!!! That's how you know you have a hit 🎯!!
Your so right hi kristia
No lies told!!!!
My favourite Gloria's song, always I hear it my feet move! I love it!!
I'm 34 years old!
No creo, porque la gente no sabría cómo bailarla, si se bailará como salsa o merengue, seguro si
How can it be so 80's, so latin and so groovy at the same time!? xD
it really is amazing, isn't it?
cause that's exactly what it is?
'Cause it's the best combo of Latin music and European Electro-Pop, that was rocking the whole world back in the 1980's!
Shteno European electro pop didn’t exist then smh
@@safrenrecords WHAAAAT?!?!? Electro-Pop didn't exist in 1985?!?!?
LIsten to me little BOY, go on and learn a few things, and then come back here and try to make some comments! 'Cause explaining to you, when was the time when Alphaville, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, SAndra, Yazoo, Eurythmics and all the other existed, would be an exercise in futility and stupidity!
If I can time travel, would love to travel to one of her 80's concerts. Such a Queen. Love Her
Time 🕰 machine is needed.
そうですね。彼女もバンドも素敵。だから、やっぱりライブ中が最高‼️
1985
I would travel to just about any 80s concert and snort tons of blow. If you're going to do the 80's, you have to do it right!
This song hits you like a time machine, so yeah, totally get it. Would be awesome.
growing up with gloria and stefan and the miami sound machine and maddona the 80 's were awesome gloria your an icon for the cubans
Even at 65 years old Gloria is still looking as beautiful as ever.
I have tremendous levels of respect for Gloria Estefan because she paved the way for the Latin explosion of the music scene in the mid to late 90's as that is when Selena, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin and Shakira became popular with English language audiences.
1984
If your partied in the 80’s then you know what real music was
Gonna be my first trip when they invent time machine
@@marton_dobo 👍😆
Not only that...you knew what a frickin' party was!!!
Yes the 80s was the only decade in all of history when music was good
I was given a vinyl single of this song for my first birthday. Still the classiest gift I've ever gotten. Mom set the bar high.
¡¡Una GENIA mamá!!!!🤗
this song could use it for a drifting session :) looking a Skyline and a supra drifting along to the Rhythm of this song
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@@peggypeters6676 A vinyl single is a small record that plays only one or two songs on each side.
1985
80s music was the best ever!
This song make we wanna go back in time to see how the 80s feels like.
Dubb G. let me know if you’re going, I’m coming with you 😂
This is definitely a more fun, upbeat version of the 1980s. We got some great artistic media out of the 80s (movie, music, Broadway, etc), but it wasn't always a party. While it's fun to reminisce, and ponder "What if?", many seem to overlook the not so glamorous aspects of the decade.
It was A LOT of cocaine
I lived through the 80s. Computers and video games were new and cool, not attached to devices, folks did too much cocaine, and used entirely too much aqua net hairspray
@@cannibalisticrequiem War on drugs, AIDS, homophobia, cocaine, crack babies, Apartheid, serious famines, world hunger, those commercials of very emaciated children, there was a lot of not so pretty parts of the 1980's.
1 of the songs that defined the decade. Pure electricity in every set of instruments being played and Gloria....treasure of Miami to the world. 😍😎🎶⛱🔥
Arriba la música latina 🎉🎉🎉 ayer, hoy y siempre.
Si tienes toda la razón la música latina es la mejor
yo te quiero mucho mi gloria estefan tu eres hermosa y muy talensosa que hizo bailar mucha gente y muchas generaciones ❤️
Gloria's music has an amazing energy.
It's so true. Have you ever seen that episode of Futurama where Bender asks what it would be like if he was a human? He wants to get the stereotypical "human experience", so he does things like smoking a cigar (he did that before too, but it wasn't bad for him), eating nachos, and going dancing. He feels an uncontrollable urge to move in his hips that he had never experienced before when this song (Conga) is played. I feel like that sums her up pretty well: even if you had never heard of dancing in your entire life, Gloria Estefan would somehow *_still_* make you feel the urge to get up and dance.
I went a long way for that one, hopefully that made at least some sense lol
1985
Omg!!! This song has so much electricity!! From the moment the beat drops it feels like your body gets filled with fire and the only way you can extinguish it is to get up and dance. Otherwise if you keep sitting you'll burn up!!!
