Cosas del Amor (song)
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"Cosas del Amor" is a song by American recording artist Vikki Carr
and Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel
. It was released as the lead single from Carr's studio album Cosas del Amor (1991). Written by Roberto Livi and Rudy Pérez
, the song portrays the relationship between two friends and confidences between both due to marital problems of one of them.
The song became commercially successful when it reached the top of the Billboard Latin Songs chart, the first for Carr and the fifth number-one single for Gabriel. "Cosas del Amor" has been widely covered by several artists including Milly Quezada
, Jenni Rivera, Olga Tañón
and Yuri
, among others. The accompanying music video portrays Carr and Gabriel discussing the situation described in the song and witnessing a solar eclipse
. The track earned awards such as a Lo Nuestro
for Best Pop Song and the Single of the Year mention by the Radio y Música
journal.
, performed by American singer Vikki Carr
and included on the album of the same title, Carr's fourteenth Spanish language
studio album and thirty-third overall. Carr was already a well known singer in the United States and the United Kingdom when she decided to record her first Spanish language album in 1972, Vikki Carr, En Español. Thirteen years later Carr was awarded her first Grammy Award
for Simplemente Mujer
, an album recorded with mariachi
and produced by Pedro Ramírez. Carr recorded Cosas del Amor under the guidance of Roberto Livi in 1991, and was released a year after her duet album with Mexican singer Vicente Fernández
which gave the singer her second top ten single in the Billboard Latin Songs chart with "Dos Corazones" ("Two Hearts") peaking at number ten. The first single released was recorded in a duet with Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel
, who was also signed on Carr's record label Sony Music
. About singing in Spanish, Carr stated: "for businness I'm very American, but my heart is totally Latin."
" by Mexican singer Daniela Romo
and being succeeded ten weeks later by "Por Qué Será
" by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Rudy La Scala
. During six consecutive weeks Ana Gabriel also held the runner-up position on the chart with "Ahora", the lead single from her studio album Mi México
. "Cosas del Amor" ended 1991 as the fourth best performing Latin single of the year
in the United States. The song became the fifth number-one single for Gabriel following "Ay Amor
" (1988), "Simplemente Amigos
" (1989), "Quién Como Tú
" and "Es Demasiado Tarde
" (both 1990), and the first (and to date only) for Carr.
"Cosas del Amor" earned a Lo Nuestro
award for Pop Song of the Year and was named Single of the Year by the journal Radio y Música
. For the parent album Carr received a Grammy Award for Best Latin Performance
and in Venezuela was awarded the "Album of the Year" (the 'Grammy' equivalent of the country). The album also peaked at number-one in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, the Billboard Latin Pop Albums
in the United States, and Venezuela.
. The video concludes with Carr comforting Gabriel for her love situation.
in order to create an all inclusive musical collection targeting the homosexual lifestyle. Only four Spanish language recorded songs were added to the album: "Tres Deseos" and "Lo Que Son Las Cosas
" by Ednita Nazario
, "Un Amor Como el Mío" by Lunna
, and "Cosas del Amor". Argentinean duo Pimpinela
recorded the song for their album Pimpinela '92. Mexican singers Yuri
and Ana Bárbara
included their version on Yuri's self-titled album
in 2004. The song was performed live for the first time by the singers at the "AcaFest2005" held in Acapulco, Mexico. Puerto-Rican American singer Olga Tañón
recorded a cover version of the track on Éxitos en 2 Tiempos (2007), the first album by Tañon to include covers of songs previously recorded by other artists. The song was performed in a duet with fellow Puerto-Rican singer Milly Quezada
for the pop version and with American singer Jenni Rivera for the Regional/Mexican version, and upon released as a single peaked at number 40 in the Billboard Latin Songs and at number 20 in the Latin Pop Songs chart, respectively. This version was nominated for Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, Female at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards
. Margarita Vargas "La Diosa de la Cumbia" ("The Goddess of Cumbia") joined Mariana Seoane
on a recording of "Cosas del Amor" included on Seoane's fourth studio album Está de Fiesta... Atrévete!!! (2007). Mexican singers María José and Edith Márquez
recorded "Cosas del Amor" for José's studio album Amante de lo Ajeno
in 2009.
