Songs dedicated to athletes have been quite common in the history of music, and Formula 1 could not be less. In Spain, during the golden age of motorsport, Melendi’s ‘El Nano’ stood out, praising Fernando Alonso and which he premiered when he was close to being world champion for the first time, in 2005 with Renault.
And at the beginning of March of this 2022, in a joint direct on the Instagram social network between Alonso and Melendi, the singer confirmed that he would work on a new theme about his old high school classmate. The first one he took out had become fashionable again on social networks, to such an extent that Melendi himself confessed that he had been receiving messages asking for a new version for a few months.
The renewed Alonso current on Twitter, which is the same one that originated ‘El Plan’, has achieved its wish, since the new musical composition has already seen the light, although not definitively.
Alonso himself was interested in how the process is going, asking questions about how the songs are made and asking his friend for various words and themes that he would like to be included in the lyrics.
The singer shared the first chords and verses of the song through another Instagram direct with his guitarist, delighting his fans. In that first session, Melendi accepted suggestions, commenting that “maybe we’ll wink” at the well-known chorus of ‘Magic Alonso’ from the original song of ‘El Nano’.
Lyrics of the first demo of “El Plan”, Melendi’s song about Alonso
invisible to the senses
born of anonymity
Just by pulling a string
That Twitter left hanging
I don’t pretend to understand
I’m not going to judge him either.
What you can’t deny is that this plan is happening
And now you can no longer deny it
You’re part, part of this plan
come on Nano
let’s see where we are
You fathering on the asphalt
We will be The Plan
come on Nano
let’s see where we are
Your father on the asphalt
We will be your plan
invisible to the senses
was born in anonymity
Just by pulling a string
That Twitter left hanging
I don’t pretend to understand
I’m not going to judge him either.
What you can’t deny is that this plan is happening
And now you can no longer deny it
You are part, part of this plan
come on Nano
let’s see where we are
You fathering on the asphalt
We will be your plan
come on Nano
let’s see where we are
Your father on the asphalt
We will be your plan
Video: this is how “El Plan” sounds, Melendi’s song about Alonso
Although there is no official video yet, Melendi was on the night of Thursday, March 10, on Movistar +’s late night ‘ La Resistencia ‘, and together with presenter David Broncano and animator Grison, sang ‘El Plan’ (although forgetting part of the letter).
See how ‘The Plan’ sounds!
(Click on this link if the video does not appear here)
