"Rompiendo Fuente" | ||||
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Single by Juan Luis Guerra | ||||
from the album Areito | ||||
B-side | "Guavaberry" | |||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Merengue | |||
Length | 4:26 | |||
Label | Karem | |||
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology | ||||
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Rompiendo Fuente (English: Water Break) is the sixth single of Juan Luis Guerra sixth studio album Areito, released in 1993 by Karem Records. The song was written and produced by Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4:40. The tracks is a merengue with some elements of Afropop inspired Taino Indigenous. [1] The song is a metaphor lamenting precarious situation of a woman working on a factory that is giving a birth to a girl. [2] The track receive favorable reviews by the critics. Howell Llewelyn from Billboard on an article wrote about the song "the most touching song ever written by a man on the subject of giving birth". [3]
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Dominican Republic ( UPI) [5] | 10 |
US Hot Latin Songs ( Billboard) [6] | 27 |
"Rompiendo Fuente" | ||||
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Single by Juan Luis Guerra | ||||
from the album Areito | ||||
B-side | "Guavaberry" | |||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Merengue | |||
Length | 4:26 | |||
Label | Karem | |||
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology | ||||
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Rompiendo Fuente (English: Water Break) is the sixth single of Juan Luis Guerra sixth studio album Areito, released in 1993 by Karem Records. The song was written and produced by Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4:40. The tracks is a merengue with some elements of Afropop inspired Taino Indigenous. [1] The song is a metaphor lamenting precarious situation of a woman working on a factory that is giving a birth to a girl. [2] The track receive favorable reviews by the critics. Howell Llewelyn from Billboard on an article wrote about the song "the most touching song ever written by a man on the subject of giving birth". [3]
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Dominican Republic ( UPI) [5] | 10 |
US Hot Latin Songs ( Billboard) [6] | 27 |