“Huye de me”: the secrets of the waltz that Eva Ayllón made popular and now Zaperoko will turn into salsa

Mid-1970s. Twenty-year-old Eva Ayllón, main voice of the emblematic Creole group Los Kipus, sings for the first time, “Huye de me”. “I would like to erase my past and collect the caresses that I gave you yesterday … But I must accept that it is too late, that we can no longer continue …“, start. And those passionate hearts, especially those that harbor clandestine loves, ignite their beats. Inspired by forbidden love, Hugo Almanza Durand’s composition begins to write the first lines of his resounding success story.

“One day, walking through Breña, I meet my friend Paco Maceda (founder of The Kipus) on your doorstep. He tells me that he urgently needs a northern waltz because he was recording for Iempsa at that time. And I had just finished composing a song about a man who gets a friend by being married, and starts a relationship with her, which is supposed to be temporary, but he gets to love her so much that he prefers to let her go so as not to ruin his life”Almanza comments on his iconic musical creation.

, so he had to change it.

“If I left it with that name, it would not have had a good future to be able to collect royalties, which were already paid at that time”, Assures Almanza Durand.

In the version of “Run away from me” recorded by The Kipus, . “And possibly that detail has determined the success of this song that was enshrined in the voice of Eva Ayllón“, Says the composer.

It also clarifies that the song, created in 1973, was conceived for a man to interpret. Yet four decades later, only women have sung “Run away from me” in Peru. “That is a peculiarity that I do not understand why it happens, I do not know what the reason is. Outside it has been sung by men, but in our country, never”, He says.

“When I create a song I always go around it trying to correct something, I look for a catchy rhyme that sounds good and I constantly make changes, especially in the lyrics”, Highlights Almanza and

“I gave Paco the wrong record and I realized after he recorded it. The lyrics say: ‘I don’t know if I’m brave or cowardly. Loving you so much and having you forget. ‘ The right thing to do is ‘have to leave you’. L”, He concludes.

Hugo Almanza He is also responsible for hits like “Ya te olvidé” and “La revancha”, “Resignación”, “Disimula”, among others.