Viviré (song)

"Viviré"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Fogaraté
B-side"Canto de Hacha"
Released1994
GenreBachata
Length4:00
LabelKaren
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"La Cosquillita"
(1994) 		"Viviré"
(1994) 		"El Beso de la Ciguatera"
(1994)

"Viviré" ("I Will Live") is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the second single for his album Fogaraté (1994).[1] It is a Spanish-language adaptation of "Vivi" by Congolese musician Papa Wemba with Guerra writing the song in Spanish.[2] It became his first song to reach number-one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay in 1994.[3] At the 1995 Latin Billboard Music Awards, "Viviré" won Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year.[4] It was recognized as one best-performing Latin songs of the year at the 1996 BMI Latin Awards.[5] The music video for the song was directed by Gustavo Garzón and received a nomination for Video of the Year at the 1995 Lo Nuestro Awards.[1][6] On the review of the album for the Miami Herald, Fernando Gonzalez called the song "the best of the lot".[7] A writer for Music & Media described the track as a Cuban son.[8]

Track listing

  1. "Viviré" - 4:00
  2. "Canto de Hacha"

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[9] 5
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[10] 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Resendez, Hector (22 October 1994). "juan%20luis%20guerra"M "News From U.S. & Latin America" (PDF). Cash Box: 17. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ^ Roberts, John Storm. "Fogaraté - Juan Luis Guerra y 440 | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Latin Pop Airplay: Week of November 5, 1994". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ Lannert, John (10 June 1995). "Latin Music Conference". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. p. LM-54. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  5. ^ Burr, Ramiro (18 May 1996). "Pete Astudillo Leads BMI Latin Music Awards". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 20. pp. 4, 68. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. ^ Burr, Ramiro (7 May 1995). "Tejano artists in line for national honors". San Antonio Express-News. Hearst Corporation.
  7. ^ Gonzalez, Fernando (27 July 1994). "Sophie B. Sounds Like Madonna's Tamer Sister". Miami Herald. p. 2E. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media: 6. 13 August 1995. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Juan Luis Guerra Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Juan Luis Guerra Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2020.


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