La Vida Es Un Carnaval

"La Vida Es Un Carnaval"
Single by Celia Cruz
from the album Mi Vida Es Cantar
Released 1998
Format CD
Recorded 1997—1998
Genre Salsa
Length 4:37
Writer(s) Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santísima Trinidad, Sergio George, Victor Daniel
Producer(s) Sergio George
Celia Cruz chronology
"__"
(199?)		 "La Vida Es Un Carnaval"
(1998)		 "Mi Vida Es Cantar"
(1998)

"La Vida Es Un Carnaval" (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈβiða es uŋ karnaˈβal]) is a song performed by Cuban recording artist Celia Cruz. The song was written by herself along with Sergio George and Victor Daniel, produced by George and released as the lead single from Cruz's studio album Mi Vida Es Cantar (1998). The song won the award for Tropical Song of the Year at the 2003 Lo Nuestro Awards.[1]

It has become one of Cruz's most popular songs, leading to the song being covered by several artists, including salsa singers Victor Manuelle and La India as well as reggaetón singers Ivy Queen, Nicky Jam and Mikey Perfecto, among others.

This song was featured in the 2000 Mexican film, Amores perros.

Cover versions

It was covered by reggaetón singer Mikey Perfecto on his second studio album Evolución Arrestada in 2004. The song featured guest vocals performed by Joel Dando Tra. The song combines merengue and reggaetón music and has a duración of two minutes and fifty-three seconds. It contains a verse written by Perfecto himself. Perfecto chose to cover the song because he listed Cruz as one of his many musical influences on the preceding interlude track of the album.[2] That same year, fellow reggaetón singer Nicky Jam also covered "La Vida Es Un Carnaval". Puerto Rican singer Víctor Manuelle performed a live version of the song which was included on the live album Victor Manuelle en Vivo: Desde el Carnegie Hall. This version peaked at number 14 on the Tropical Songs chart.[3] The song was covered by the Queen of Reggaetón, Ivy Queen on her ninth studio album Vendetta in 2014.[4] American entertainer Jennifer Lopez performed the song live as part the tribute to Cruz during the American Music Awards of 2013.[5]

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
US Latin Songs (Billboard)[6] 40
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[6] 32
US Tropical Songs (Billboard)[6] 27

References

  1. ↑ "Univision Anuncia Los Ganadores del Premio Lo Nuestro 2003". Univision (in Spanish). Hispanic Newswire. 6 February 2003. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Evolución Arrestada (Liner notes). Mikey Perfecto. . Under exclusive license to Univision Records, a division of Univision Music Group. 5820 Conga Avenue. Suite 300. 2004. Woodhills, CA 91387. Manufactured and distributed by Universal Music Distribution. 0883111402.
  3. ↑ "Victor Manuelle - Awards". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "goguito_filtrogroup on Instagram". Instagram. Facebook, Inc. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jennifer Lopez's Amazing Tribute To Celia Cruz". The Huffington Post. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Celia Cruz: Awards: Allmusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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