Tokyo Music Festival
According to Gloria Estefan in an interview in the Netherlands television show RTL Late Night, Conga was written after the band had performed "Dr. Beat" in a club called Cartouche in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The single was released in 1985 (see 1985 in music) and became a worldwide hit, reaching #10 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 and winning the Grand Prize at the 15th annual "Tokyo Music Festival" in Japan.