"Da la Vuelta" (

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: "Turn Around") is a song written by

Emilio Estefan Emilio Estefan Gómez (born March 4, 1953) is a Cuban-born American musician and producer. Estefan has won 19 Grammy Awards. He first came to prominence as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan, father ...

and

Kike Santander Flavio Enrique "Kike" Santander Lora is a Colombian-American composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Cristia ...

and performed by American singer Marc Anthony. Produced by Anthony, Estefan, and Ángel "Cucco" Peña, it is a

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track which deals with the singer letting go of his former lover. It is one of the three Spanish-language songs to be included on Anthony's 1999 self-titled album and was released as a promotional single in the same year. Despite the album being met with unfavorable reviews, "Da la Vuelta" garnered positive reactions from music critics who praised it as a danceable number. The record received a

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nomination for Best Tropical Song in

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and was nominated for Tropical Song of the Year at the

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the following year. Commercially, it reached number 22 and number six on the '' Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs and

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charts in the United States respectively.

Music, lyrics, and release

"Da la Vuelta" is a

track composed by

and

and produced by Anthony, Estefan, and Ángel "Cucco" Peña. Peña had previously collaborated with Anthony as a producer for his third studio album '' Contra la Corriente'' in 1997. It is one of the three Spanish-language records included on ''Marc Anthony'' along with the Spanish-language versions of " I Need to Know" ("Dímelo") and "She's Been Good to Me" ("Cómo Ella Me Quiere a Mi"). The song begins as a "soft

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 ...

" with 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 ...

guitar and mariachi horn arrangements before transitioning into a salsa number. Lyrically, it is about the singer letting go of his former lover. "Da la Vuelta" was released as a

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for the album in 1999. Anthony performed the song live at Madison Square Garden; this performance was included on the video set ''The Concert from Madison Square Garden''.

Reception

The '' Richmond Times-Dispatch'' journalist Melissa Ruggierit called "Da la Vuelta" a "traditional romp co-written by Emilio Estefan that is a scorcher." Chloe Cabrera of ''

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'' felt that "Da la Vuelta", along with "Dímelo", has "the feel of his Grammy-award winning 1997 album, ''Contra la Corriente''." Mario Tarradell, who gave ''Marc Anthony'' a negative review on ''

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'', lamented that the record was filled with ballads instead of dance numbers like "Da la Vuelta", "Dímelo", and "That's Okay". However, he also remarked that "we know he can do the salsa stuff" and insisted that they were "not a challenge" for Anthony. Parry Gettelman, who also wrote an unfavorable review of the album, mentioned that "Da la Vuelta" was "certainly worthy of Anthony's voice." The ''

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'' editor Sofia Villalobos opined that the track "combines an older,

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style with the latest fads of the aforementioned Lopez. Similarly, ''

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'' writer Ernesto Portillo, Jr. called it a "danceable salsa number" while Rueben Rosario highlighted the record as "hip-grinding" and "vintage Anthony" on '' St. Paul Pioneer Press''. Grace Bastidas of ''

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'' praised it as a "beautiful little letting-go number". "Da la Vuelta" received a nomination for Best Tropical Song at the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards in 2000, which was awarded to "

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" by

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. It also was nominated Tropical Song of the Year at the 13th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 2001 but lost to "

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" by

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. Santander and Estefan were presented with a BMI Latin Award in 2001 as it was recognized as the one of the best-performing songs of the year. The track was included on Anthony's greatest hits album '' Sigo Siendo Yo: Grandes Exitos'' (2006). Commercially, "Da la Vuelta" peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. It fared better on the ''Billboard'' Latin Tropical Songs chart by reaching number 6 and ended 2000 as the ninth best-performing tropical song of the year in the country.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the ''Marc Anthony'' liner notes. * Marc Anthony – arrangement, co-production,

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* Luis Aquina –

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* Joe Caldas – audio engineer * Wichy Camacho –

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* Enrique Collazo –

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* Antonio Salcedo Corpas – string contractor * J. Dederic – violin * Jorge Diaz –

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* Emilio Estefan – co-production,

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* Tito de Garcia – bongos,

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* Jose Gazmei – bass * Orlando Guillot –

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* Henry Hutchinson – violin * José Janga – violin * Gerardo Lopez – audio engineer * Tony Mardini – assistant audio engineer * Emma Matos – violin * Fernando Medina – violin * Naldi Morales – cello * Fernando Muscolo –

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s * Ángel "Cucco" Peña – arrangement, co-production * Lito Peña, Jr. – assistant audio engineer * Charlie Sierra –

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* Kachiro Thompson – conga * Rafi Torres – trombone * Chequi Ramos – background vocals * Hector I. Rosa – audio engineer * Josue Rosado – background vocals * Sheila Ortiz – cello * Fermin Segarra – cello * Maximo Torres –

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* Victor Vasquez – trombone * Chris Wiggins – assistant audio engineer

References

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