| "Volver a los Diecisiete" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Violeta Parra | |
| from the album Las últimas composiciones | |
| Language | Spanish |
| English title | Back to seventeen |
| Written | 1962 |
| Published | 1966 |
| Released | 1966 |
| Recorded | 1962 |
| Genre | Nueva Cancion Chilena |
| Length | 4:18 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
"Volver a los Diecisiete" is a song written and performed by Violeta Parra. It was composed in 1962 but was not released until 1966 on her final album, Las últimas composiciones.[1][2]
The song was reissued on multiple compilation albums, including The Songs of Violeta Parra (1997)[3] and Antologia (2003).[4] Banned from the musical repertoire during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, along with "Gracias a la vida", the lyrics of "Volver a los Diecisiete" have a poetic character and vindication for "the value of feeling above reason" with a rhetoric that seeks to describe "the purifying, ardent effects of achieved love."
The song has become a standard in the Latin American songbook and has been recorded and performed by numerous artists, including Mercedes Sosa,[5] Milton Nascimento,[6] Joan Manuel Serrat, Franco Simone, Víctor Manuel, Rosa León,[7] Paloma San Basilio, Charly García, Caetano Veloso, Myriam Hernández, Chico Buarque, Zélia Duncan, Gal Costa, Marilia Andrés with Nacho Vegas,[8] Zizi Possi,[9] Claudia Acuña,[10] Angel Parra,[11] Nydia Caro,[12] Rumillajta,[13] Elise Witt,[14] and Rozalén.[15]
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