Even before listening to it I thought that I knew the song. Sure enough once it started playing it was obvious I did, as a mangled version of the chorus has occasionally popped into my head for over 30 years.
Righeira were an Italian duo of Stefano "Michael" Rota and Stefano "Johnson" Righi. "No Tengo Dinero," " I have no money" in Spanish, was released in 1983. It was produced by the La Bionda brothers, a successful Italian act from the '70s who had gotten into record production in the '80s.
I assume the version of this video I saw was the shorter 3 some minute version. How I saw it is a real good question, as Spanish language dance tunes weren't exactly big on the Canadian charts in 1983. I assume the catchy video caught the attention of some Canadian video show producer, who played it simply because it looked cool. No doubt it got stuck in my memory because it was something unusual for Canadian TV in the '80s.
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