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===Covers by other artists=== Due to the popularity of their songs, Mecano has been covered by other artists in the Spanish-speaking as well as in the non-Spanish-speaking world. Songs from ''Entre el cielo y el suelo'' have been covered by [[Montserrat Caballé]] and [[Celia Cruz]]. Also, the unpublished song ''Lía'' was sung by [[Ana Belén]]. The Eurodance band [[Loona (singer)|Loona]] covered the song "Hijo de la luna" in 1998 and achieved a major hit with it. [[Laura Branigan]] recorded a version of "Mujer Contra Mujer" on her 1993 album ''[[Over My Heart]]''. In 2008, Mexican singer [[Daniela Romo]] included the song in her album, ''Sueños de Cabaret.'' ''Cruz de Navajas'' was covered in a [[Salsa (music)|salsa]] style by [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] singer [[Raulin Rosendo]]. In 2004, [[Mexican people|Mexican]] pop singer [[Fey (singer)|Fey]] recorded the album ''[[La Fuerza Del Destino]]'', an album consisting of 12 Mecano covers. This album was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in 2005. [[Costa Rica]]n Latin grammy winners, [[Editus]] covered the song "Hijo De La Luna" in their album ''Siempre...''. Non-Spanish covers include [[Sarah Brightman]], who sang the songs "Tú", "Hijo de la luna", "Naturaleza Muerta". [[Mario Frangoulis]] covered "Hijo de la luna" and "Naturaleza Muerta." The Belgian-Spanish [[Belle Perez]] did the same. Greek singer [[Eleni Dimou]] covered "Hijo de la luna" translating it in Greek ("Πέφτει το φεγγάρι" - "Moon is falling"). The Spanish heavy metal band [[Stravaganzza]] covered the song "Hijo de la luna" in their most recent studio work: an EP called ''Hijo del Miedo'' (Son of Fear). Recently the crossover soprano Geraldine Larrosa covered a French/Spanish version of "Naturaleza Muerta". A Portuguese-language cover of "Hawaii–Bombay" was performed by Brazilian [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Metrô (band)|Metrô]] on their 1985 album ''[[Olhar]]''. [[Portugal|Portuguese]] singer [[José Cid]] also sung a version of his own. In their 2008 album, ''[[Tales of Ithiria]]'', the [[Germany|German]] [[symphonic metal]] band [[Haggard (band)|Haggard]] made a cover for "Hijo de la Luna". A [[Finland|Finnish]] pop-folk artist [[Tuula Amberla]] released a cover in Finnish of "Hijo de la Luna" called "Kuun poika" in 1992, later a [[symphonic metal]] band [[Katra (band)|Katra]] made the same cover in their 2008 album ''[[Beast Within]]''. In 2009, the Mexican singer [[Gloria Trevi]] sang a live cover of the song "''Hijo de la Luna''" on the Mexican television show, ''El Show de los Sueños''. Also that same year the Brazilian-Venezuelan singer, [[Elisa Rego]], did an electronic version of "''Aire''" song (Air) included in her fifth studio album titled "''Temperamental''". It is noteworthy that also in her beginnings (1982) Rego was the lead singer of ES-3, an underground rock band who specialized in performing Mecano covers in Caracas city night clubs long before this Spanish trio visited [[Venezuela]] for the first time in 1984 during the Promotional Tour of the "''Ya Viene El Sol''"-album (The Sun is Coming). Then their second visit to Venezuela was in 1986 in the promotional tour of "''Entre el cielo y el suelo''". The [[Italy|Italian]] [[Extreme metal|extreme]] [[gothic metal]] band [[Theatres des Vampires]] made an Italian-language cover of "Hijo de la Luna" in their 2011 album ''[[Moonlight Waltz]]''.
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