Met the sound machine in a new Orleans elevator back in '89, ......makes you yearn for better times, everyone living and loving together as one people. Mad LOVE!!!
People have been divided since then through various means, so that time seems more special in many ways. A more innocent time.
1985
If Miami had an official song, this would be it.
If Florida has an official song, this would be it lol.
Why don't they play *THIS* on the radio
They do play this on the radio but it is on the oldies station
Cuz they probably wore it out.
I just heard it today, even in a mainstream channel in Germany (radio ffn, Lower Saxony) ... That`s why I was looking for the video on YT.... :-)
I mean they did
Have you every tried changing stations?
This song is a American version of a famous Cuban song kimbara kimbara, by Celia Cruz a very famous Latin American singer.
Exactly.. by Celia Cruz !!
Thanks for blessing us with those facts , rip Celia
Como Celia Cruz tengo la Azucar. That's all I know of Celia Cruz lmao
Azuuuuucarrrrr!
No sabía ese dato, saludos
I listen to more country music than anything, but this Gloria Estefan classic from the 80's is one of my favorites. I was a young teenage girl when this song was on the charts back in the summer of 1985, just 16 - almost 17 years old. It's one of those songs that makes you smile whenever you hear it.
Dearest Gloria!! To a beautiful and talented woman who is an inspiration to us all. I've been listening to your music for over 30 years!! Your music transcends time. Sending you and our family all my love!!
Fast rhythm! So much energy!! My favorite song in my teens!! Still relevant today!
Like song up lifting Ok Awesome 💯 Ok
Rhythm: Freestyle
@@alunomecanicafules un ritmo latino
The very best!!!! It's what music is about - excitement, happiness, pure rhythm.
Sweet conga 💟
Cuando tenia 10 años en 1995 estaba en un grupo de danza y esa era una de las canciones que teníamos coreografia... Mi madre falleció hace 2 meses y estoy viviendo el luto de forma diferente... Acabo de bailar la canción completa con mi hija de 7 años
Dios te dé fortaleza
🙏
Hola Laura , ¿cómo estás? Espero que la estés pasando muy bien con tu familia. Que Dios te bendiga a ti y a tu familia. Espero que todos estén a salvo
De eso se trata la vida ,de gozar, nuestras madres ya están en otro terreno celestial y ellas no nos quieren ver tristes más que felices ,a gozar de la vida sin hacer daño a nadie 😘💕🤗💋💓🎊💋💋
bravo bravo los sentimientos hay que exteriolizarlos
I love Gloria Estefan. That’s says it all . She is the best good looking and sings fantastic. Love this song. ❤😊
Last year they played this at my cousins' wedding and we all did a conga line. I was laughing because it reminded me of my aunt, since she used to have this song on a cassette tape when I was a little kid and we'd all dance. Now every time I hear it, I laugh and think back to those days.
cassette tape? They wre still around in 1985. At least you didn't say 8 Track or Reel to Reel.
@@aspenrebel lol I'm trying to figure out exactly what your problem is with the comment. The OP was sharing a memory from their childhood, but you have a problem with it because...? Well it *seems* like you want to get on the OP's case for making up the whole story, but you can't do that because you begrudgingly admit that the bit of the memory you find fault with, actually checks out on your imaginary list of facts.
So what exactly is your issue? Or are you just trying to get a random stranger on the internet in some weird gotcha thing where you prove to yourself that... everyone younger than you don't know what they're talking about and will blatantly lie online simply to get your worthless approval because they're inherently inferior to you for not being born in the same generation as you?
@@cannibalisticrequiem what did you do, write a freakin' book?
I did a conga line with this song at Macy’s-
@@aspenrebel 8 tracks still exist...
how lucky they were not having smartphones and facebook, everything was so natural and spontaneous
La alegría de vivir transformada en música. Miami Sound Machine con la voz de Gloria Estefan llevaron la música latina a otro nivel, no solo entre los latinoamericanos residentes en Estados Unidos, si no también entre los propios "gringos" que los reconocen, admiran y respetan. 😘
Meravigliosa 😍
Y el idioma latino...?
1984
And Sunddenly Everyone turns Cuban!.. 💃
the instruments,the mtv, cameras, directors,plays and singers and everybody are amazing!😀
Used to wake up to this music when I was a kid, my mom played it on full volume on her obnoxiously loud stereo system at 6 in the morning. Heard it all the way from the 2nd floor. Good times.