Carr was awarded the Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Latin Grammy Awards
in 2008. Carr attended the ceremony and perfomed "Cosas del Amor" with Olga Tañón and Jenni Rivera.
Vikki Carr
Vikki Carr is an American singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.-Career:After taking the stage name 'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records in 1962...
and Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
. It was released as the lead single from Carr's studio album Cosas del Amor (1991). Written by Roberto Livi and Rudy Pérez
Rudy Pérez
Rudy Pérez is a Cuban American composer, producer and Sound engineer specialized in Latin Ballad whose songs have been very successful. He is considered one of the most outstanding creators in the field of international pop music...
, the song portrays the relationship between two friends and confidences between both due to marital problems of one of them.
The song became commercially successful when it reached the top of the Billboard Latin Songs chart, the first for Carr and the fifth number-one single for Gabriel. "Cosas del Amor" has been widely covered by several artists including Milly Quezada
Milly Quezada
Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...
, Jenni Rivera, Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
and Yuri
Yuri (Mexican singer)
Yuri is a famous Mexican singer, actress, and TV host. She has maintained a significant presence in the entertainment business in Mexico for the last three decades...
, among others. The accompanying music video portrays Carr and Gabriel discussing the situation described in the song and witnessing a solar eclipse
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991
A total solar eclipse occurred on July 11, 1991. Totality beginning over the Pacific Ocean and Hawaii moving across Mexico, down through Central America and across South America ending over Brazil. It lasted for 6 minutes and 53 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse...
. The track earned awards such as a Lo Nuestro
Lo Nuestro Awards
Lo Nuestro is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. The awards began in 1989. Notable recipients include Selena, Gloria Estefan, Juan Gabriel, Olga Tañón, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Laura Pausini, Luis Miguel, Maná, Juan Luis Guerra, ...
for Best Pop Song and the Single of the Year mention by the Radio y Música
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
journal.
Background
"Cosas del Amor" was written by Roberto Livi and Rudy PérezRudy Pérez
Rudy Pérez is a Cuban American composer, producer and Sound engineer specialized in Latin Ballad whose songs have been very successful. He is considered one of the most outstanding creators in the field of international pop music...
, performed by American singer Vikki Carr
Vikki Carr
Vikki Carr is an American singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.-Career:After taking the stage name 'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records in 1962...
and included on the album of the same title, Carr's fourteenth Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
studio album and thirty-third overall. Carr was already a well known singer in the United States and the United Kingdom when she decided to record her first Spanish language album in 1972, Vikki Carr, En Español. Thirteen years later Carr was awarded her first Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Simplemente Mujer
Simplemente Mujer
Simplemente Mujer: A 1984 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Ni Princesa, Ni Esclava. This was Carr's first recording with mariachi accompaniment...
, an album recorded with mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
and produced by Pedro Ramírez. Carr recorded Cosas del Amor under the guidance of Roberto Livi in 1991, and was released a year after her duet album with Mexican singer Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
which gave the singer her second top ten single in the Billboard Latin Songs chart with "Dos Corazones" ("Two Hearts") peaking at number ten. The first single released was recorded in a duet with Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
, who was also signed on Carr's record label Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
. About singing in Spanish, Carr stated: "for businness I'm very American, but my heart is totally Latin."
Chart performance and awards
The song debuted in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) chart at number 21 in the week of July 27, 1991, climbing to the top ten the following week. "Cosas del Amor" peaked at number-one in August 31, 1991, replacing "Todo, Todo, TodoTodo, Todo, Todo
"Todo, Todo, Todo" is a song written by Jorsaci, produced by Bebu Silvetti, and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Daniela Romo. It was released by EMI Latin in 1991 as the second single from Romo's studio album Amada Más Que Nunca...
