What Was Gustavo Cerati’s Favorite Song? Mom Reveals Why ‘Té Para Tres’ Was The Most Important

Gustavo Cerati is finally resting in peace. The Argentine star had suffered a stroke that left him in a coma back in 2010 and yesterday, September 4, 2014, he had a respiratory arrest that caused his death. The Latin America music scene mourns his passing, since Gustavo, along with Charly Alberti and Héctor “Zeta” Bosio, became one of the most iconic Latin rock bands of all times, Soda Stereo. Together they released seven studio albums, Soda Stereo (1984), Nada Personal (1985), Signos (1986), Doble Vida (1988), Canción Animal (1990), Dynamo (1992) and Sueño Stereo (1995), but also released numerous live, remix and compilation albums.

Once the members of Soda Stereo decided to go their own way, Gustavo also had a prolific solo career, releasing five studio albums that were Amor Amarillo (1993), Bocanada (1999), Siempre es Hoy (2002), Ahí Vamos (2006) and Fuerza Natural (2009). With all the material he wrote, both for Soda and for his personal solo project, you would assume that he didn’t have a favorite song, as it would be like naming your favorite kid. However, as his mom revealed during the musician’s wake, Cerati, indeed had a favorite song, it was “Té Para Tres,” part of the album Canción Animal.

Although most people might have thought the song was about a threesome, it turns out it had a very different meaning. Amelia Troisi, Carmen Aristegui’s correspondent in Buenos Aires, explained that during Gustavo Cerati’s public funeral, his mother, Lilian Clark spoke a lot about her late son. She revealed that the story is very much close to home. It was a recount of the time when his dad had gone to the doctors as he was not feeling too well, and when he got the envelope with the results in the mail, Cerati, his dad and his mom sat down in the kitchen table to open it.

The news were discouraging as his dad had a terminal disease that would end with his life two years later. According to Lilian Clark, this is why the song was so meaningful to Gustavo. Listen to the audio in Spanish below.