With Hispanic Heritage Month here, pay close attention to your Latin friends’ listening history. There are so many classics to explore if you are in the mood to deep-dive into the music that makes our hearts jump with ecstasy.  

The Latin Rock genre is behind some of these unforgettable hits. The cross generational effect of these songs is still heard today. 

Bands like La Union and Soda Stereo were the engineers of the revolution that sparked Rock en Español in the 1980s. The movement boomed when bands combined country-specific sounds, like the Andean quena and the accordion, and rock. 

Artists went crazy with instruments and genre-cutting experiments. Latinxs felt recognized in a genre that seemed to be taking the world by a storm. 

Spanning across twenty years, these are some songs that you should seriously consider listening to.

Lobo-hombre en París – La Unión (1984)

Ni tu ni nadie – Alaska y Dinarama (1984)

Cuando Pase el Temblor – Soda Stereo (1985)

Tren al Sur – Los Prisioneros (1990)

Lamento Boliviano – Los Enanitos Verdes (1994)

Bolero Falaz – Aterciopelados (1995)

Mil Horas – Los Abuelos de la Nada (1995)

Mentira – La Ley (MTV Unplugged) (2001)

Mala Gente – Juanes (2002)

Eres – Café Tacvba (2003)