SUBEME LA RADIO Lyrics in English by Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno, Zion & Lennox

Madrugada is a special Spanish word with no perfect single-word English equivalent. It refers to the time of night between midnight and sunrise, the quiet hours before dawn.

In the song, Enrique sings about 'huyendo del pasado en cada madrugada' (fleeing the past in the early hours of every morning). This word perfectly captures the lonely, quiet hours of someone who is up all night, unable to escape their thoughts and memories, making it a very poetic and evocative term.

Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias teams up with Descemer Bueno and urban duo Zion & Lennox for a track that pairs heavy heartbreak with an unstoppable urge to party. Instead of sitting quietly with his grief, the singer demands a loud distraction: "Súbeme la radio que esta es mi canción" ("Turn up the radio for me, this is my song") and calls for drinks to numb the sting ("Tráeme el alcohol que quita el dolor" / "Bring me the alcohol that takes away the pain"). The goal is to keep going until dawn so that they can "juntar la luna y el sol" ("bring the moon and the sun together").

Underneath the driving beat, the story is pure desperation. He admits he has lost everything and waits outside her door all night without an answer, singing under the full moon ("pasando las noches en vela" / "spending sleepless nights"). The Spanish idiom pasar la noche en vela literally means to stay awake watching, a vivid picture of someone who cannot sleep because his mind will not let go of the past. It is dramatic, completely over the top, and honest about trying to drown out heartache with roaring bass and volume.