What is "juanita"

"Juanita" ("Nita Juanita") is a love song variously subtitled "A Spanish Ballad", "A Song of Spain", and others. "Juanita" was first published in 1855, attributed to Mrs. Norton (i.e. noted society figure and social reformer Caroline Norton), with music arranged by T. G. May. The opening four-bar phrase of the song is taken from Handel's aria Lascia ch'io pianga from the opera Rinaldo, although the subsequent melody differs from that of the aria. The name of the song is derived from the refrains:

• (First)

• (Second)

"Juanita" appears in numerous songbooks and has been recorded many times.

Juanita may refer to:

• Diminutive of Juana, a female given name in Spanish
  • All Wikipedia pages beginning with Juanita
• Mummy Juanita, or "The Ice Maiden", 15th-century Inca mummy discovered in 1995
• Wanita or Juanita, 1923 Al Jolson hit song
• "Juanita", 1956 hit song by Chuck Willis
• Juanita (song), also known as "Nita Juanita"
• Juanita (Underworld Song), album track by Underworld
• "Juanita", track from The Gilded Palace of Sin by the Flying Burrito Brothers
• Juanita, Washington, an unincorporated area of King County, Washington, USA
• Juanita High School, in King County, Washington, USA
• Juanita's, music venue in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• Hacienda Juanita, hotel in Puerto Rico
• Juanita (film), film directed by Pierre Caron
• Juanita Banana, a Philippine TV series
• Juanita Banana (song), a song by Tash Howard and Murray Kenton

"Juanita" is the title of a promotional 1996 single release and a song by Underworld, from their album Second Toughest in the Infants. It was the regular set-opener of their Second Toughest in the Infants and Beaucoup Fish tours.

On the album it is titled "Juanita: Kiteless: To Dream of Love" as "Juanita" forms only the first part of three in the track, with "Kiteless" and "To Dream of Love" pushing it to its length of almost seventeen minutes. The "Promo Short Cut" version cuts down the "Juanita" part of the track, which is approximately the first 6:03 of the album version, and edits it to 3:49.

The 2000 live album Everything, Everything, which documents the Beaucoup Fish tour, features a version which includes both "Juanita" and "Kiteless" only, and runs to 12:35.

Juanita is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Caron and starring Mireille Perrey, Alfred Rode and André Berley. The following year it was remade in Britain as Gypsy Melody directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Lupe Velez and Alfred Rode.