Felicidad may refer to:
"Felicidad" (Happiness) is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as her fifth promotional single, and seventh single in total, and featuring on her second Spanish album Abriendo Puertas.
Felicidad was a promotional single released in Mexico, as "La Parranda", and in the United States and Spain as "Lejos De Ti".
This song is a Christmas song with a Colombian music rhythm.
Mexico CD Promo Single (658599)
Original Versions
"Felicidad (Margherita)" is a 1980 single by German band Boney M., not included in any original album by the group. It returned the group to the German Top 10, peaking at #6 but was not released in either the UK or Spain. In the Netherlands, the B-side "Strange" was chosen as the A-side track. "Felicidad" and its B-side "Strange" were included in the 2 x 12" set Boney M. for Dancin' and were added as bonus tracks to the 2007 re-issue of Boney M.'s Boonoonoonoos album.
Boney M.'s version was a cover of Italian artist Massara's 1979 summer hit "Margherita (Love In The Sun)" which was sung in Italian and was released in English in the UK under the title "Margarita (Mamma, Oh Mamma)". It borrowed the title "Felicidad" (Spanish for "Happiness") from the chorus of the Italian version ("Felicità"), substituting the line "Love in the Sun" from Massara's English version. Due to a frosty relationship to the group's members at the time, producer Frank Farian tried to record it with session singers La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, Madeleine Davis) and himself only on vocals but was forced by record company Hansa to overdub Boney M. singers Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett's vocals.
Mata más gente el tabaco que los aviones
He perdido el mido a volar
Enciendo la "Faria" de las grandes ocasiones
En las nubes tengo un "Bemeuve"
Una "Pleisteision" tu foto y un par de postales
Sigue escribiendo donde quiera que tu estés.
Felicidad
Que bonito nombre tienes
Felicidad
Vete tú a saber donde te metes
Felicidad
Cuando sales sola a bailar
Y tomas dos copas de más
Y se te olvida que me quieres.
Nada más verte le dije a mi sentido común
Que no me esperar levantado
Y al volver a casa una nota en el "Livinrum"
Un adiós en los morros
Y desde entonces duermo solo
Finito acabado caramba
Y pagando los recibos de la luz.
Cuando menos lo esperaba de pronto un día
A mi puerta llamó la alegría
Y resulta que tenía tu carita
Y que estabas tan rica
Y devoré tu piel tu carne y tus espinas
Y rebané "to el" suco, suco rebañé.
Desde entonces en verano nunca pido ensaladilla
Ni antes de dos horas de digestión me tiro al mar
He dejado de abusar del tabaco del café
Del tinto y del Prozac
Pura Felicidad.