Al otro lado del río
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"Al otro lado del río" (English: On the other side of the river) is an Academy Award-winning song from the 2004 Spanish language film The Motorcycle Diaries. It was written and performed by Uruguayan singer Jorge Drexler. It won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first song in Spanish and the second written in a foreign language (after "Never on Sunday") to receive such an honor.
The song can be found in the The Motorcycle Diaries soundtrack and in Drexler's 2004 album Eco.
The 77th Academy Awards producers would not let Drexler perform the song during the show for fear to lose ratings. Instead, the song was performed by Carlos Santana and sung by Antonio Banderas, who by many accounts failed to do the song justice. Drexler's acceptance speech for the Best Song award consisted of him defiantly singing a few lines a capella and closed by simply saying "thank you."
| Preceded by 2003 "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Academy Award for Best Original Song 2004 |
Succeeded by 2005 "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow |
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