María (song)

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“María”
Single by Ricky Martin from the album A Medio Vivir
Released	June 18, 1996
Format	CD single CD maxi 12" maxi
Recorded	1995 (album version) 1997 (remixes)
Genre	Latin
Length	4:23
Label	Sony
Writer(s)	Luis Gómez Escolar KC Porter Ian Blake
Producer	Pablo Flores KC Porter Javier Garza Robi Rosa
Ricky Martin singles chronology
-- "María" (1996) "The Cup of Life" (1998) Alternate cover French CD single cover

"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third album, A Medio Vivir (1995). In 1996 (see 1996 in music), Martin released the song as a CD single, his first in the United States. The song had great success on the Hot Latin Tracks airplay chart, peaking at #6, which coincided with the CD single sales to place him at #88 on The Billboard Hot 100. Martin later revamped fans' familiarity with the song by including it on the 1999 release of the self-titled album, Ricky Martin. The song became the main theme of the Brazilian telenovela Salsa e Merengue in 1996 and was very well received from the Brazilian Airplay. The song was written for a Puerto Rican love-interest Ricky Martin met on one of his tours, a "Maria" Santiago.

Contents 1 Tracklist 2 Certifications and sales 3 Charts 4 References

[edit] Tracklist

CD single - Europe

1. "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
2. "María" (Album Version) (4:23)

CD single -Remixes

1. "María" (Spanglish Radio Edit) (4:31)
2. "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)

CD maxi - Remixes

1. "María" (Spanglish Radio Edit) (3:58)
2. "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
3. "María" (Spanglish Extended) (7:56)
4. "María" (Spanish Extended) (8:10)
5. "María" (Spanglish Dub) (6:07)
6. "María" (Perc A Pella Mix) (5:07)

12" maxi - Remixes

1. "María" (Spanish Extended) (8:10)
2. "María" (Perc A Pella Mix) (5:07)
3. "María" (Spanglish Extended) (7:56)
4. "María" (Spanglish Dub) (6:07)

[edit] Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia[1]	Platinum	70,000+
France[2]	Diamond	1,400,000+
Germany[3]	Gold	150,000+
Switzerland[4]	Gold	25,000+

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995)[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 6 U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay 2 Chart (1996) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 88 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 34 U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 8 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 33 Chart (1997) Peak position Austrian Singles Chart 4 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 2 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 1 Dutch Singles Chart 6 Finnish Singles Chart 9 French Singles Chart 1 German Singles Chart 3 Irish Singles Chart 12 New Zealand Singles Chart 7 Norwegian Singles Chart 11 Swedish Singles Chart 3 Swiss Singles Chart 3 UK Singles Chart 6

End of the year chart (1997) Position Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[10] 9 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 4 French Singles Chart[12] 2 Swiss Singles Chart[13] 9

Preceded by "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli	French (SNEP) number-one single April 12, 1997 - June 7, 1997	Succeeded by "Alane" by Wes
Preceded by "Let a Boy Cry" by Gala	Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single May 10, 1997 - July 12, 1997

[edit] References