"Por Un Beso"
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Alma Caribeña
Released2000 (Mexico)
Recorded2000
GenreBolero
Length5:01
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Robert Blades
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Me Voy"
(2000)		 "Por Un Beso"
(2000)		 "You Can't Walk Away from Love"
(2001)

"Por Un Beso" (For a Kiss) is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the fourth promotional single and seventh single overall, taken from her third Spanish album Alma Caribeña. This song is one of the most recognized songs of Estefan's in Spanish language. In 2004 it was included on her compilation album Amor y Suerte: Exitos Romanticos.

Song history

The last single released from the successful album Alma Caribeña was "Por Un Beso". Though it was not as successful on the charts as the previous singles, it became a popular Spanish song for Estefan.

This song is a theatrical ballad which talks about the betrayal of a lover through a simple kiss, the main idea of the song is the infidelity. After the betrayal made by her lover, she still does not hate him, though she does not want to be with him anymore.

The song became popular among Latin American audiences, and was performed live at a special concert by Estefan at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, in which the choreography was theatrically arranged to match the song. In Mexico, due to its popularity, a Mexican telenovela was created under the same name of the song.[1]

A "tropical" version of the song was released, and is only available as a compilation, released in Spain, which features various artists.

Track listing

Mexico promo CD single (PRCD 98188) [2000] [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Por Un Beso"Robert Blades5:01

Official versions

Original versions

  1. Album version (5:01)
  2. Tropical version (4:09)

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 32
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay 18
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 36

References

  1. ↑ Es Mas | Estrellas | Por un Beso
  2. ↑ "CD Single: Gloria Estefan - Por Un Beso (Album Version) (2000)".
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