Amiga Mía

"Amiga Mía"
Single by Alejandro Sanz
from the album Más
Released 1998
Recorded 1996–1997
Genre Latin pop
Length 4:47
Label WEA Latina
Writer(s) Alejandro Sanz
Producer(s) Emanuele Ruffinengo [1]
Alejandro Sanz singles chronology
"Corazón Partío"
(1997)
"Amiga Mía"
(1998)
"Aquello Que Me Diste"
(1998)
Music video
"Amiga Mía" on YouTube
Music sample
"Amiga Mía"

"Amiga Mía" (English: My (female) Friend) is a song written and performed by Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz. It was released in 1998 as the third single from his fifth album Más.

Music video

A music video, directed by Ambrogio Lo Giudice, was shot in 1998 in Italy.[2]

In the beginning of the video, Alejandro stand at a rooftop and started to sing. It's early in the morning thus people slowly start to wake up from sleep. In the middle of the video, one old man called the cops to arrest Alejandro. Cops arrived but he didn't care, he didn't stop singing. While all the people were busy watching Alejandro, a girl wakes up and leaves her house. in the end of the video, the aforementioned girl went to see her boyfriend. They stare at each other and at last they kissed.

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[3] 2
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Trop Airplay[5] 5

Covers

Joe King performed a salsa version of the song which peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.[6]

References