"Love"
Single by Thalía
from the album Love
Released1993
Length4:20[1]
LabelMelody/Fonovisa
Songwriter(s)
  • Luis Carlos Esteban
Thalía singles chronology
"Maria Mercedes"
(1992)		 "Love"
(1993)		 "La Vie en rose (La Vida en Rosa)"
(1993)

"Love" is a song by the singer Thalía, released as the third single from the album Love, from 1992. The track was released as 12" single with remix versions and a music video was made for the TV special Love Thalía, from 1993. The song appeared on the charts of the Mexican newspaper El Siglo de Torreón and the magazine Notitas Musicales.

Background and production

After releasing her second studio album Mundo de Cristal, Thalía went to present the TV show VIP Noche in Spain, where she met the Spanish composer and music producer Luiz Carlos Esteban, whom she asked for help to finalize the compositions of what would become her third solo album,[2] To this album, songs with many different music genres were selected, like the song "Love", a contemporary song in the dance music style of the 1990s.[2]

At the time of the single released the album had sold over 200,000 in Mexico only and later was certified Platinum+Gold for over 350,000 sold in the country.[3][4]

Promotion and commercial reception

In addition to naming the singer's 1992 album, the song also served as the title of the Televisa channel special called Love Thalía, the special would be updated months later with more songs added and would be entitled Love Thalía... y Otras Fantasias, a music video to "Love" was made for the special.[5] In the video Thalía appears with two dancers dressed in black, dancing in a purple color setting.[5] A different music video was made exclusively for the show Siempre en Domingo presented by Raúl Velasco, also from the Televisa channel.[6] In 1992, Thalia received the award for "Best Singer" at the Premios TVyNovelas from Saul Lisaso in Mexico City and surrounded by impressive scenography and dancers dressed in Egypt-inspired costumes, she performed the "1001 Nights Club Mix" version of the music in it.[7] The song became the album's second biggest hit, reaching #3 in Mexico, behind of Sangre only which peaked #2 months earlier, on the same list.[8][9]

Track listing

A side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love" (Club Remix)Luis Carlos Esteban7:31
B side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Love" (Nights Club Mix)Luis Carlos Esteban6:52

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Mexico Top Airplay (Notitas Musicales)[11] 5

References

  1. ↑ Love (Media notes). Thalía. Melody/Fonovisa. 1993. TMO-788.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 Andrade, Nelson Theodoro (1999). "Biografia não autorizada" (in Portuguese). Brazil: Escala. p. 28. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. ↑ "1971: Ve la primera luz Thalía, exitosa cantante y actriz mexican". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). August 26, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Breves de Espetaculos: Thalia dice que firmo contrato exclusivo con Televisa". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). April 7, 1993. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Thalía. Thalia - Love - Especial “Love y Otras Fantasías” 1993. YouTube. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Velasco, Raúl (1993). Love video. Siempre en Domingo. Televisa. Youtube title: Thalia Love (Video Especial)
  7. ↑ Thalia - Love (1001 Nights Club Mix) Premios TV y Novelas - Mexico 1992. Premios TVyNovelas. Televisa. 1992.
  8. ↑ "Discos más populares". El Siglo de Torreón. 16 April 1993. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "El elepe de Viló". El Siglo de Torreón: 40. 24 November 1992. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ↑ Love (Media notes). Thalía. Melody/Fonovisa. 1993. LMSS-1059.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ "Los discos más populares". Notitas Musicales (in Spanish). March 15, 1993. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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