Amor Prohibido (song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Amor Prohibido”
Single by Selena
from the album Amor Prohibido
Released April, 1994
Format CD Promo single
Recorded 1995
Genre Latin
Length 2:50
Label EMI
Writer(s) A.B. Quintanilla and Pete Estudillo
Producer A.B. Quintanilla III
Selena singles chronology
"La Llamada"
(1993)		 "Amor Prohibido"
(1994)		 "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
(1994)

"Amor Prohibido" (Eng.: Forbidden Love) is the title of the first single released by Selena from her album of the same title.

Contents

[edit] Song Information

The track was written by A.B. Quintanilla III and Pete Astudillo for Selena's album Amor Prohibido and was chosen to be the first single from that album. The song is widely known as her signature song. The single debuted at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks in the week of April 23, 1994[1] and peaked at number one seven weeks later (June 11, 1994), spending 9 weeks in pole position[2]. The single spent seventeen weeks in the Top Ten.

[edit] Chart Performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks [3] 1
US Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay [4] 5
Preceded by
"Vida" by La Mafia		 U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single
June 11, 1994 - August 06, 1994		 Succeeded by
"Si Te Vas" by Jon Secada

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1994-04-23.
  2. ^ "Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1994-08-06.
  3. ^ "Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1994-08-06.
  4. ^ "Latin Regional Mexican Airplay" on Billboard.com. Retrieved on 1995-04-29.