La Gata Golosa


"La Gata Golosa" is a Colombian pasillo composed in 1912 by Fulgencio García. The song was originally titled "Soacha," after a town near Bogotá. However, García later renamed it in honor of a popular chichería in Bogotá.
The original new name was La gaîté gauloise, inspired by the name of the Bogotá chichería, which referenced French cultural icons such as La Gaîté. Over time, the pronunciation of the French phrase was hispanicized into "La Gata Golosa", which became the enduring name of both the bar and the musical piece.
In a list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, El Tiempo—Colombia’s most widely circulated newspaper—ranked the version recorded in the 1960s by Oriol Rangel at No. 30. Viva Music Colombia ranked it No. 28 on its list of the 100 most important Colombian songs of all time.