"Día de Suerte" ("Lucky Day") is a

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song by

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recording artist

Alejandra Guzmán Gabriela Alejandra Guzmán Pinal (born February 9, 1968), known professionally as Alejandra Guzmán, and nicknamed "La Reina de Corazones" (The Queen of Hearts) is a Mexican musician, singer, composer, and actress. With more than 30 million album ...

. Produced by Armando Avila, the track was released as the main theme for the Mexican

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Una Familia con Suerte ''Una familia con suerte'' (A Fortunate Family) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa in 2011. It is based on the Argentinean telenovela ''Los Roldán''. Arath De La Torre, Mayrín Villanueva and Luz Elena González star a ...

''. The song was included in the setlist of Guzmán's live album '' 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto'' (2011) and was performed by the singer and

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. The studio version of the track is featured on the album as a bonus track. "Día de Suerte" has charted within the top ten in the United States and became sixth top ten single for Guzmán on ''

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''s

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chart and also reached a peak atop the Mexican Airplay charts. Guzmán performed the track at the TVyNovelas Awards and received nominations for the

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and

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Background

"Día de Suerte" was written by Mexican singer-songwriter

and José Luis Ortega, produced by Armando Avila, and performed by Guzmán. The song is featured as the main theme for the Mexican

'', produced by

Juan Osorio Juan Manuel Osorio Ortiz (born June 24, 1957, in Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "tele ...

and starred by

Arath de la Torre Arath De La Torre Balmaceda (born March 20, 1975) is a Mexican actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the television series ''Una Familia con Suerte'' as Pancho López and the critically acclaimed and popular novelas ''Soñadoras'' and ...

Mayrín Villanueva Mayrín Villanueva Ulloa (born 8 October 1970) is a Mexican actress and model. Villanueva has also posed for multiple magazines. She was considered for the role of Julia Montaño in the 2004 telenovela ''Apuesta por un Amor''; the role was eve ...

and

Luz Elena González Luz Elena González (; better known as Luz Elena; born Luz Elena González de la Torre on August 22, 1974, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Jalisco) is a Mexican actress and model. In 1994 she won the beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 1994 an ...

. The telenovela began its broadcasting on February 14, 2011 and featured Guzmán in a supporting role named Viridiana, in honor of her late sister Viridiana Alatriste. The song was released during the accusations made to the singer of having participated in a '' narcofiesta'' circa 2006, to which the singer responded: "I do not care about that he accusations"

Recording and release

Guzmán found inspiration for the song in the middle of one night and immediately called Juan Osorio with the news. "It was a song I felt, I gave the best of me, but you never know if the audience would like it." Guzmán said. The song was co-written by José Luis Ortega and produced under the guidance of Armando Avila. During the recording of the live album '' 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto'', Guzmán performed the song for the first time along the band

who joined her on stage. On the release of ''20 Años de Éxitos'' the studio version of "Día de Suerte" is included as a bonus track.''20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto'' (CD liner notes).

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. 2011.

Accolades

The track won for Rock Song of the Year at the

Premio Lo Nuestro 2012 Premio Lo Nuestro 2012 was held on Thursday February 16, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena and was broadcast live on the Univision Network. The nominees were announced on December 1, 2011, during a live televised show "Gala de Nominados", hosted ...

, while the live version, featuring

, was nominated for Collaboration of the Year. "Día de Suerte" also was nominated for Song of the Year and won for Best Song for Telenovela, Series or Movies at the Mexican

Chart performance

"Día de Suerte" reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Mexico Airplay chart, and peaked at number nine in the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs and number two in the

charts, becoming Guzmán's sixth top ten single in the latter chart. For the week of September 24, 2011, Guzmán had two top-ten singles in the Latin Pop Songs chart simultaneously, at number nine "

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" (a featured performance with

Franco De Vita Franco Atilio De Vita De Vito (born January 23, 1954, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter. His first album as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the C ...

) and "Día de Suerte" climbing to number two.

Track listing and formats

*Digital download #"Día de Suerte" – 3:32 *Mexican iTunes EP #"Día de Suerte" – 3:32 #"Día de Suerte (featuring

)" – 4:02 #"Día de Suerte (Giuseppe D Radio Remix)" – 3:20

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