María (song)
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“María” | ||||||||||||||
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Single by Ricky Martin from the album A Medio Vivir |
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Released | June 18, 1996 | |||||||||||||
Format | CD single CD maxi 12" maxi |
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Recorded | 1995 (album version) 1997 (remixes) |
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Genre | Latin | |||||||||||||
Length | 4:23 | |||||||||||||
Label | Sony | |||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Luis Gómez Escolar KC Porter Ian Blake |
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Producer | Pablo Flores KC Porter Javier Garza Robi Rosa |
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Ricky Martin singles chronology | ||||||||||||||
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"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third album, A Medio Vivir (1995). In 1996 (see 1996 in music), Martin released the song as a CD single, his first in the United States. The song had great success on the Hot Latin Tracks airplay chart, peaking at #6, which coincided with the CD single sales to place him at #88 on The Billboard Hot 100. Martin later revamped fans' familiarity with the song by including it on the 1999 release of the self-titled album, Ricky Martin. The song became the main theme of the Brazilian telenovela Salsa e Merengue in 1996 and was very well received from the Brazilian Airplay. The song was written for a Puerto Rican love-interest Ricky Martin met on one of his tours, a "Maria" Santiago.
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[edit] Tracklist
- CD single - Europe
- "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
- "María" (Album Version) (4:23)
- CD single -Remixes
- "María" (Spanglish Radio Edit) (4:31)
- "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
- CD maxi - Remixes
- "María" (Spanglish Radio Edit) (3:58)
- "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
- "María" (Spanglish Extended) (7:56)
- "María" (Spanish Extended) (8:10)
- "María" (Spanglish Dub) (6:07)
- "María" (Perc A Pella Mix) (5:07)
- 12" maxi - Remixes
- "María" (Spanish Extended) (8:10)
- "María" (Perc A Pella Mix) (5:07)
- "María" (Spanglish Extended) (7:56)
- "María" (Spanglish Dub) (6:07)
[edit] Certifications and sales
Country | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Australia[1] | Platinum | 70,000+ |
France[2] | Diamond | 1,400,000+ |
Germany[3] | Gold | 150,000+ |
Switzerland[4] | Gold | 25,000+ |
[edit] Charts
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Preceded by "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli |
French (SNEP) number-one single April 12, 1997 - June 7, 1997 |
Succeeded by "Alane" by Wes |
Preceded by "Let a Boy Cry" by Gala |
Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single May 10, 1997 - July 12, 1997 |
[edit] References
- ^ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ German certifications musikindustrie.de (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ "María", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ 1997 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ 1997 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ 1997 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ^ 1997 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 20, 2008)