"Costumbres" is a song written and produced by

Juan Gabriel Alberto Aguilera Valadez (; January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel (), was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga () and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his f ...

and performed by

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singer

Rocío Dúrcal María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz (4 October 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known professionally as Rocío Dúrcal (), was a Spanish singer and actress. Widely successful in Mexico, she earned the sobriquet of ''Reina de las Rancheras'' ...

. It was recorded for her studio album ''

Canta A Juan Gabriel Volumen 6 ''Canta A Juan Gabriel Volumen 6'' (also released as ''Amor Eterno'' in Mexico and ''Jardín de Rosas'' in Spain) is an album by Spanish singer and actress Rocío Dúrcal, which was released in 1984. The songs in the album were written by Mexican ...

''. The song was released by

Ariola Records Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomerat ...

in 1985, as a B-side to "Jamas Te Prometí un Jardin de Rosas".

Selena version

In 1988,

Selena y los Dinos Selena y Los Dinos ( en, Selena and the Guys, Selena And the Dinos=Selena And The Dinos) was an American Tejano band formed in 1981 by Tejano singer Selena and her father Abraham Quintanilla. The band remained together until the murder of Sele ...

covered "Costumbres" in their album ''Dulce Amor''. It was the third and final single released from the album. Selena re-recorded the song in 1990 for her album "16 Super Exitos Originales" , a compilation album looking back at her hits prior to signing a record deal with Capitol EMI Latin. It was then later included on ''

Siempre Selena ''Siempre Selena'' ( en, italic=yes, Always Selena) is the second posthumously released album by American singer Selena, released by EMI Latin on October 29, 1996. The album contained mostly unreleased recordings and remixes of previously relea ...

'' in a remix version. The track was released as a single in late 1996.

Chart performance

La India version

In 1997, Puerto Rican-American singer

La India Linda Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), better known as La India, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the Latin Grammy Aw ...

covered the song on her album, '' Sobre el Fuego'' as her third single from the album. La India's cover became a success, reaching on the Top Ten Hot Latin Tracks peaking on #8.

Chart performance

References

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