# Help me identify a song that sounds like “Famous Blue Raincoat” by Leonard Cohen

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No, it’s not Leo Sayers _When I Need You_. This song is in Spanish, and to the music is almost the same, even more so than _When I Need You_ in comparison. It’s probably from the 2010s, though it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s from the very early 2020s or late 2000s. The singer is a young man, and IIRC the song is a memorial to other young men that have died in gang and drug related incidents.