Vallenato Apretao Lyrics in English by Silvestre Dangond

"Vallenato Apretao" is a love-at-first-dance story, told with a grin. Silvestre Dangond sees a girl dancing from across the room and "soñé despierto" (I daydreamed). He tries to win her over by singing in English, and "me salió enredado" (it came out all tangled). She laughs, and that laugh is the miracle.

Then she takes charge: "ponme un vallenato" (put on a vallenato for me). Vallenato is Colombia's accordion music from the Caribbean coast, and once it plays she kicks off her shoes and "así empezamos el desorden" (that's how the chaos started). The hook, "bailando vallenato apretao", means dancing vallenato pressed close together; apretao is how coastal Colombians say apretado (tight), dropping the d. He even jokes about his own "costeño enredado", his tangled coastal accent, which is the real language of this song. My favourite brag: if he takes her to his neighbourhood, "se va a prender la calle" (the street is going to light up).