" by Mexican singer Daniela Romo
Daniela Romo
Daniela Romo is a Mexican singer, actress and TV host. Daniela Romo was born Teresita Presmanes Corona in Mexico City to Teresa Corona. Her parents never married, and Daniela and her sister Patricia were raised by their grandmother...
and being succeeded ten weeks later by "Por Qué Será
Por Qué Será (song)
"Por Qué Será" is a song written, produced and performed by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Rudy La Scala. It was released as the lead single from Scala's fifth studio album of the same title in 1991, and became his second number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart following "El Cariño...
" by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy. La Scala began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, to finally present himself as Rudy La Scala in...
. During six consecutive weeks Ana Gabriel also held the runner-up position on the chart with "Ahora", the lead single from her studio album Mi México
Mi México
Mi México is the 7th studio album by Mexican pop singer Ana Gabriel. It was released on 1991. This time she comes back with a different style, she changed the pop genre for ranchera and regional...
. "Cosas del Amor" ended 1991 as the fourth best performing Latin single of the year
Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart
The Year-End charts for the Top Latin Songs chart are published in the last issue of Billboard magazine every year. The chart is based on information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, which collects radio airplay information...
in the United States. The song became the fifth number-one single for Gabriel following "Ay Amor
Ay Amor
"Ay Amor" is a ballad written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and produced by Mariano Pérez. It was released as the first single from her third studio album Pecado Original in late 1987...
" (1988), "Simplemente Amigos
Simplemente Amigos
"Simplemente Amigos" is a ballad written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was produced by Mariano Pérez and was released in 1989 as the second single from her studio album Tierra de Nadie. The song became Gabriel's second number-one single in the Billboard Hot Latin...
" (1989), "Quién Como Tú
Quién Como Tú (song)
"Quién Como Tú" is a song written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was produced by Oscar Gómez for Gabriel's fifth studio album of the same title in 1990. Released as the second single from the album, the song became the third number-one single for the singer in the...
" and "Es Demasiado Tarde
Es Demasiado Tarde
"Es Demasiado Tarde" is a song written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was released in 1990 by CBS Records and first included on the compilation album México, Voz y Sentimiento which also featured songs performed by Luis Angel, Vikki Carr, Aida Cuevas, Lorenzo de...
" (both 1990), and the first (and to date only) for Carr.
"Cosas del Amor" earned a Lo Nuestro
Lo Nuestro Awards
Lo Nuestro is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. The awards began in 1989. Notable recipients include Selena, Gloria Estefan, Juan Gabriel, Olga Tañón, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Laura Pausini, Luis Miguel, Maná, Juan Luis Guerra, ...
award for Pop Song of the Year and was named Single of the Year by the journal Radio y Música
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
. For the parent album Carr received a Grammy Award for Best Latin Performance
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...
and in Venezuela was awarded the "Album of the Year" (the 'Grammy' equivalent of the country). The album also peaked at number-one in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, the Billboard Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen...
in the United States, and Venezuela.
Music video
The music video for "Cosas del Amor" was filmed in Cuernavaca, Morelos on July 11, 1991, and presents Carr arriving at a house where Gabriel is waiting for her. Upon entering the house, Gabriel begins to discuss the situation described in the song. The video is interspersed with scenes of both singers performing the song and some scenes where they witness a solar eclipseSolar eclipse of July 11, 1991
A total solar eclipse occurred on July 11, 1991. Totality beginning over the Pacific Ocean and Hawaii moving across Mexico, down through Central America and across South America ending over Brazil. It lasted for 6 minutes and 53 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse...
. The video concludes with Carr comforting Gabriel for her love situation.
