Tres Deseos

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“Tres Deseos”
“Tres Deseos” cover
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Abriendo Puertas
Released Flag of the United StatesJanuary, 1996
Flag of JapanJanuary 25, 1996
Format CD Maxi single
CD promo single
Recorded 1994-1995
Genre Latin Pop
Length 03:32
Label Epic Records
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Más Allá"
(1995/1996)		 "Tres Deseos"
(1996)		 "Dulce Amor"
(1996)

"Tres Deseos" (Three Wishes) was the first promotional and third overall single released by Gloria Estefan on her second Spanish album Abriendo Puertas.

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[edit] Song History

"Tres Deseos" is an up-beat Latin-dance song inspired on Colombian music, principally on vallenato. The song was the first promotional single released worldwide, but was not the first to U.S, "Más Allá" was the first, however internationally this was the first promotional single, but was released for commercial purpose as a CD Maxi single to Japan.

The remixes of the song were extremely successful, with the help of them the song made it on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart at number-one. Also this song featured at the soundtrack of the film Dance with Me in which also featured her up-coming single "Heaven's What I Feel".

The song also become popular in Gloria's concerts for being mixed with another famous dance song of Estefan, "Higher" released on her upcoming album Destiny.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Tres Deseos".

U.S. CD 12" Vinyl Single (EAS 7798)

  1. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's Tribe Dub)
  2. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's The More Tragic Dub)
  3. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's The Under Dub)
  4. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's Bonus Wish Mix)
  5. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's Percapella Beats)

U.S. CD 12" Vinyl Single #2 (EAS 7622)

  1. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's Fiesta Mix)
  2. "Tres Deseos" (Pablo Flores 12" Remix)
  3. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's Tragic Dub)
  4. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's The Three Wish Dub)

Japan CD Maxi single (ESCA 6381)

  1. "Tres Deseos" (Album Version)
  2. "Tres Deseos" (Pablo Flores 12" Remix)
  3. "Más Allá" (Album Version)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1(1)
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 12
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 14

[edit] Official versions

Original versions

  1. Album Version — 3:32

Remixes

  1. Pablo Flores 12" Remix - 6:35
  2. Pablo Flores Remix - 5:05
  3. Rosabel's Fiesta Mix - 7:29
  4. Rosabel's Tragic Dub - 8:08
  5. Rosabel's The Three Wish Dub - 7:15
  6. Rosabel's Tribe Dub - 7:57
  7. Rosabel's The More Tragic Dub - 8:15
  8. Rosabel's The Under Dub - 5:30
  9. Rosabel's Bonus Wish Mix - 4:06
  10. Rosabel's Percapella Beats - 5:45
Preceded by
"Salva Mea" by Faithless		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
April 6, 1996 - April 12, 1996		 Succeeded by
"Hyper-Ballad" by Björk

[edit] References

  1. http://www.geocities.com/weslarkins/glorialibre.html gloriaestefandiscographydatabase