There are two bands with that name:
1) Rock band formed in 1980. The fol… Read Full Bio ↴There are two bands with that name:
1) Rock band formed in 1980. The following year they won the Villa de Oviedo contest and get to publish 3 tracks in a compilation. Their first LP, called Ilegales, appeared in 1982, and since then they've consistently been one of the main Spanish rock bands.

2) Dominican "merenhouse" quartet. Their hits "La Morena", "Fiesta Caliente", "Las Mujeres", "Taqui Taqui", and "La otra" were very popular in all Latin America and in the Hispanic market in the US during the late 90's. Now the band plays bachata, as in their single "Mátame".

Caramelos podridos
Ilegales Lyrics

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Me siento salvaje en el disco bar
Se acelera mi ritmo vital
Mujeres peligrosas llegan a ligar
Sábado lleno, de chicas pegajosas

Como caramelos podridos
Mujeres enseñan su atractivo fatal
Una tormenta está por estallar

Cubalibres antes de empezar

Es un sábado lleno, de chicas pegajosas
Como caramelos podridos
Soy un borracho, soy un borracho
Soy un borracho, soy un borracho

Sigo bebiendo un trago más
De mi copa no me puedo despegar
No importan las chicas, la cabeza me da vueltas

Es un sábado lleno, de chicas pegajosas
Como caramelos podridos
Soy un borracho, soy un borracho
Soy un borracho, soy un borracho

Sábado en la noche, que corra el alcohol
Tengo el hígado como un colador
La calle se mueve, voy a vomitar

Sábado sin chicas, copas pegajosas
Como caramelos podridos

Soy un borracho, soy un borracho
Soy un borracho, soy un borracho

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Caramelos Podridos" by Ilegales tell the story of a night out in a disco bar where the singer is feeling wild and his vital rhythm is speeding up. He is surrounded by dangerous women who are flirting with him. The Saturday night is full of sticky, dangerous women like rotten candies. The singer drinks more and more, unable to stop himself from being caught up in the excitement of the night. He is getting drunk and lost in the atmosphere, and the girls are trying to trap him with their fatal attraction. A storm is about to break, but the singer can only think of the alcohol he wants to drink before he continues his night out.

The lyrics reveal a sense of danger and temptation that the singer is succumbing to. He is in a place where he feels alive and wild, but it is also a place where he can easily lose control. The women who surround him are not to be trusted, and he knows that they have the power to bring him down. The alcohol he drinks is just a temporary escape from the reality outside.

Line by Line Meaning

Me siento salvaje en el disco bar
I feel wild at the nightclub

Se acelera mi ritmo vital
My vital rhythm accelerates

Mujeres peligrosas llegan a ligar
Dangerous women arrive to flirt

Sábado lleno, de chicas pegajosas
Saturday full of sticky girls

Como caramelos podridos
Like rotten candies

Mujeres enseñan su atractivo fatal
Women display their fatal attraction

Una tormenta está por estallar
A storm is about to break

Cubalibres antes de empezar
Cubalibres before starting

Sigo bebiendo un trago más
I keep drinking one more sip

De mi copa no me puedo despegar
I can't detach myself from my glass

No importan las chicas, la cabeza me da vueltas
The girls don't matter, my head is spinning