Canción animal

The song Canción animal, born from the collaboration between Gustavo Cerati and Daniel Melero, delves into the rawness of desire, exploring that primary drive that stops at no conventions. The lyrics suggest that, in those moments of physical urgency, words are superfluous and instinct takes over, a concept reflected in the song's own sound. The vocal sounds and instrumentation seem to emulate that "moaning" quality that Cerati mentions, extending and dragging to capture that animal essence. The word "más" (more) becomes a pivot of the chorus, inviting reflection on the intensity of the experience and how limits, paradoxically, can intensify longing. On the cover of the homonymous album, released in Argentina, the image of a lion and a lioness in the act reinforces this idea of the instinctive and the wild.

When recording Canción animal, the sound still held echoes of the previous album, Doble Vida (1988), with psychedelic touches and a guitar reminiscent of the eighties. A particularity of this song is the use of the Chapman Stick by bassist Zeta Bosio, an instrument he had not previously explored in Soda Stereo and which he maintained in live performances of the Gira Animal. The band, made up of Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio, and Charly Alberti, performed it for the first time on that 1990 tour. Later, the song would reappear in 1997, during the farewell tour El Último Concierto. Even Cerati, in his solo career, included it in a symphonic performance at the Teatro Avenida in Buenos Aires.