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"Maria Mercedes"
Single by Thalía
from the album Love
Released1992
GenreLatin pop
Length2:48[1]
LabelMelody/Fonovisa
Songwriter(s)
  • Viviana Pímstein, Paco Navarrete
Thalía singles chronology
"Sangre"
(1992) 		"Maria Mercedes"
(1992) 		"Love"
(1993)

"Maria Mercedes" is a song by the singer Thalía which was used as the soundtrack of the soap opera of the same name. The song was included in the re-released of Thalía's album Love and was promoted on TV and live performances. The song manage to give the singer another successful single. A remixed version was included in the tracklist of the digital download and streaming versions. In 2024, Billboard named "Maria Mercedes" as one of the all-time best telenovelas songs.[2]

Background and production

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After recording the album Mundo de Cristal, which earned the singer two gold albums in Mexico,[3] the singer was invited to be part of a season of the VIP Noche program, in Spain, country where she lived for about a year, during that time she recorded songs for her third studio album Love,[4] which was certified Platinum+Gold in the country and it later became in her second best-selling album there, with 500,000 sold.[5][6] At that time the singer received an invitation from the soap opera producer Valentín Pinsteim to participate in her next soap opera entitled María Mercedes.[7] The first edition of Love included only 12 songs. However, as Thalía's soap opera was turning into a big success, a second version of the album was issued featuring the telenovela's theme song as a bonus track. The song was released as the second single of the album, after the success of the single "Sangre" which peaked at #2 in Mexico.[8]

Release and reception

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To promote the single a music video was made for Thalía's Televisa special Love... y otras fantasias.[9] The video begins with María Mercedes selling lottery tickets and then we see scenes of Thalía singing and some clips of the telenovela. Thalía (in a red dress) dances with Jorge Luis with many of the characters of the soap opera looking to them. The video concludes with Thalía saying "Yes sir" and the people clapping.

The song was successful in Thalía's native country, it peaked at 10 in Mexico City in the charts of the newspaper El Siglo de Torreón,[10] and number 11 in Mexico in the Notitas Musicales's chart.[11] In 2024, Billboard named "Maria Mercedes" as one of the all-time best telenovelas songs.[2]

Track listing

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A side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Maria Mercedes"Viviana Pímstein, Paco Navarrete2:48
B side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Maria Mercedes"Viviana Pímstein, Paco Navarrete2:48

Charts

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
Mexico Top Airplay (Notitas Musicales)[11] 11

References

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  1. ^ Love (Media notes). Thalía. Melody/Fonovisa. 1993. TMO-788.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b "Las 100 mejores canciones de telenovelas: Esta semana agregamos del 40 al 21". Billboard (in Spanish). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Acapulco bailó y cantó con Thalía". El Siglo de Torreón. December 20, 1992. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ^ Andrade, Nelson Theodoro (1999). "Biografia não autorizada" (in Portuguese). Brazil: Escala. p. 28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Torre, Daniel de la (4 September 2020). "Thalía, entre flores y estrellas. Parte 2". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Editores del Noroeste S.A. de C.V. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ Thalia (November 1, 2011). Cada día más fuerte. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-1-101-54457-0.
  8. ^ "Los discos más populares". Notitas Musicales (in Spanish). December 1, 1992. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  9. ^ Thalía. Thalia - Maria Mercedes - Video Oficial 1992. YouTube. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Discos más populares". El Siglo de Torreón. 16 April 1993. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Los discos más populares". Notitas Musicales (in Spanish). 15 January 1993. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  12. ^ Maria Mercedes (Media notes). Thalía. Melody/Fonovisa. 1992. PE/5136.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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