"Amnesia" is a

ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...

written by Chico Novarro and co-written by Dino Ramos, produced by Óscar López and co-produced by Daniel Freiberg and performed by Mexican singer

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...

. The song was originally recorded by

Argentinean Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish language, Spanish (Grammatical gender, masculine) or (Grammatical gender, feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be resident ...

singer-songwriter Chico Novarro in his album '' Que Salga El Autor'', released in 1976, and by

Puerto Rican-American Stateside Puerto Ricans ( es, link=no, Puertorriqueños de Estados Unidos), also ambiguously known as Puerto Rican Americans ( es, link=no, puertorriqueño-americanos,), or Puerto Ricans in the United States, are Puerto Ricans who are in the U ...

singer-songwriter and actress Yolandita Monge in her album '' En Su Intimidad'', released in 1978. It was released later as the lead single from José José's album '' En las Buenas... y en las Malas'' (1990), and became his fourth number-one single in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart. The song debuted in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) at number 17 in the week of July 7, 1990, climbing to the top ten three weeks later, peaking at number one on September 29, 1990, holding this position for one week, replacing " ¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?" by

singer-songwriter José Feliciano, and being succeeded at the top by Myriam Hernández's "

Peligroso Amor "Peligroso Amor" (English: ''Dangerous Love'') is a ballad written by Gogo Muñoz, produced by Humberto Gatica and performed by Chilean singer-songwriter Myriam Hernández. The song was released as the lead single form her second studio album ''D ...

". As part of the Latin Grammy tribute to José José in 2008, Puerto Rican singer Gilberto Santa Rosa performed the song live as a

bolero Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...

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