Entre el cielo y el suelo explained

Entre el cielo y el suelo
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mecano
Cover:	Mecanocielosuelo.jpg
Released:	June 16, 1986 (Spain)
Genre:	Synth-pop pop acoustic ballad Latin
Length:	50:36
Label:	Ariola Eurodisc S.A.
Producer:	Mecano
Prev Title:	Lo último de Mecano
Prev Year:	1986
Year:	1986
Next Title:	Descanso dominical
Next Year:	1988

Entre el cielo y el suelo (Spanish for Between the Sky and the Ground) is the fourth studio album by the Spanish synth-pop band Mecano, released on June 16, 1986 by Ariola. The album's title is taken from one of the lines of the single "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte".

Entre el cielo y el suelo was the first studio album by the Spanish band to be released under the Ariola label after CBS cancelled their contracts due to the fear on the band's decreasing record selling.

With the release of the singles "Ay qué pesado...", "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte", "Cruz de navajas" and "Hijo de la Luna" Mecano started to be recognized internationally in both sides of the western hemisphere. The first one receiving notably success in Hispanic America^[1] while "Cruz de navajas" and "Hijo de La Luna" were better received in Europe; the latter one reaching the best positions of the chart in some countries.^[2]

Nationally "Cruz de navajas" and "Hijo de la luna" did well both on selling and airplay reaching the top 5 of the Spanish charts. While "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte" and "Ay... qué pesado" also appeared on the charts.^[3] It was later when "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte" would receive more attention until it became one of the band's signature songs and their most streamed one.

The album became the band's most popular release through time mainly because of its singles "Me Cuesta tanto olvidarte", "Hijo de la Luna" and "Cruz de navajas", as well as being the band's most streamed album on the Spotify platform.

Track listing

Spain CD/cassette Edition

Tracks:

• English translations not official

Spain LP and USA/Latin America CD Edition

Tracks:

1. Ay, qué pesado 4:02
2. Ángel 4:37
3. Hijo de la luna 4:22
4. 50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100 4:04
5. Me cuesta tanto olvidarte 2:57
6. No tienes nada que perder 3:05
7. Las Curvas de Esa Chica 3:14
8. No es serio este cementerio 4:42
9. Cruz de navajas 5:04
10. Esta es la historia de un amor 3:58

France

Tracks:^[4]

1. Ay, qué pesado 4:02
2. Ángel 4:37
3. 50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100 4:04
4. Te busqué 2:55
5. Me cuesta tanto olvidarte 2:57
6. Héroes de la Antártida 5:09 ("Heroes from Antarctica")
7. Fábula 2:05 ("Fable")
8. No tienes nada que perder 3:05
9. Las Curvas de Esa Chica 3:14
10. No es serio este cementerio 4:42
11. Las cosas pares 2:25
12. Esta es la historia de un amor 3:58
13. Hermano sol hermana luna 3:33 ("Brother sun, sister moon")
14. Laika 4:37

2005 re-release

Tracks:

1. Ay, qué pesado 4:02
2. Ángel 4:37
3. Hijo de la luna 4:22
4. 50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100 4:04
5. Te busqué 2:55
6. Me cuesta tanto olvidarte 2:57
7. No tienes nada que perder 3:05
8. Las curvas de esa chica 3:14
9. No es serio este cementerio 4:42
10. Cruz de navajas 5:04
11. Las cosas pares 2:25
12. Ésta es la historia de un amor 3:58
13. Canción cortita para antes que nos abandone el mar 1:00 ("A quick song for time, before the sea abandons us")
14. Figlio della luna 4:22 (Italian rendition of "Hijo de la luna")

Charts

Single charts

• Ay qué pesado
• Baila con Mecano (Maxi-single, special edition for Clubs, 7 July 1986)
• Cruz de navajas
• Me cuesta tanto olvidarte
• No es serio este cementerio
• Hijo de la luna

Date	Title	Chart Positions								B-Sides
		United States H.Lat.	Spain	Mexico	Costa Rica	Chile	Colombia	Argentina	Germany
16 June 1986	Ay, qué pesado	17	1	5	2	2	4	9	-	Esta es la historia de un amor
28 July 1986	Cruz de navajas	49^[7]	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	Las cosas pares
1 December 1986	Me cuesta tanto olvidarte	-	1	2	5	1	1	6	-	Ángel
2 February 1987	No es serio este cementerio	-	7	15	25	13	24	30	-	50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100
25 July 1987	Hijo de la luna	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	45^[8]	Te busqué

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. Mecano US chart history. July 12, 2023.
2. Web site: Mecano Dutch chart history. July 12, 2023. Dutch.
3. Web site: Entre el cielo y el suelo (Reedición) : Mecano : Buy in Zona de Compras . 2009-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123254/http://www.zonadecompras.com/eng/producto.asp?Id=35469 . 2011-07-16 . dead .
4. Web site: Mecano – Entre el Cielo y el Suelo (CD). .
5. Web site: spanishcharts.com - Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo. spanishcharts.com.
6. Web site: spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal. spanishcharts.com.
7. Mecano Chart History. December 10, 2021. Billboard. en-US.
8. Web site: Charts-Surfer: Suchergebnis . 2008-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216065431/http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php . 2008-12-16 .