"Remember Me" is a key song from the 2017 Disney/Pixar animated film, Coco.
Plot
The song is sung in two different styles during the film: the original version a lullaby sung by Héctor in a flashback and his great-great-grandson Miguel to Mamá Coco near the film's ending, and the second in ranchero-style (a homage to the Mexican Corrido style folk ballad of the twenties and thirties) sung by Ernesto de la Cruz.[1] An extended version is in a duet style performed by Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade during the film's end credits.
Lyrics
Remember me
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
Don't let it make you cry
For even if I'm far away I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
Remember me
Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again
Remember me
Miguel:
Remember me,
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me,
Don't let it make you cry
For ever if I'm far away I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
Remember me
Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I’m with you the only way that I can be
Until you’re in my arms again
Remember me
Natalia Lafourcade & Miguel:
Que nuestra canción no deje de latir
Sólo con tu amor yo puedo existir
Recuérdame
Que nuestra canción no deje de latir
Sólo con tu amor yo puedo existir
Natalia Lafourcade:
Recuérdame,
Si en tu mente vivo estoy
Recuérdame,
Mis sueños yo te doy
Te llevo en mi corazón y te acompañaré
Unidos en nuestra canción, contigo ahí estaré
Recuérdame
Si sola crees estar
Recuérdame
Y mi cantar te irá a abrazar
Aún en la distancia nunca vayas a olvidar, que yo contigo siempre voy
Recuérdame
Miguel:
If you close your eyes and let the music play
Keep our love alive, I'll never fade away
If you close your eyes and let the music play
Keep our love alive, I'll never fade away
If you close your eyes and let the music play
Keep our love alive, I'll never fade away...
Remember me, for I will soon be gone
Remember me, and let the love we have live on
And know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
So, until you're in my arms again
Remember me
Natalia Lafourcade & Miguel:
Que nuestra canción no deje de latir
Sólo con tu amor yo puedo existir
Remember me
Que nuestra canción no deje de latir
Sólo con tu amor yo puedo existir
Remember me
Other versions
- For the film's Spanish-language soundtrack, Mexican singer Carlos Rivera covered a Spanish version in mariachi pop style in an extended version; this version replaces the version sung by Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade during the credits in the Spanish version of the film.
- Also for said soundtrack, Natalia Lafourcade sang a solo version using the same tune from the Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade version; however, it is entirely sung in Spanish by Lafourcade.
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Trivia
- Ironically, "Remember Me" became Ernesto's most famous song after stealing it from Héctor, but it also ended up being his final song as he was crushed by a falling bell while finishing it with a high note. Also, on a macabrely humorous note, Ernesto's version on the soundtrack is the exact same one from the film, right up to and including the moment where the bell crushes him.
- While not in the film's soundtrack, a demo version of the song can be found in the deleted scene "Dia de los Muertos" which was the scrapped opening of the film.
- The song won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
References
- ↑ "First listen: Hear three new songs from Pixar’s Coco". Entertainment Weekly (September 15, 2017).
