Alana S Portero’s Writing Soundtrack For Bad Habit

Alana S Portero’s Writing Soundtrack For Bad Habit

Alana S Portero, the author of Bad HabitDua’s Monthly Read for September – shares the soundtrack she listened to while writing her novel about a young Trans woman growing up in a working-class suburb that has no place for her. From The Smiths and Raffaella Carrà to Madonna, it has everything to transport you to the streets of 1980s Madrid – discover the full Spotify playlist below...

Is It Cold In The Water? – SOPHIE

Qué dolor – Raffaella Carrà

Il cuore e’ uno zingaro – Nicola Di Bari

Holding Out for a Hero – Bonnie Tyler

Mes mains sur tes hanches – Salvatore Adamo

Trinia – Marife De Triana

Embrujada – Tino Casal

You Spin Me Round – Dead or Alive

Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley

So Emotional – Whitney Houston

Annabel Lee – Texto Poesía Edgar Allan Poe – Radio Futura

Where The Streets Have No Name – U2

Marinero de luces – Isabel Pantoja

Señora – Rocío Jurado

Historia de un amor – Eydie Gormé, Los Panchos

Amor... Amar – Camilo Sesto

Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix

Like a Virgin – Madonna

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester

Girls Will Be Boys – Bibi Andersen

Follow Me – Amanda Lear

Deeper and Deeper – Madonna

Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna

Cemetry Gates – The Smiths

Leave in Silence – Depeche Mode

I’m Still Standing – Elton John

Sacrifice – Elton John

Just Like Heaven – The Cure

Willkommen – Joel Grey

Rebel Rebel – David Bowie

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club

Spellbound – Siouxsie and the Banshees

Suedehead – Morrissey

L’Autrier Una Sebissa – Marcabru, Paul Hillier, Stephen Stubbs, Andrew Lawrence-King, Erin Headley

Father Figure – George Michael

Policy of Truth – Depeche Mode

La Violetera – Sara Montiel, Juan Quintero, Greg Segura

Better Things – Massive Attack

Lithium – Nirvana

Romeo’s Distress – Christian Death

Alleine zu zweit – Lacrimosa

This Charming Man – The Smiths

Dame Veneno – Las Grecas

La Gata Bajo la Lluvia – Rocío Dúrcal

Rivers of Babylon – Boney M.

La ;eyenda del tiempo (Jaleos) – Camarón de la Isla

Femme Fatale – Nico and The Velvet Underground

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