Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)

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"Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)"

Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Cuts Both Ways
Released	September 14, 1989 (UK) November 11, 1989 (Europe) March 1, 1990 (Japan) April 7, 1990 (U.S.)
Format	CD maxi single Cassette Single 7-inch Vinyl Single 12 inch Vinyl Single
Recorded	1988
Genre	Pop/Dance
Label	Epic Records
Writer(s)	Gloria Estefan, Jorge Casas & Clay Ostwald
Chart positions
#7 (Ireland) #8 (The Netherlands) #16 (UK) #48 (The Billboard Hot 100)
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Here We Are" (1989/1990)	"Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)" (1989/1990) >	"Cuts Both Ways" (1990)

"Oye mi Canto (Hear My Voice)" is a single by Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1989 at Europe and in 1990 to the rest of the world as the fourth single from the album Cuts Both Ways.

1 Song History
2 Formats and track listings
3 Chart performance
4 Charts

[edit] Song History

The song exemplied some of Gloria's musical roots, much like in the style of her earlier music with Miami Sound Machine, and is much in the style of "Conga" and "Rhythm is Gonna Get You".

Though the song was only a minor chart hit in the US, in Europe it increased Gloria's popularity. Furthermore, she obtanied her first MTV Video Music Award for this song for the "Best Pop Video" at the Ceremony in 1990.

The remixes of the song and short editions were created by: Pablo Flores, who would go on to remix many other Gloria recordings, as well as Keith Cohen and David Morales.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)".

U.S. 12" Vinyl single (4973169)

"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (Def 12" Mix)
"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (Def Dub Mix)
"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (House Mix)
"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (12" Pablo Mix)
"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (Pablo Dub Mix)
"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (Spanish Version)

UK Limited Edition Maxi-Single Cd(655287 5)

"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (Edit)
"Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)" (Album Version)
"Rhythm is Gonna get You"
"Conga"

[edit] Chart performance

Though the song is a dance number it didn’t make it on the Dance charts, even in the Dance sales chart.

Still, as well as achieving positive reviews, the song did well on the UK charts being a Top 20 hit, reaching #16, which was a notable achievement since her singles generally charted below the Top 20. In Ireland it continued Gloria's fine performance in the Top 10, making it her 4th single to be a Top 10 from the album.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
German Singles Chart	28
Irish Singles Chart	7
Dutch Singles Chart	8
Sweden Singles Chart	14
UK Singles Chart	16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	48
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks	10