Fruta Fresca

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"Fruta Fresca"
EMI Latin
Songwriter(s)Carlos Vives
Producer(s)
Carlos Vives singles chronology
"Caballito"
(1998)
"Fruta Fresca"
(1999)
"Tu Amor Eterno"
(2000)

"Fruta Fresca" (English: "Fresh Fruit") is a

signature songs
.

It received three Latin Grammy nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Tropical Song and a Lo Nuestro nomination for Tropical Song of the Year. Vives received an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award for Pop/Contemporary Song in 2001 for his composition of the song. In 2003, Brazilian boy band Br'oZ covered the song in the Portuguese language under the title "Prometida" for their album Popstars which peaked at number two on the Brazilian Airplay Chart.

Background and music

El Amor de Mi Tierra is Carlos Vives's ninth

EMI Latin on 21 September 1999.[2] The album was produced by Juan Vicente Zambrano and Emilio Estefan
.

It contains twelve tracks, ten of which were composed by Vives including "Fruta Fresca".[3] "Fruta Fresca" fuses the sounds of Latin pop and Colombian vallenato music.[4] In the song, he compares his lover's kisses to fresh fruit "which escaped from your mouth and went up to my head".[5]

Promotion

An accompanying music video for the song was released in 1999 which features Vives and a band performing song with various background montages.

1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony where Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe said that Vives "brought the performances to an upbeat close".[9] He was originally not going to perform at the Latin Grammy Awards due to his illness with pneumonia, but decided to go as he wanted to show "something that was mine and that was my country's".[10]

Commercial performance

"Fruta Fresca" was originally scheduled to be released to radio stations on 17 August 1999, but it was released later in the month because the music video was not finished.

PROMUSICAE singles chart.[19]

Reception and accolades

"Fruta Fresca" was named a "highlight" by Steve Huey of

first Latin Grammy Awards, an editor for the Los Angeles Times declared that "Vives demonstrated to the world that it was possible, after all, to make commercial music without sacrificing the roots of Latin America".[4] On the review of the compilation album The Rhythm, Rosa Yi of the Orlando Sentinel declares that "If there's any rhythm in your body, you will get up and bust a move."[22]

At the 1st Latin Grammy Awards it received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Tropical Song, while Vives was a candidate for Male Pop Vocal Performance.[23] The song was also nominated for "Tropical Song of the Year" at the 13th Lo Nuestro Awards.[24] Vives earned the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award for Pop/Contemporary Song in 2001 for "Fruta Fresca".[25] In 2003, Brazilian boy band Br'oZ recorded a cover version of the song in the Portuguese language under the title "Prometida" for their album Popstars.[26] The track peaked at number 2 on the Brazilian Airplay Chart.[27]

Track listing

Fruta Fresca + Remixes' CD Maxi Single[28]
No.TitleLength
1."Fruta Fresca"3:52
2."Fruta Fresca" (Pablo Flores Club Mix)9:51
3."Fruta Fresca" (Pablo Flores Mix - Radio Edit)4:30
4."Fruta Fresca" (Pablo Flores Dub Mix)8:15

Charts

See also

References

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  2. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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  4. ^ a b "Record of the Year". Los Angeles Times. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  5. The McClatchy Company
    . 29 October 1999. Retrieved 30 July 2013. (subscription required)
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  7. Tribune Company
    . Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  8. Grupo PRISA
    . 13 July 2000. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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  10. ^ Cobo, Leila (30 September 2000). "Touring Revives A Grammyless Vives". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 40. Prometheus Global Media. p. 43. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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  19. ^
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    . Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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  21. ^ Cobo, Leila (22 July 2000). "Latin Notas". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 30. Prometheus Global Media. p. 67. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  22. ^ Yi, Rosa (11 August 2000). "Various Artists The Rhythm". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  23. ^ "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. 29 July 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  24. ^ "Seis nominaciones para Son by Four". IMAGEN (in Spanish). Grupo Editorial Zacatecas. 9 January 2001. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  25. ^ "Congratulation 2001 El Premio ASCAP Awards Winners". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 38. Nielsen Business Media. 26 May 2001. p. 16. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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  27. ^ Gomes, Tom (17 January 2004). "Acts Surmount Brazil's Language Barrier". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 3. Prometheus Global Media. p. 25. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  28. ^ "US Fruta Fresca + Remixes". Discogs. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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