Cover art for Spanish Lesson by Madonna

Spanish Lesson

Madonna
Track 10 on Hard Candy 

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Apr. 19, 20081 viewer

Spanish Lesson Lyrics

[Intro]
Work, work
Work, work
Work, work
Work, work

[Verse 1]
"Yo te quiero" means "I love you"
"Mucho gusto" means "I'm welcome to you"
Señorita, I just wanna fall in love
"Cállate" means "Close your mouth"
"Bésame" means "Give me love"
Señorita, she just want to fall in love

[Chorus]
Baby, hurry up, 'cause I cannot get enough
If you like my style, I can love you for a while
Can you hear me call your name?
Baby, I'm on to your game

[Verse 2]
"Dígame" means "Tell me, baby"
"Yo soy loco" means "You drive me crazy"
Señorita, I just wanna fall in love
"Entiendo" means "I get it"
"Siempre" means that I won't forget it
Señorita, she just want to fall in love
[Chorus]
Baby, hurry up 'cause I cannot get enough
If you like my style, I can love you for a while
Can you hear me call your name? (Hear me calling your name)
Baby, I'm on to your game (I'm on to your game)
I just wanna fall in love (Hear me calling your name)
Baby, I can't get enough
Come get it

[Breakdown]
If you do your homework (Work)
Baby, I will give you more (Work)
When you do your homework (Work)
Get up on the dance floor (Work)
If you do your homework (Work)
Baby, I will give you more (Work)
When you do your homework (Work)
Get up on the dance floor (Work)

[Verse 3]
"Entiendo" means "I get it"
"Siempre" means that I won't forget it (Oh)

[Chorus]
Can you hear me call your name? (Hear me calling your name)
Baby, I'm on to your game (I'm on to your game)
I just wanna fall in love (Hear me calling your name)
Baby, I can't get enough (I'm on to your game)
Can you hear me call your name? (Hear me calling your name)
Baby, I'm on to your game (I'm on to your game)
I just wanna fall in love (Hear me calling your name)
Baby, I can't get enough
Come get it
[Outro]
If you do your homework (Work)
Baby, I will give you more (Work)
When you do your homework (Work)
Get up on the dance floor (Work)
If you do your homework (Work)
Baby, I will give you more (Work)
When you do your homework (Work)
Get up on the dance floor (Work)

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Genius Annotation

“Spanish Lessons” is the tenth track on Hard Candy.

It is a spanglish song and of course it’s influenced by spanish music, which inspired Madonna’s production many times before in other songs such as “La Isla Bonita” and “Pray for Spanish Eyes”.

Q&A

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Translations:
Genius Answer
What did Madonna say about "Spanish Lesson"?
Genius Answer

“Spanish Lessons” came from Pharrell playing me all these songs from Baltimore Maryland, there’s this sound coming out of Baltimore, He kept calling it the B-More beat and I was like, “what’s that?” So he playing me all these records. And the dance that everybody did to it called the percolator. So, we were watching all these clips on YouTube, people dancing. So I said, “okay, let’s try that.” And I brought in my guitar player, Monty to play this like Spanish riff and I, we just, that’s just one of those made it up on the spot kind of scenarios.

–via TrakTV (2008)

Did Madonna like the song at first once it was completed?
Genius Answer

After I heard it, after we did it, and we finished it, I thought, eh, this is too weird. And I actually didn’t like it for a while. And then I became fond of it again.

–via TrackTV (2008)

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