Azucar Amargo (Fey Song)
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"Azúcar Amargo" is a Latin pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

 song sung by Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 singer Fey
Fey (singer)
Fey is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop artist that became a pop teen idol for her country in the mid 1990s. Her height is 5 ft 2in .-Biography:...

. The song's title means "Bitter Sugar" in English
English language
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, but is used in the context of the English term bittersweet
Bittersweet
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. This is apparent since the song is about a relationship which brings her both joy and pain. The song was released in November 1996 as the first single from Fey's second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, Tierna la Noche, and quickly became her biggest hit to date.

Music video

The music video was directed by Luis de Velasco and premiered on October 1996. In the video Fey
Fey
Fey may refer to:* A word meaning "wild or crazy acting", often ascribed to supernatural causes and evidenced by abnormal behavior...

 is drawing a guy in a room while it's raining, then she is dancing down the rain and is singing the song, the video ends with Fey standing in the floor down the rain then appears a message in a black found that says: "La magia existe apesar de la realidad no temas verla" in English is "The magic exists don't be afraid to see it".

Chart performance

After the album was released in early November 1996, the song quickly positioned itself in the Mexican Top 10 and climbed to number one in only four weeks, lasting 14 weeks at that spot. The song also peaked at number one in all Central American nations, as well as in Colombia
Colombia
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 and Chile
Chile
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and became a Top 10 single in all of South America, including Brazil
Brazil
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, prompting the release of Tierna la Noche in Portuguese
Portuguese language
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. In the U.S., the song fared well, as it managed to stay on the Billboard
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 Hot Latin Tracks chart for over 40 weeks, peaking at number 8.
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