Viviré (song)

"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]

"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)

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. 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. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. Lannert, John (10 June 1995). "Latin Music Conference". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media: 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. 108 (20): 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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