"A Pedir Su Mano"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Bachata Rosa
B-side"Bachata Rosa"
Released1990
Recorded1990
Genre
Length4:51
LabelKarem Records
Songwriter(s)Lea Lignazi
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"Burbujas de Amor"
(1990)		 "A Pedir Su Mano"
(1991)		 "Estrellitas y Duendes"
(1991)

A Pedir Su Mano (English: Ask her hand) is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the fourth single for his album Bachata Rosa (1990). It was released in 1990 by Karem Records and in 1992 on Europe by Ariola.[1] The track is a merengue version of the song “Dede Priscilla,” by Lea Lignazi from the Central African Republic. The track combined music elements of Afropop and zouk with merengue.[2][3] The music video shows people in traditional African dress dancing in sugarcane fields with a cartoon of a red train traversing the landscape.[4]

The song receive positive reviews by the critics and won Video of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards and was nominated for International Viewer's Choice: MTV Internacional.[5] It is widely considered one of Guerra's most popular and signature songs and was included on Guerra's greatest hits album Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 and live versions of the track were included on the albums A Son De Guerra Tour (2013) and Entre Mar y Palmeras (2021). In 2020, the track was re-recorded in an acoustic version and included on his Prive EP.

Tracklist

  1. A pedir su mano – 4:51
  2. Bachata Rosa – 4:17
  3. Razones – 3:57

Charts

Chart (1990–91) Peak
position
Panama (UPI)[6] 9
Peru (UPI)[7] 5
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 13
Venezuela (UPI)[8] 3

References

  1. ↑ Juan Luis Guerra - A Pedir Su Mano (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-06-22
  2. ↑ Austerlitz, Paul (1997-01-22). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-484-0.
  3. ↑ Lipsitz, George (2007). Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5019-4.
  4. ↑ Aramaki, Mitsuko; Barthet, Mathieu; Kronland-Martinet, Richard; Ystad, Sølvi (2013-09-12). From Sounds to Music and Emotions: 9th International Symposium CMMR 2012, London, UK, June 19-22, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-41248-6.
  5. ↑ "LATIN AWARDS TAP TOP TALENT" (PDF). Billboard. June 8, 1991.
  6. ↑ "Discos Mas Populares en A. Latina". El Siglo de Torreón. March 12, 1991.
  7. ↑ "Discos Mas Populares". El Siglo de Torreón. July 7, 1991.
  8. ↑ "Disco Mas Populares AL". El Siglo de Torreón. January 25, 1991.
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