Bagdad (song)

"Bagdad"
Single by Rosalía
from the album El Mal Querer
LanguageSpanish
Released4 December 2018 (2018-12-04)
StudioEl Guincho Studio (Barcelona, Spain)
GenreNew flamenco · R&B
Length3:03
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rosalía singles chronology
"Di mi nombre"
(2018)
"Bagdad"
(2018)
"De aquí no sales"
(2019)
Music video
"Bagdad" on YouTube

"Bagdad" is a song by Spanish singer Rosalía. It was released on 4 December 2018 by Columbia Records as the fourth single from her second studio album, El mal querer (2018).[1]

Inspired by the Barcelonian erotic club of the same name, lyrically "Bagdad" talks about a woman's loneliness.[2] It was written by Antón Álvarez, Leticia Sala, Luís Troquel and Rosalía, with production handled by El Guincho and co-produced by Rosalía herself. It contains an interpolation of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River"[3] and a choral participation by the Orfeó Català as well as arrangements by Joan Albert Amargós.[4][5]

  1. ^ Rámirez, Lucía (5 December 2018). "Qué se esconde detrás de 'Bagdad', el último single de Rosalía". Metropoli Abierta. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Qué se esconde detrás de 'Bagdad', lo último de Rosalía". www.metropoliabierta.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "La canción del día: 'Bagdad' de Rosalía es mucho más que su guiño a 'Cry Me a River'". jenesaispop.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Nosaltres també ens quedem amb Rosalía". Palau de la Música Catalana (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. ^ "¿Por qué nos brillan los ojos con Rosalía?". www.publico.es. Retrieved 29 December 2021.