La Derrota

"La Derrota"
Single by Vicente Fernández
from the album Para Siempre
Released January 28, 2008
Format Promo single, Airplay
Genre Mariachi
Length 3:17
Label Norte
Writer(s) Joan Sebastian
Producer(s) Joan Sebastian
Vicente Fernández singles chronology
"Estos Celos"
(2008)		 "La Derrota"
(2008)		 "Para Siempre"
(2008)

"La Derrota" ("The Defeat") is the title of a song written and produced by Mexican singer-songwriter Joan Sebastian and recorded by Mexican performer Vicente Fernández. It was released as the second single from Fernández's 79th studio album Para Siempre.

This single was a successful release, peaking at number seven in the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in United States and reaching the top spot of the charts in México and Colombia.

Song information

"La Derrota" is included on the 79th studio album by Vicente Fernández titled Para Siempre and was chosen to be the second single from this album. It debuted at number 29 in the Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay on February 9, 2008, where it peaked at the top of the chart 15 weeks later,[1] and went on to spent 29 weeks in the chart.[2] On the Billboard Hot Latin Songs the single peaked at number 7 and spent 22 weeks within the Top 40.[3] It also peaked at number one in México and Colombia.[4]

"Estos Celos" ranked 15th at the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs Year-End Charts of 2008.[5] It also ranked at number 25 at the Hot Latin Songs recap of 2008.[6]

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Colombian Singles Chart[4] 1
México Top Regional Songs[4] 1
US Billboard Hot Latin Songs[3] 7
US Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay[1] 1

Personnel

The following people contributed to "La Derrota":[7]
  • Dave Rivera — Violin
  • Javier Carrillo — Violin
  • Hugo Colula — Violin
  • Francisco Cedillo — Viola
  • Monica Del Aguila — Cello
  • Bernardino De Santiago — Guitarrón
  • Moisés Garcia — Trumpet

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Latin Regional Mexican Airplay". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Latin Regional Mexican Airplay". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Vicente Fernández ya es disco de diamante con Para Siempre". Bang Bang Musica (in Spanish). 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  5. ↑ "Hot Regional Mexican Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business, Inc. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  6. ↑ "Hot Latin Songs". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Para Siempre - Credits". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
Preceded by
"Hasta el Día de Hoy" by Los Dareyes de la Sierra		 U.S. Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay number-one single
May 24, 2008 		Succeeded by
"Hasta el Día de Hoy" by Los Dareyes de la Sierra