''Chile, la alegría ya viene'' is a 1988 musical album by various artists released in support of the "No" option during the

1988 Chilean national plebiscite The 1988 Chilean national plebiscite was a national referendum held on 5 October 1988 to determine whether Chile's ''de facto'' leader, Augusto Pinochet, should extend his rule for another eight years through 1996. The "No" side won with nearly ...

. This album contains the song of the same name, which became the official jingle of the campaign.

Production

The lyrics of the main song, which were written by

Sergio Bravo Sergio Bravo Martínez (born 27 November 1927) is a Mexican former football defender who was in Mexico's squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Career Bravo was an imposing central defender who played his club football with Club León Club ...

, were originally written with much darker themes, talking about the murders and disappeared detainees of the military dictatorship, but when Eugenio García, the director of the "No" campaign, gave him the phrase "Chile, joy is coming" as the basis of the song, Bravo began to give meaning to the song with more positive messages. The music was composed by Jaime de Aguirre, who had already composed the music for the song "We are going to win", the eleventh song on the album, in 1987. The singer of "Chile, joy is coming", Rosa Escobar, worked in the Ministry of Public Works, which at that time was led by General Bruno Siebert. Given this, Escobar commented that this generated a risk in her career: her father, Daniel Escobar, who was part of Salvador Allende's cabinet, was a disappeared detainee.

Track listing

The album contains the following tracks:

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Chilean music Political music albums by Chilean artists Protest songs