 "Al otro lado del río", by Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler (qv)  became the second song in a language other than English to win an  Oscar (the first was "Ta paidia toy Peiraia" (Children of Piraeus)  by Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis (qv) from the film  _Pote tin Kyriaki (1960)_ (qv) (aka "Never on Sunday").  Jorge Drexler (qv), who wrote and recorded "Al otro lado del río"  for the film was asked not to perform it during the Oscar Ceremony,  with the producers citing "commercial reasons" (i.e. hes not  famous). The song was performed by Antonio Banderas (I) (qv) and  Carlos Santana (I) (qv) instead. However, Drexler managed to get  back at the Academy and sing his song during the ceremony as he won  the Oscar for Best Song and when he went on stage to accept it  instead of giving a speech he sang about 30 seconds of the song a  capella.