Chimo Bayo

Chimo Bayo (born Joaquín Bayo, 25 October 1961) is a Spanish dance artist who gained prominence in the early 1990s with "Así Me Gusta A Mí (X-Ta Sí, X-Ta No)". The song was a major hit in Spain, Greece (in particular in the northern city of Katerini) and South America as well as reaching number one in Japan, Israel and elsewhere.

Chimo Bayo
Chimo Bayo performing in 2008
Background information
Birth nameJoaquín Bayo
Born (1961-10-25) 25 October 1961
Valencia, Spain
GenresTechno, Rave, Makina, Eurodance
Occupation(s)Musician, DJ, record producer
Years active1987–present
LabelsArea International
Websitehttp://www.chimobayo.com/

Musical career

Chimo Bayo hails from Valencia, Spain. He was attempting to represent Spain in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with his song about the Valencia fallas, Fiesta del fuego, but was disqualified at the last minute when it was discovered the song had been heard in clubs in Valencia prior to 1 October deadline.[1]

In 2008, Bayo appeared at Buenafuente TV Show, at LaSexta, where he gave a performance and was interviewed. Later, he composed, with the invaluable participation of Berto Romero, the popular musical theme Zascatronic, a song that had a great impact on the Internet.

In March 2009, the TV show Sé lo que hicisteis... of La Sexta invited him to star in one of the best tv reports by Pilar Rubio and ride in a threefold F1, in Circuit Ricardo Tormo from Valencia. In 2009, he also participated in comedy shows. He appears in a sketch of Muchachada Nui in an episode of the tv show Socarrats of Canal Nou.

At Radiotelevisió Valenciana, Bayo was part of the jury from October 2009 to January 2010 of the talent scout show Un beso y una flor presented by Bertín Osborne. Bayo remixed a peculiar electronic version of the song which gives a name to the show, interpreted by Nino Bravo in the last broadcast. Chimo Bayo has also leave his mark on the cinema. Their themes have promoted several movies. As Bigas Lunas did with his film Jamón, jamón in 1992, the film director included the legendary "Así me gusta a mí" in the trailer and the film Yo soy la Juani.

Now, he performs a radio program called "La casa de la Tía Enriqueta" (produced by Javier Fernández) on the local radio Radio Express Valencia, although that broadcaster has a website where the program can be followed from across Europa

In 2012, in the television show Tu cara me suena broadcast on the Spanish channel Antena 3. Arturo Valls, preseter and actor, performed an imitation of him. After that Chimo regained his popularity.

In 2016 Chimo Bayo published his first novel, with the journalist Emma Zafón:"No iba a salir y me lié", they capture on the book their experiencies on Ruta Destroy in form of piece of fiction.[2]

Eurovision 2010

In January 2010 he was candidate for Eurovision 2010 with the song La Fiesta del Fuego, he records with the band from Valencia, Code Name. His candidature, in popular vote, had an outstanding reception. Public votes took, in just four days, his song up to the top 4, with more than 40.000 votes. However, RTVE discualified his song because it did not meet the contest rules. The theme had been listened in the pubs of Valencia before the deadline, 1 October.[3]

Discography (Singles)

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
ESP
[4]		 BEL
(Vl)
[5]		 FIN
[6]		 NED
[5]
1991 "Así Me Gusta A Mí (X-Ta Sí, X-Ta No)" 1 7 — 43 Singles only
1992 "Quimica" 1 — — —
"Neuroquimica" — — — —
"Bombas" 2 — 7 —
1994 "La Tia Enriqueta" 3 — 18 —
1995 "Vamos Al Espacio Exterior" — — — —
1996 "Búscala" — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References
  1. "The convoluted selection of the 10 Eurovision candidates reaches its conclusion" (in Spanish), El País, 6 February 2010. Accessed 24 Feb 2010.
  2. Chimo Bayo plasma la Ruta del Bakalao en su primera novela, "No iba a salir y me lié", diario Levante-EMV, 12 de octubre de 2016.
  3. RTVE descalifica a Chimo Bayo
  4. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  5. Belgian and Dutch peak
  6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

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