"El Cariño Es Como Una Flor" ("Love is Like a Flower") is a song written, produced and performed by Italo-Venezuelan singer-songwriter Rudy La Scala. It was released as the lead single from Scala's fourth studio album Cuando Yo Amo (1990), and became his first number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart[2] while the aforementioned album peaked at number four in the Latin Pop Albums chart.[3] The song became one of his better-known compositions after the success of the theme song from the soap opera Cristal, "Mi Vida Eres Tú", which broke sales records.[4]
The song debuted on the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) at number 35 on April 14, 1990 and rose to the top ten two weeks later.[5][6] It reached the top position of the chart on June 23, 1990, replacing Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel's "Quién Como Tú" and being succeeded by "Tengo Todo Excepto a Tí" by Luis Miguel four weeks later.[7][8] The same week the song peak atop the Hot Latin Tracks chart, "Tesoro Mío" performed by Guillermo Dávila and Kiara and written by La Scala, also reached its peak at number three.[7][9] At the end of 1990, "El Cariño Es Como Una Flor" ranked as the best performing Latin single of the year.[10] The song spent 25 weeks within the Top 40 and became the first top ten single for the singer in the chart, and first number-one hit.[2] "El Carino Es Como Una Flor" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards and has been covered by several performers including Grupo Sonni, José Antonio Santana, Jossie Esteban y la Patrulla 15, Vinicio Quezada and Oscar Sánchez.[11][12] In 2013, Dominican singer Alex Matos covered the song in salsa for his album El Salsero de Ahora.[13] A bachata version was also recorded by Matos in a duet with Andy Andy which was released as a single.[14] The bachata version peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.[15]
Credits and personnel
This information adapted from Cuando Yo Amo liner notes.[1]
Rudy La Scala – Record producer, songwriting, vocals
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^"El Cariño Es Como Una Flor — April 28, 1990". Billboard. April 1, 1990. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
^ ab"El Cariño Es Como Una Flor — June 23, 1990". Billboard. June 2, 1990. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
^"Tengo Todo Excepto a Tí — July 21, 1990". Billboard. July 2, 1990. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
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^"Alex Matos – El Salsero de la Ahora". Allmusic. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
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cariño, como, flor, love, like, flower, song, written, produced, performed, italo, venezuelan, singer, songwriter, rudy, scala, released, lead, single, from, scala, fourth, studio, album, cuando, 1990, became, first, number, single, billboard, latin, songs, ch. El Carino Es Como Una Flor Love is Like a Flower is a song written produced and performed by Italo Venezuelan singer songwriter Rudy La Scala It was released as the lead single from Scala s fourth studio album Cuando Yo Amo 1990 and became his first number one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart 2 while the aforementioned album peaked at number four in the Latin Pop Albums chart 3 The song became one of his better known compositions after the success of the theme song from the soap opera Cristal Mi Vida Eres Tu which broke sales records 4 El Carino Es Como Una Flor Single by Rudy La Scalafrom the album Cuando Yo AmoReleased1990 1990 Recorded1989 1990StudioAudio Uno Caracas Venezuela 1 GenreLatinLength4 13LabelSonotoneSongwriter s Rudy La ScalaProducer s Rudy La ScalaRudy La Scala singles chronology Mi Vida Eres Tu 1985 El Carino Es Como Una Flor 1990 Por Que Tu Eres La Reina 1990 The song debuted on the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart formerly Hot Latin Tracks at number 35 on April 14 1990 and rose to the top ten two weeks later 5 6 It reached the top position of the chart on June 23 1990 replacing Mexican singer songwriter Ana Gabriel s Quien Como Tu and being succeeded by Tengo Todo Excepto a Ti by Luis Miguel four weeks later 7 8 The same week the song peak atop the Hot Latin Tracks chart Tesoro Mio performed by Guillermo Davila and Kiara and written by La Scala also reached its peak at number three 7 9 At the end of 1990 El Carino Es Como Una Flor ranked as the best performing Latin single of the year 10 The song spent 25 weeks within the Top 40 and became the first top ten single for the singer in the chart and first number one hit 2 El Carino Es Como Una Flor was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards and has been covered by several performers including Grupo Sonni Jose Antonio Santana Jossie Esteban y la Patrulla 15 Vinicio Quezada and Oscar Sanchez 11 12 In 2013 Dominican singer Alex Matos covered the song in salsa for his album El Salsero de Ahora 13 A bachata version was also recorded by Matos in a duet with Andy Andy which was released as a single 14 The bachata version peaked at No 6 on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart 15 Credits and personnel EditThis information adapted from Cuando Yo Amo liner notes 1 Rudy La Scala Record producer songwriting vocals Vicente Delgado arranger Nucho Bellomo mixingSee also EditList of number one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1990 Billboard Top Latin Songs Year End ChartReferences Edit a b Rudy La Scala Cuando Yo Amo Liner Notes Sonotone 1990 a b Rudy LaScala Charts amp Awards Allmusic Macromedia Corporation Retrieved August 4 2010 Rudy LaScala Cuando Yo Amo Billboard Albums Allmusic Macromedia Corporation Retrieved July 23 2010 Biografia de Rudy La Escala in Spanish musica com Retrieved July 23 2010 El Carino Es Como Una Flor April 14 1990 Billboard April 1 1990 Retrieved July 7 2010 El Carino Es Como Una Flor April 28 1990 Billboard April 1 1990 Retrieved July 7 2010 a b El Carino Es Como Una Flor June 23 1990 Billboard June 2 1990 Retrieved July 23 2010 Tengo Todo Excepto a Ti July 21 1990 Billboard July 2 1990 Retrieved July 23 2010 Rudy LaScala Songs Songs Composed By page 2 Allmusic Macromedia Corporation Retrieved July 23 2010 Topping The Charts Year By Year Billboard Vol 110 no 48 Nielsen Business Media Inc November 2 1998 p LMQ3 Retrieved August 3 2010 Lannert John May 24 1991 Hispanic Music Industry Salutes Its Best Wednesday Sun Sentinel Tribune Company Retrieved August 16 2013 Rudy LaScala Songs Songs Composed By page 1 Allmusic Macromedia Corporation Retrieved July 23 2010 Alex Matos El Salsero de la Ahora Allmusic Prometheus Global Media Retrieved June 23 2013 El Carino Es Como Una Flor Amazon Retrieved June 23 2013 Alex Matos Chart history Latin Tropical Airplay Billboard Prometheus Global Media Retrieved June 23 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title El Carino Es Como Una Flor amp oldid 1093942163, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
