Muchacha Triste

"Muchacha Triste"
Single by Los Fantasmas del Caribe
from the album Caramelo
Released 1993
Format Promo
Genre Latin music
Length 4:07
Label Rodven Records
Writer(s) Luis Alva
Producer(s) Luis Alva
Los Fantasmas del Caribe singles chronology
"Muchacha Triste"
(1993)		 "Ella Es"
(1993)

"Muchacha Triste" ("Sad Girl") is a song written and produced by Luis Alva for the Venezuelan group Los Fantasmas del Caribe for their debut album Caramelo (1993).[1] The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in the United States in 1993 and ended as the fifth best-performing song of the year in the country.[2][3] The song was nominated Pop Song of the Year at the 1994 Lo Nuestro Awards.[4]


Los Super Reyes version

"Muchacha Triste"
Single by Cruz Martínez Y Los Super Reyes
from the album El Regreso De Los Reyes
Released 2008
Format CD, digital download
Recorded 2007
Genre Cumbia
Length 3:26
Label Warner Music Group
Writer(s) Luis Alva
Producer(s) Cruz Martínez
Cruz Martínez Y Los Super Reyes singles chronology
"Serenata (Estrellita Mía)"
(2007)		 "Muchacha Triste"
(2008)		 "Yo Seré"
(2008)

"Muchacha Triste" was covered by Cruz Martínez Y Los Super Reyes. It is the third single from the album El Regreso De Los Reyes.

References

  1. ↑ "Caramelo - Los Fantasmas del Caribe". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Los Fantasmas del Caribe - Chart history: Latin Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 110 (48): LMQ3. November 28, 1998. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ González, Fernando (May 16, 1994). "Lo Nuestro, Billboard Honor Latin Singers". The Miami Herald (The McClatchy Company). (subscription required (help)).