This song was massive in the mid 80's in all of Latin America...played at every house party for sure!!
Grew in Key West, me and a few of my buddies were up in Miami partying, it was the summer of ‘75, we stumbled, literally, into this concert, it was The Miami Sound Machine, Gloria had just turned 18, it turned out to be one hell’va concert….!!!!
This song is 38 years old.
It still feels like pure energy. Now, if we could figure out how to harvest it... wouldn't that be grand? But that would be like trying to catch the lightning.
How are you
1984
We have a lot of Salsa Events down here in Düsseldorf, Germany. Today there was the first night when "Conga" was played and we have so much fun on the dancefloor. It was quiet fast, but we loved it and it worked well. I know this song from the ninetees but today it was the first time I really could dance it. Thank you so much Gloria...
Que hermoso que disfrutes de la salsa!!saludos desde Colombia 😊
1985
@@omarnaranjo-h1p Sorry, that i can´t answer in spanish If you see the Salsa/Bachata Open Air Events in my Hometown (Düsseldorf) over the summer, you won´t believe that you are in Germany. Every weekend (if it´s not raining) there are some social dance events along the river Rhein. Every Wednesday there is a big Salsa party in the "Tanzhaus NRW" (it´s a dancing Academy). If you have the chance to come here to Düsseldorf, feel free to contact me and I´ll show you the best places.... Greetings to Colmbia
'' Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat ''
morrron5 thanks
Appreciated
Love you 😄😄👍👍👏👏👏👏
I grew up jammin' to this in the 80's... and the real reason why i'm jammin' to this now is because of my favorite Disney ride of all time, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! This song makes the ride soooo HYPE!
I can't believe this song is from 1986, and it still sounds fantastic!
It's conga dude ofcourse it does are you high?
I love this song. I was born 11/20/86 👏
Why surprised? The older the music is, the more vastly superior it is in all genres. Plus the 80s was such a pop culture/music explosion. So many good acts (and some bad ones too lol).
People think as time goes on music evolves...Well, it did up until a point but now it's not true. For the most part, music today is over produced, too full of computer generated beats and autotuned singers. No soul.
That's why the singers of 60s Motown easily destroys modern R&B.
1985
80s are the best time ever... Music, Movies, fashion, cartoons, comics, mindsets... Everything
HAPPY 61ST BIRTHDAY GLORIA ESTEFAN (SEPTEMBER 1, 2018)
Thanks! A person that checks the facts
Ya sacaste a flote sus añejos.
Didn't she passed away...?
@Jeremy Hoffman oh
One of my favorite singers love her version of turn the beat around.
HAPPY 62ND BIRTHDAY GLORIA ESTEFAN (SEPTEMBER 1, 2019)
wait she's ONLY 62????????
@@unassumingaccount395 lol
Same day as my birthday
I thought she was younger - what's two years?
62? OMG!! She's older than me?
If this song doesn't feautured in GTA 6, there will be riot for sure
Can we please go back to the 80’s
The 80s were a really great decade for music. I wish I had lived them.
Only Great?... You have NO idea..... There's Not enough words to describe it.
yes it was, great music, much more togetherness between people and the best of it: no stupid smartphones!
@@elcocolio 👏👏👏👌👌👌
@@lionheart3214 Well... If you put it that way... It gets close.
1985
Don't tell me I was the only one who randomly remembered this and is now playing it...
Nope you're not alone
Most def not alone lol 🤓🙌💖💫
Nah..... you not alone babe.
That is currently me.
nope
It's even less complex than a contemporary dance song; practically just a 5 second loop on repeat, but it's done very well!
My exposure to this song was Futurama. Where Bender asked what if he was human.
wow, Im not the only one, finally someone who's not here from tik tok :D
Futurama lit!!!
I was looking for this comment
He's 40% conga.
I’ve heard snippets of the song before, but yeah I heard this on Futurama too lol
wow, what beautiful memories this music brings me, I was in the Paraguayan army serving physical punishment (100 push ups) around the year 85 when I heard this music for the first time and instantly loved it, even without understanding anything it said.
