Anything for You (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine song) explained

Anything for You
Cover:	Anything_For_You_US_Cover_Art.jpg
Caption:	Standard artwork variant
Type:	single
Artist:	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
Album:	Let It Loose / Anything for You
B-Side:	"No Te Olvidaré" (Anything for You – Spanish version)
Released:	March 1988
Recorded:	1987
Genre:	Pop^[1]
Length:	4:02 (single/video version)^[2] 3:41 (album version)^[3] 4:02 (Spanish version) 4:03 (English/Spanish version)
Label:	Epic CBS Discos International
Producer:	Emilio Estefan Jr.
Prev Title:	Can't Stay Away from You
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	1-2-3
Next Year:	1988

"Anything for You" is a 1988 ballad written by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan and sung by Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. The song appeared on their 1987 album Let It Loose. After years of fluctuating success in the United States, "Anything for You" marked a breakthrough for the group when it topped the Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart on May 14, 1988, and remained there for two weeks. It was the first of three number-ones for Estefan. Due to the success of the single, the album Let It Loose was re-released with the title Anything For You outside North America .^[4] The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at #3 on the Hot Latin Tracks on June 25, 1988.

In the UK, "Anything for You" was released in July 1988 and entered at #87, beginning a steady twelve-week climb which peaked at #10 by September 1988.

Background

The A-side of the single contained a longer fade than the version on the album. The B-side of the single was a Spanglish version of the song, with Estefan alternating the verses and chorus between English and Spanish. The song also appeared on the compilation album Exitos de Gloria Estefan, sung completely in Spanish and retitled "No Te Olvidaré (I Won't Forget You)." The song was re-released in its original form in The Essential Gloria Estefan and in a slightly extended version in Gloria Estefan Greatest Hits (the 7" single version).

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media described the song as "a glowing and highly atmospheric ballad in a glamorous production."^[5]

Music video

The music video for "Anything for You" was directed by Maurice Phillips.^[6]

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	51
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[9]	49
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[10]	26

Certifications

Official versions

Original versions

Album Version - (3:42)
Single/Video Version - (4:02)
Spanish Version ("No Te Olvidaré") - (4:02)
English/Spanish Version - (4:03)

Release history

Region	Date
U.S.
Japan
U.K.
Europe
Europe (Reissue)

Cover versions

Lea Salonga for her second studio album, Lea (1988).
Nina
Aiza Seguerra
Charice from her Chapter 10 album.
Sharon Cuneta, Taglish version from the Buy One Take One soundtrack album
El Poder Del Norte

Notes and References

Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine’s "Anything For You. . May 3, 2021. Anything For You” is a fine, solid sentimental normie ballad. But its production choices...anchor it to a deeply boring moment for pop balladry.. November 11, 2023.
Greatest Hits. Gloria Estefan. 1992. US CD liner notes. Epic Records. EK 53046.
Let It Loose. Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. 1987. US CD liner notes. Epic Records. EK 40769.
Book: Bronson , Fred . The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged . Billboard Books . 1992 . New York . 698 . 0-8230-8298-9 . registration .
Previews: Singles. Music & Media. July 16, 1988. 22. July 19, 2022.
Web site: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine: Anything for You (1988). IMDb. October 25, 2019.
Web site: End Of Year Chart - Top 100 Singles of 1988. August 19, 2012.
Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1989. Ultratop. June 2, 2020.
Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1989. Dutch Top 40. June 2, 2020.
Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1989. MegaCharts. nl. June 2, 2020.