Yo Nací Para Amarte

"Yo Nací Para Amarte"
A black-and-white image of a man sitting on a chair with his shirt unbuttoned
Single by Alejandro Fernández
from the album Me Estoy Enamorando
Released1998
StudioCrescent Moon Studio
(Miami, Florida)
GenreBolero
Length4:28
LabelSony Music Mexico
Songwriter(s)Kike Santander
Producer(s)
Alejandro Fernández singles chronology
"No Sé Olvidar"
(1997) 		"'Yo Nací Para Amarte'"
(1998) 		"Loco"
(1999)

"Yo Nací Para Amarte" ("I Was Born to Love You") is a song written by Kike Santander and performed by Mexican recording artist Alejandro Fernández. It was co-produced by Santander and Emilio Estefan and was released as the fourth and final single by Sony Music Mexico from Me Estoy Enamorando in 1998. The song is a bolero-pop ballad with ranchera influences and portrays the singer confessing his love which he admits "goes beyond reason".

It reached the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States and spent five weeks at this position. The recording led to Fernández receiving a nomination for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Pop Hot Latin Track of the Year at the 1999 Billboard Latin Music Awards while Santander received a BMI Latin Award for the track in the same year.

Background and composition

Since 1992, Alejandro Fernández established his music career as a ranchera singer like his father, iconic ranchera singer, Vicente Fernández. His previous albums, Alejandro Fernández (1992), Piel De Niña (1993), Grandes Éxitos a la Manera de Alejandro Fernández (1994), Que Seas Muy Feliz (1995), and Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón (1996), helped solidify Fernández as a ranchera singer.[1] Although his last album, Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón, was a success, Fernández did not want to simply record another ranchera album. "If I had released another album of just rancheras, people would have just expected the same thing, and then they would have begun to judge me by that one [musical] theme", Fernández explained. He also noted bolero's popularity on radio stations and cited his waning radio airplay. After listening to Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan, Fernández sought Estefan's husband Emilio Estefan to have him produced Fernández's next album. After hearing Fernández's proposal, Emilio Estefan agreed on the idea to produce the album.[2] Recording took place at Estefan's Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida.[3]

Alejandro Fernández "Yo Nací Para Amarte"
A 26-second sample of the opening track "Yo Nací Para Amarte". Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News notes that the song "uses strings, maracas, trumpets and percussion to frame a meaty declaration of undying love".[3]
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"Yo Nací Para Amarte", along with the other tracks in the album, is a bolero-pop ballad song with ranchera influences.[4] The song was written by Colombian songwriter Kike Santander and co-produced by Santander and Estefan. The sound features the usage of strings, maracas, trumpets and percussion.[3] In the lyrics, the protagonist declares his love and admits it "goes beyond reason".[5]

Reception

"Yo Nací Para Amarte" was released as the fourth and final single from Me Estoy Enamorando.[6] In the United States, the single debuted at number 39 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart on the week of 6 June 1998.[7] It reached the top of the chart six weeks later succeeding "Rezo" by Carlos Ponce. The song spent five consecutive weeks in this position until it was replaced by "Una Fan Enamorada" by Servando & Florentino.[8] The song ended 1998 as the seventh best-performing Latin song of the year in the US.[9] The track also reached number two on the Latin Pop Songs chart.[10] In November 1999, "Yo Nací Para Amarte" was labeled as one of the "hottest tracks" for Sony Discos in a list including the most successful songs released by the label since the launch of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1986.[11]

Eliseo Cardona of El Nuevo Herald highlighted "Yo Nací Para Amarte" as one of the boleros where Fernández performs with "intensity and passion".[12] At the 1999 Billboard Latin Music Awards, "Yo Nací Para Amarte" was nominated for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Pop Hot Latin Track of the Year. Fernández lost the first award to "Por Mujeres Como Tu" by Pepe Aguilar and the second to "Vuelve" by Ricky Martin.[13] The track also led to Santander receiving a BMI Latin Award in 1999 in recognition of the best-performing Latin songs in 1998.[14]

Charts

Personnel

Credits adapted from the Me Estoy Enamorando liner notes.[19]

  • Alejandro Fernández – vocals
  • Kike Santander – songwriting, arranger, acoustic guitar, vihuela, keyboards
  • Nicky Orta – bass
  • René Toledo – twelve-string guitar
  • Luis Enrique – percussion
  • Archie Peña – maracas
  • Teddy Mulet – trumpet

See also

References

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  2. ^ Burr, Ramiro (11 April 1998). "Alejandro Turns Pop". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. LMQ-16, 31. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Tarradell, Mario (5 October 1997). "Fernandez: Pop goes the ranchera singer". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation.
  4. ^ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 41. Nielsen Business Media. 11 October 1997. p. 83. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  5. ^ Burr, Ramiro (2 November 1997). "Alejandro Fernandez on verge of ranchera greatness". San Antonio Express-News. Hearst Corporation.
  6. ^ Yo Nací Para Amarte (Promo single CD). Mexico: Sony Music Mexico, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. 1998. SAMPCS 5483. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Hot Latin Songs: The Week of June 6, 1998". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Hot Latin Songs – 1998 Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "1998: The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. Prometheus Global Media. 26 December 1998. p. YE-66, 70. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Alejandro Fernández Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  11. ^ Mayfield, Geoff (20 November 1999). "Charting Sony Discos' Success". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 47. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 74. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  12. ^ Cardona, Eliseo (10 October 1997). "Lo Que Suena". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). The McClatchy Company.
  13. ^ Lannert, John (24 April 1999). "10th Annual Latin Music Conference". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 17. pp. LM-3. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Los Premios Latinos de BMI Latin 1999". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 26. Prometheus Global Media. 26 June 1999. p. 33. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Lista de popularidad". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). September 1, 1998. p. 62. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "Carlos Ponce En la cima de la popularidad". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 27 July 1998. p. 38. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "Alejandro Fernández Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Alejandro Fernández y Cristian en los primeros lugares en Venezuela". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). August 5, 1998. p. 75. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  19. ^ Fernández, Alejandro (1997). Me Estoy Enamorando (CD liner). Miami, Florida: Sony Music Entertainment Mexico. p. 1. CDF-82446/2-486138.