El día que me quieras (song)

"El día que me quieras"
Single by Carlos Gardel
LanguageSpanish
B-side"Volvió una noche"
Released1934
RecordedMarch 19, 1934 (1934-03-19)
GenreArgentine tango
LabelRCA Victor
Composer(s)Carlos Gardel
Lyricist(s)Alfredo Le Pera

"El día que me quieras" (English: The day that you love me) is an Argentine tango with music by Carlos Gardel and lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. It is considered one of the most popular songs of the 20th century and one of the best Latin songs of all time.[1] Originally featured in the 1935 film of the same name, sung by Gardel himself, it became a heavily recorded tango standard, even by artists outside of the realm of tango. It has subsequently been covered by various artists such as Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias,[2] Michael Bolton[3] Roberto Carlos, Raphael de España and Shlomo Idov who translated the song to Hebrew. The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.[4] "El día que me quieras" was honored at the 2014 La Musa Awards as "La Canción de Todos los Tiempos" ("The Song of All Times").[5] It was among the tango standards selected by Plácido Domingo for his 1981 album Plácido Domingo Sings Tangos. In addition to Domingo, the song has been covered by operatic tenors including José Carreras,[6] Juan Diego Florez,[7] Christian Ketter,[8] and Alfredo Kraus.[9]

Luis Miguel version

"El día que me quieras"
Single by Luis Miguel
from the album Segundo Romance
ReleasedAugust 1994
Recorded1994
GenreLatin
Length3:58
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
  • Carlos Gardel
  • Alfredo Le Pera
Producer(s)
Luis Miguel singles chronology
"Suave"
(1993) 		"El día que me quieras"
(1994) 		"La Media Vuelta"
(1994)

Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer Luis Miguel recorded a cover version of the song on his studio album Segundo Romance (1994). It was released as the album's lead single in August 1994.[10] This single peaked at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1994, one of the two songs along with "La Media Vuelta" from the album to do so.[11] It also topped the charts in Mexico, Argentina, Panama and Peru; and reached the top-three in four other countries.

Luis Miguel's version received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year at the 1995 Lo Nuestro Awards.[12] It was recognized as one best-performing Latin songs of the year at the 1996 BMI Latin Awards.[13] The music video was directed by Kiko Guerrero and filmed at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City with Miguel and a 36-piece orchestra.[14][15] A live version of the song was included on his album El Concierto (1995).[16]

Weekly charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[17] 1
Chile (UPI)[18] 2
Dominican Republic (UPI)[19] 2
El Salvador (UPI)[20] 3
Mexico (AMPROFON)[21] 1
Panama (UPI)[22] 1
Peru (UPI)[23] 1
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[24] 1
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[25] 1
Venezuela (UPI)[26] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[27] 10

Gloria Estefan version

"El día que me quieras"
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album The Standards
Released2013
Recorded2013
GenreTraditional pop
LabelSony Masterworks
Songwriter(s)
  • Carlos Gardel
  • Alfredo Le Pera
  • Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan has written and recorded the first-ever English translation of the song ("The Day You Say You Love Me") for her 2013 album The Standards. “It was the wedding song that Emilio and I danced to!” she relates. “I wanted to record it. It was never done in English, and I wanted it to be as close to the author's version as possible and I was so inspired. Before we started doing the record, I wrote the translation. It’s always nice when you can write a standard!”[28] Some editions of Estefan's album also include a cover with the original Spanish lyrics.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Julio Iglesias - El Dia Que Me Quieras". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
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  5. ^ "2014 Inductees". Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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  8. ^ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein, 29 September 2014, retrieved 2018-12-08
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  10. ^ "Luis Miguel y Stephanie Salas listos para estrenar producto en breve". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Editora de la Laguna. 28 June 1994. p. 44. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Luis Miguel - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  12. ^ Burr, Ramiro (May 7, 1995). "Tejano artists in line for national honors". San Antonio Express-News. Hearst Corporation.
  13. ^ Burr, Ramiro (May 18, 1996). "Pete Astudillo Leads BMI Latin Music Awards". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 20. pp. 4, 68. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Listo el "Segundo Romance" de Luismi". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Editora de la Laguna. 27 July 1994. p. 34. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  15. ^ Guerrero, Kiko (director) (1994). El Día Que Me Quieras (Television). Mexico City, Mexico: Warner Music Mexico. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014.
  16. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "El Concierto - Luis Miguel: Overview". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Es una minita el "Romance II" de Luis". El Siglo de Torreón. October 7, 1994. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
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  25. ^ "Luis Miguel Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
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  27. ^ "The Year in Music 1994". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 24 December 1994. pp. YE-82.
  28. ^ "Gloria Estefan - The Standards". Retrieved 2015-04-08.