Esta canción con su gran ritmo me subió el ánimo y la energía, la acabo de escuchar en una emisora en la radio y quería conocer el vídeo original, espectacular, no sé si existe una versión en español, pero seguro que es igual de buena que esta.
Que gran talento el de Gloria y su esposo, ella se veía muy bonita en el video.
Yo la busque y no di con ella. Creo que no existe porque la Miami era solo música en ingles
1981
Der ultimative beste Mix aller Zeiten... Habe ihn auf Vinyl und warte auf eine CD-ausgabe dieser Version ... Grace at her best ... Love it ever
I feel like it's a song you enjoy on the beach, on the radio. You know, after hearing so bad news, pandemics, violence, etc. etc.
Far Cry 6 ?
Far cry 6 Lmao
I feel like it's a song you can enjoy while eating nachos and going to the bathroom at the same time
Disculpame Clara
Noviembre de 2019 quien más la escucha... Saludos desde Ecuador 🎧🎼🎶🎵⭐
Пошел нахер...
Desde Colombia también !!
Desde México 🇲🇽
12-12-2019
E do Brasil também! \o/
I was 3 years old that time when this song came out. I remember my brother playing this song again and again. Cannot forget old memories.
Let me guess you have 42 years old
❤❤❤❤UN BEL CAPOLAVORO ❤❤❤❤
Nos hizo pasar momentos inolvidables, con su música cantada con el corazón.
Gracias, Gloria Stefan te recordaré y te escucharé
siempre. Saludos 🥰🇪🇸
Impossível resistir a Conga e Gloria Estefan! Diva!! 💃🏻👏🙌🥰🤩
Siii irresistible !!!!!
1985
Pure culture and celebration right here ! Gloria is a genius for creating this authentic salsa 💃🏻 Cuban rhythm 🥁 that makes everyone feel alive and exhilarating ❤️🔥🎶
Thank GOD I was raised around great Music. I can still remember the neighborhood parties. When the Miami Sound Machine was playing everyone was dancing. Take care everyone.
This song is timeless in my opinion - love the 80's
Cuando se hacían canciones para escuchar siempre, de generación en generación ❤🎉🎉
kkkk
Tremenda canción no pasa de moda todavía se escucha en la radio
Sigo escuchando la conga en 2019, para mí está música nunca pasa de moda
Completamente de acuerdo contigo.
1985
Anyone in 2024 ? amazing music …
2025🎉
Gloria Esteban is the greatest in 2024 remember 80s conga?❤😂🎉😢
We Need To Bring Back Music Like This "EXCELLENT"
Ikr!
It used to be Way better.
+Phillip John Buettner Jr Meh, I don't know. I was thinking of the good music from the 80's, came here and my rose colored glasses shattered. Not nearly as good as I remembered. The 80's is widely remembered as the worst decade for music for a reason. 3 Justin Beibers/10
D0wnshift
I love the 80s,
and especially there music!
I don't agree.
Phillip John Buettner Jr ur right
Phillip John Buettner Jr retrowave lad
Música MARAVILHOSA Glória em seu melhor momento
É contagiante a alegria dos músicos tocando e dançando com a Glória cantando e também dançando Conga
Finalmente um brasileiro yupiiii
Sim 👍
Glória Estefan é muito fofa
1981
*you're telling me people didn't know this song before tiktok?*
its sad
If course they did...
Come💃on🕺shake💃your🕺body💃do🕺that💃conga🕺know💃you🕺💃control🕺💃any🕺longer💃🕺💃🕺💃
Apparently, yes
Yep I came from tt-
Sin din duda cuba a dado y ha aportado a la musica a nivel mundia como pocas isla, orgulloso de ver como ha llegado hasta mi bella isla su talento y lo hemos sabido compartir con rel mundo. Tengo amigos cubano y siempre me gusta escucharlo aprendo oyendolos. Saludos desde PR.
Como es que pasamos de esta delicia musical al basural de hoy en día
Al parecer todo lo bueno ya está hecho.
Rocco Vivanco la sociedad bro
La música buena solo quedó en el pasado
Los productores...
Shiru giru fual
I finished building my time machine.Who would like to go back to the 80's and 90's with me?😉
Man, music like this was always fun to hear on the radio growing up. Great band and great song!
Me encanta, siempre moviendo nos con su voz y sazón musical. Siempre serás única