{{short description|Mexican song}} '''Volver, Volver''' is a Mexican ranchera song in Spanish, written in 1972 by Fernando Z. Maldonado and popularized by Vicente Fernández in 1973.<ref>{{cite book|title=The King and Queen of Comezón, Volume 13 of Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Américas Series|author=Chávez, Denise|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=2014|page=309|isbn=978-0806147161}}</ref> It has been covered by the artists Ry Cooder and Nana Mouskouri. It is about lost love. "Volver, volver" means “to go back, to go back”.<ref>Aethlon, Volume 17, Sport Literature Association, Publisher San Diego State University Press for the Sport Literature Association, 1999 </ref><ref>The Great Rock Discography, Martin Charles Strong
Edition 2, illustrated, Publisher Canongate Press, 1994
{{ISBN|0862413850}}</ref>
The song is sung by Harry Dean Stanton in the 2017 movie ''Lucky''.
== Meaning == The lyrics tell of the singer’s broken hearted passion to return to a lover from whom they have parted in the past. ''Volver'' means return in Spanish.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018|title=Harry Dean Stanton - Volver, volver, English lyrics|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqi2_5c9gEY|access-date=|website=Youtube|quote=Harry Dean Stanton sings - Volver, volver, english lyric subtitles from the film 'Lucky'.}}</ref>
== Chart performance == {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !Chart (1973) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"| Mexico (''Billboard Hits of the World'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard "Hits of the World" |date = 24 March 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 |page=56|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> | align="center" | 1 |- |}
==See also== *List of number-one hits of 1973 (Mexico)
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:1972 songs Category:Number-one singles in Mexico Category:Ranchera songs