Aguanilé
| "Aguanilé" | ||||
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| Single by Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe | ||||
| from the album El Juicio | ||||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| Released | 15 May 1972 | |||
| Recorded | February – April 1972 | |||
| Studio | Broadway Recordings, NY | |||
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| Length | 6:16 | |||
| Label | Fania | |||
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"Aguanilé" (Watered Down) is a song taken from Roberto Faz's song "Para gozar la vida" by American-Puerto Rican trombonist Willie Colón and Puerto Rican singer Héctor Lavoe and being recorded by themselves as the first single from their seventh studio album El Juicio released in 1972. Its origin comes from the Yoruba culture in Cuba and means "spiritual cleansing for your house" perhaps referring to Lavoe's drug problems.
The song has a small verse that is interpreted by Lavoe in Greek: "Kyrie eleison", which means: "Lord have mercy", belonging to the ordinary of the mass. The song was produced by Colón himself along with Fania Records co-founder Jerry Masucci.