Enrique Iglesias
El Baño

Legend has it that Enrique was singing at a performance when he realized he had forgotten to go to the bathroom before the concert and was now in desperate need. Trying not to sing off-key, a task already challenging given his vocal apparatus, he was forced to hold it for a full two hours, while dreaming of a lindo bathroom to relieve himself.

In the days following this psychophysical tragedy, he decided to create a concept song to talk about this terrible experience, and he called this song El Baño, or “The Bathroom.”

There are songs that make you sad, others that cheer you up, but this one has an effect unprecedented in history: less than ten seconds into the song, the listener feels an irrepressible urge to run to the bathroom. In the last few weeks, many renowned doctors around the world have prescribed listening to it as the best alternative to a laxative.

But Enrique has always been a romantic: indeed, in the De André-esque lyrics of the piece, he doesn't just go to the bathroom alone. Leaving aside the old-fashioned romanticisms à la Romeo and Juliet or Cyrano De Bergerac, he invites the beautiful girl in the scenario to join him in the bathroom, coining a new type of romanticism: that of the bathroom.

I leave you to reflect with a passage from the song; you'll agree with me that no Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen can compare:

Let's go to the bathroom
nobody is watching us
if you don't know me, we will get to know each other
I know it sounds crazy, but I like you so much
I cannot endure another day like this
let's go to the moon, let's go to the cinema
let's kiss, may it never end
if you want something serious, we will see tomorrow
if we're in a relationship or just good friends

PS: Remember to take your computer to the bathroom when you listen, or you might risk being kicked out of your house by your woman for repainting the living room.