Los Pajaritos
| "Los Pajaritos" | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Promotional single by Juan Luis Guerra | |
| from the album Fogaraté | |
| B-side | "La Cosquillita" |
| Released | March 7, 1995 |
| Recorded | 1994 |
| Studio |
|
| Genre | Son |
| Length | 4:02 |
| Label | Karen Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Juan Luis Guerra |
Los Pajaritos (English: the little birds) is a song recorded by Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra for his seventh studio album, Fogarate (1994), included as its third track. It was released to airwaves on March 7, 1995, by Karen Records, as the record's promotional single, following the release of "El Beso de la Ciguaterra".[1][2] The track was receive well by the critics and explores the sound of Cuban son. John Lannert from Billboard named the track a strong single peak.[3] The authors Darío Tejeda and Rafael Emilio Yunén stated, the track composed by Guerra and 4.40 "Contributed to the legitimization of son among the elite and upper-class, as they have also made their recordings for the other popular genres".[4][5] The track charted at US Latin Cashbox charts and was added to radio stations and receive airplay in Spain and Belgium.[6][7]
Track listing
[edit]- Spain CD-single (1995)[8]
- "Los Parajitos" – 4:02
- "La Cosquillita" – 3:40
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Contemporary Pop (Cashbox)[9] | 23 |
| US Tropical Airplay (Cashbox)[9] | 8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "THE LATIN LOWDOWN" (PDF). Cashbox. March 11, 1995. p. 14.
- ^ Resendez, Hector (December 30, 1995). "News From U.S. & Latin America" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 34.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1994-07-23). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Tejeda, Darío; Yunén, Rafael Emilio (2008). El son y la salsa en la identidad del Caribe (in Spanish). Centro León. ISBN 978-9945-8596-7-6.
- ^ Boletín del Archivo General de la Nación (in Spanish). 2007.
- ^ "M&M Airplay Station Reports" (PDF). Music&Media. February 18, 1995. p. 27.
- ^ "Station Reports Airplay" (PDF). Music&Media. August 20, 1994. p. 27.
- ^ Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - Los Pajaritos (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-21
- ^ a b "CONTEMPORARY POP/Tropical - APRIL 29, 1995" (PDF). Cashbox. April 29, 1995. p. 15.