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Podcast: Translation Confessional
Episode: MUSIC EDITION: "Todo el mundo quiere el mundo" by Diamante Eléctrico
Description: Today I’m highlighting a song by a band from Colombia called Diamantes Eléctricos. They came out with a new album this year, so it’s a 2021 pandemic album, and it’s called “Mira lo que me hiciste hacer,” or “Look what you made me do.” I hearted a few songs on that album on Spotify, and then I got to the bonus track at the end: “Todo el mundo quiere el mundo.” I was really digging it, until I realized it is a Spanish version for “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” released by Tears for Fears in 1985! That’s when th...