hypersongs

Soy Provinciano

The chicha anthem of Andean migrants in Lima, with a disputed writing credit.
Chacalón y la Nueva Crema (1979)

Deezer lists the single as 1979 and the composer as Juan Rebaza. Rebaza told Trome that he wrote six migration songs for a government-commissioned short film in the military era, that the film was never finished although the audio was recorded, and that this was track three, to which he gave the title. Chacalón first rejected it as more for an Andean group; the guitarist Nicanor Bedriñana urged him, and it was released as a B-side, filler. Rebaza says he bought the record at a kiosk in Plaza 2 de Mayo and saw the credit read Lorenzo Palacios as author and composer, claiming Palacios was pressured by his managers, and that after notarized letters he signed a document acknowledging Rebaza. That is Rebaza's account, and the original credit differs from Deezer's metadata.

It is his biggest hit and the anthem of Andean migrants in Lima; passengers still sing it on buses, per Sounds and Colours. Chacalón Jr. recorded a homage single of the same title. We could not establish which album carries it, nor the recording date, studio, personnel, chart or setlist data, and we found no covers or samples.

Sources

  1. Chacalón no escribió Soy provinciano, Trome
  2. Chacalón, Wikipedia (Spanish)
  3. El Chacalón, the Pharaoh of Peruvian cumbia, Sounds and Colours