"Algo pequeñito" (, "Something Tiny") is a song recorded by

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. The song was written by Jesús Cañadilla, Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar and Daniel Diges himself. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the

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, in

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. The song, which is based on the classic

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rhythm, was the winner of the Spanish national final Eurovisión: Destino Oslo, held on 22 February. It is the first single released from his self-titled album ''

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Background

"Algo pequeñito" is the second song ever written by its author, Jesús Cañadilla, a fan of the

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. He had previously written the song "Sumando puntos" to submit it to the Spanish Eurovision preselection of 2009, sung by himself under the stage name Bayarte. Once he had written the song "Algo pequeñito" he contacted several potential performers without luck. He eventually contacted actor Daniel Diges through a friend and he liked the song. On 5 January 2010, seven days before the closing date for submissions for the Spanish Eurovision national final, Daniel Diges flew from

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, where he was on tour with the musical '' Mamma Mia!'', to

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to record the song. Alejandro de Pinedo took charge of the musical production.

Versions

Once the song was chosen as the Spanish Eurovision entry, a mastered version was made public on March 11, 2010. In the mastered version, computer sounds were replaced by real instruments and Daniel gave the song a more rock influence with his vocal performance, mirroring his live performance at the Spanish national final. On 13 April 2010 the song was made available for digital download on

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. Daniel Diges' first album, self-titled ''Daniel Diges'', includes the mastered Eurovision version of the song and an alternative swing-

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version.

Eurovision 2010

The song automatically qualified for the final of the contest on 29 May 2010. It finished 15th with 68 points. The performance at the finals was disturbed as a known Catalan stunt-man named Jaume Marquet Cot (better known as Jimmy Jump) stormed the stage during Diges' performance. In accordance with the rules he was allowed to perform again after the last song.

Music video

During the second weekend of March 2010 (12–14 March), a music video for "Algo pequeñito" was shot by director Santiago Tabernero at outdoor and indoor locations in

. The video, released on 19 March, is set in an abandoned circus that comes back to life with the song, and depicts Daniel Diges as the circus master.

Covers

In 2011,

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, winner of the

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, covered the song with most lyrics in French.

Charts

References

External links

Official music video
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