Mal de Amor

"Mal de Amor"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Areito
B-side"Naboira/Daca Mayanimacana"
Released1993
Recorded1992
Genre
Length3:46
LabelKarem Records
Songwriter(s)Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"El Costo de la Vida"
(1992)
"Mal de Amor"
(1993)
"Coronita de Flores"
(1993)

"Mal de Amor" (Lovesickness) is the fourth single from Juan Luis Guerra's sixth studio album Areíto, released in 1993 by Karem Records. The melody is by Nemous Jean Baptiste the Haitian compositor in 1960 the song was written and produced by Guerra. The track encompasses traditional merengue with Cumbia.[1] [2] The song was the fourth consecutive single from the album to reach the top-ten on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. It also reached the top-ten in Venezuela.

Track listing

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  • Spain CD-single (1993)[3]
    1. Mal de Amor - 3:46
    2. Naboira/Daca Mayanimacana - 2:25

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[4] 4
Venezuela (UPI)[5] 5

References

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  1. ^ Esencia Latina. Latino Stuff Review. 1991.
  2. ^ Juan Luis Guerra y 440 - Areito Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-06-28
  3. ^ Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - Mal de Amor (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-06-28
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1993-05-08). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Discos más populares de Latinoamérica". h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx. May 23, 1993. Retrieved 2022-06-24.