 Musically the song is in the late 1970s - early 1980s genre 'flamenco-rock', also referred to as New Flamenco, which fused Spain's Arabic, Andalusian, Sephardic and Gypsy heritage with contemporary Anglosaxon pop and rock instrumentation, in this case from 1980s synthpop; with the exception of bass and electric guitar the studio recording of "¿Quién maneja mi barca?