Legacy and cover versions
In November 1999, "Cosas del Amor" 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 launching of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1986. The song was also included in the compilation album Free to Be created by Jaime Ikeda and released by Right Stuff RecordsThe Right Stuff Records
The Right Stuff Records is a reissue record label owned by the EMI Group based out of Woodland Hills, California.The label primarily reissues classic soul and vintage R&B material through greatest hits collections, anthologies, boxed sets and compilations...
in order to create an all inclusive musical collection targeting the homosexual lifestyle. Only four Spanish language recorded songs were added to the album: "Tres Deseos" and "Lo Que Son Las Cosas
Lo Que Son Las Cosas (song)
Lo Que Son Las Cosas is a song by Ednita Nazario from the album of the same name. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks in 1991. She was blocked by Los Bukis' Mi Deseo from reaching the #1 spot in May 1991. -Anais version:...
" by Ednita Nazario
Ednita Nazario
Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....
, "Un Amor Como el Mío" by Lunna
Lunna
Lunna , is a singer of Pop and Jazz who was the director of the television show Objetivo Fama, the Latin version of American Idol.-Early years:...
, and "Cosas del Amor". Argentinean duo Pimpinela
Pimpinela
Joaquín and Lucía Galán, better known as Pimpinela are an Argentine duet famous for singing romantic relationship musical pieces and for their original style of singing...
recorded the song for their album Pimpinela '92. Mexican singers Yuri
Yuri (Mexican singer)
Yuri is a famous Mexican singer, actress, and TV host. She has maintained a significant presence in the entertainment business in Mexico for the last three decades...
and Ana Bárbara
Ana Bárbara
Ana Bárbara is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer, and Grammy-nominated recording artist.-Early life and early career:...
included their version on Yuri's self-titled album
Yuri/A lo Mexicano
Yuri is the 20th studio album by Mexican pop singer Yuri. It was released in 2004. It sold more than 44,000. This album has a second name A lo Mexicano. She counted with several collaborations of famous singer on duets.-Reception:...
in 2004. The song was performed live for the first time by the singers at the "AcaFest2005" held in Acapulco, Mexico. Puerto-Rican American singer Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
recorded a cover version of the track on Éxitos en 2 Tiempos (2007), the first album by Tañon to include covers of songs previously recorded by other artists. The song was performed in a duet with fellow Puerto-Rican singer Milly Quezada
Milly Quezada
Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...
for the pop version and with American singer Jenni Rivera for the Regional/Mexican version, and upon released as a single peaked at number 40 in the Billboard Latin Songs and at number 20 in the Latin Pop Songs chart, respectively. This version was nominated for Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, Female at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards
2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards was held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. It is produced and broadcast lived on Telemundo network...
. Margarita Vargas "La Diosa de la Cumbia" ("The Goddess of Cumbia") joined Mariana Seoane
Mariana Seoane
Mariana Seoane García is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is a native of the city of Parácuaro, in the state of Michoacán.-Biography:...
on a recording of "Cosas del Amor" included on Seoane's fourth studio album Está de Fiesta... Atrévete!!! (2007). Mexican singers María José and Edith Márquez
Edith Márquez
Edith Márquez is a Mexican actress and singer. She was born in Mexico City.She started her professional career by winning the television musical contests "Juguemos a cantar" and "Canta, Canta"...
recorded "Cosas del Amor" for José's studio album Amante de lo Ajeno
Amante de lo Ajeno
Amante de lo Ajeno is the second studio album by Mexican singer María José. The name is a play on words, as it is a cover album. It was released on 12 May 2009 on the Sei Track Musica label, a division of Grupo CIE, and has reached number 2 in the Mexican album charts.The album includes 11 tracks...
in 2009.
Carr was awarded the Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards of 2008
The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 13, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria...
in 2008. Carr attended the ceremony and perfomed "Cosas del Amor" with Olga Tañón and Jenni Rivera.
See also
- Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End ChartBillboard Top Latin Songs Year-End ChartThe Year-End charts for the Top Latin Songs chart are published in the last issue of Billboard magazine every year. The chart is based on information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, which collects radio airplay information...
- List of number-one Billboard Latin Songs from the 90's