Album: Primitive Love (1985)

Charted: 10

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• Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
  I know you can't control yourself any longer
  Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
  I know you can't control yourself any longer
  
  Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
  I know you can't control yourself any longer
  Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
  Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat
  
  Everybody gather 'round now
  Let your body feel the heat
  Don't you worry if you can't dance
  Let the music move your feet
  
  It's the rhythm of the island, and like the sugar cane so sweet
  If you want to do the conga, you've got to listen to the beat
  
  Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
  I know you can't control yourself any longer
  Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
  Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat
  
  Feel the fire of desire, as you dance the night away
  'Cause tonight were gonna party, 'til we see the break of day
  
  Better get yourself together, and hold on to what you've got
  Once the music hits your system, there's no way your gonna stop
  
  (Repeat 3x's) Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
  I know you can't control yourself any longer
  Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
  Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat
  
  Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga Writer/s: Enrique Garcia
  Publisher: Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1986 {January 4th} Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine performed "Conga" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
  At the time "Conga" was at position #21 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, five weeks later it would peak at #10 {for 2 weeks}, and it spent over a half-year on the Top 100 {27 weeks}...
  And on November 10th, 1985 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Dance/Disco Sales chart...
  Between 1985 and 1988 the Miami Sound Machine had nine records on the Top 100 chart, seven made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Anything For You", for 2 weeks on May 8th, 1988...
  And Gloria Estefan, as a solo artist, charted twenty times on the Top 100, three made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Don't Wanna Lose You" for 1 week in September of 1989 and "Coming Out Of The Dark" for 2 weeks in March of 1991...
  Besides "Don't Wanna Lose You" and "Coming Out Of The Dark", her third Top 10 record was "Here We Are" {#6 in 1990}...
  Gloria Estefan, born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García, celebrated her 62nd birthday four months ago on September 1st, 2019...
• Donna from Ft. Lauderdale, FlThere's a whole segment about the Miami Sound Machine and this song in particular in the PBS 4-part documentary "Latin Music USA." It's especially interesting to hear Emilio Estefan speak about his early years in Miami after immigrating from Cuba, being broke and needing a job, joining with a few other guys to play music on weekends at local restaurants for tips, meeting Gloria for the first time...she was like 15 or 16? True and heartfelt rags-to-riches story.
• Robert from Denver, CoI LOVE this song. It has always been one of my favorites. My kids have all loved this song from about age three and up. The beat is gonna get cha'.
• Reza from Shiraz, Irani love gloria she is one of the best singers of all time. her band is also great.i love the collection of her happy and romantic songs. she has some of the best dance tunes and love ballads also

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