Viviré | |
Cover: | Jlgvivire.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Juan Luis Guerra |
Album: | Fogaraté |
Released: | 1994 |
B-Side: | Canto de Hacha |
Genre: | Bachata |
Label: | Karen |
Producer: | Juan Luis Guerra |
Chronology: | Juan Luis Guerra |
Prev Title: | La Cosquillita |
Prev Year: | 1994 |
Next Title: | El Beso de la Ciguatera |
Next Year: | 1994 |
"Viviré" ("I Will Live") is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the second single for his album Fogaraté (1994).[1] It is a Spanish-language adaptation of "Vivi" by Congolese musician Papa Wemba with Guerra writing the song in Spanish.[2] It became his first song to reach number-one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay in 1994.[3] At the 1995 Latin Billboard Music Awards, "Viviré" won Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year.[4] It was recognized as one best-performing Latin songs of the year at the 1996 BMI Latin Awards.[5] The music video for the song was directed by Gustavo Garzón and received a nomination for Video of the Year at the 1995 Lo Nuestro Awards.[1] [6] On the review of the album for the Miami Herald, Fernando Gonzalez called the song "the best of the lot".[7] A writer for Music & Media described the track as a Cuban son.[8]