"Frente a frente"
Single by Chico & Roberta
from the album Frente a frente
B-side"Feijāo"
Released1990
Recorded1990
GenreLatino, Worldbeat
Length
  • 3:30 (single version)
  • 3:43 (album version)
LabelCarrere
Songwriter(s)Chico & Roberta, Loalwa Braz, Daniel Darras, Alain Pyge
Producer(s)Jean-Claude Bonaventure
Chico & Roberta singles chronology
"Frente a frente"
(1990)		 "Natal"
(1991)

"Frente a frente" is a 1990 song recorded by Brasilian duet Chico & Roberta. Written by Chico & Roberta and Loalwa Braz with a music by Daniel Darras and Alain Pyge, and produced by Jean-Claude Bonaventure, who previously produced Kaoma's "Lambada", it was the debut single from the band's first album Frente a frente, released in 1991, on which it appears as the first track. It was successful, becoming a top five hit.

According to Elia Habib, an expert of the French chart, "Frente a frente" has a "sunny melody" which recalled Dalida's 1976 hit single "Bésame Mucho".[1]

Chart performance

"Frente a frente" first charted in the Netherlands, in August and September 1990, remaining for eight weeks on the Dutch Single Top 100 with a peak of number 36 in its fifth week of presence. In France, it debuted at number 37 on the chart edition of 20 October 1990, reached the top ten five weeks later, peaked at number five for non-consecutive three weeks, and totalled 17 weeks in the top twenty and 25 weeks in the top 50, thus becoming the band's longest single chart run. It achieved Gold status, awarded by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, the French certificator, for over 400,000 units sold.[2] It charted for 18 weeks on the Eurochart Hot 100 and peaked at number 29 in its seventh week.[3]

Track listings

Charts and sales

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Europe[19] 1990 CD single Carrere
7" single
12" maxi
Mexico Promo 12" maxi[15] CBS
Costa Rica Promo 7" single[16]

References

  1. ↑ Habib, Elia (2002). Muz hit.tubes (in French). Alinéa Bis. p. 197. ISBN 2-9518832-0-X.
  2. 1 2 "InfoDisc : Les Certifications Officielles d'un Artiste (Depuis 1973)". infodisc.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2019.. Select "Chico & Roberta" from the drop-down menu and click "OK".
  3. 1 2 "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 2. 12 January 1991. p. 31. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, CD single France (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  5. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, CD single Germany (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  6. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 7" single France (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  7. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 7" single Germany (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  8. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 7" single Denmark (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  9. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 7" single Italy (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  10. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 7" single Portugal (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  11. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 12" maxi Spain (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  12. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 12" maxi Italy (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  13. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 12" maxi France (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  14. ↑ "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 12" maxi Greece (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  15. 1 2 "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 12" maxi Mexico (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  16. 1 2 "Frente a frente (song)" at Discogs, 12" maxi Costa Rica (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
  17. ↑ "Chico & Roberta – Frente a frente" (in French). Les classement single.
  18. ↑ "Chico & Roberta – Frente a frente" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  19. ↑ "Frente a frente" at Discogs (list of releases) (Chico & Roberta – "Frente a frente") (accessdate: 1 September 2021).
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