"Historia de un Amor" (Spanish for "the story of a love") is a song about a man's old love written by

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nian songwriter Carlos Eleta Almarán. It was written after the death of his brother's wife. It is also part of the soundtrack of a 1956 Mexican film of the same name starring

Libertad Lamarque Libertad Lamarque Bouza (; 24 November 1908 – 12 December 2000) was a Mexican-Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as " ...

. The song tells of a man's suffering after his love has disappeared. It holds the world record as the most popular song to be translated and sung across the world in various languages by various singers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. ISWC code T-900.757.519-1

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The song was first recorded in Argentina as a tango by Héctor Varela and his orchestra along with singer Rodolfo Lesica. This song has been sung or played by many artists, including

Guadalupe Pineda Guadalupe Pineda (born February 23, 1955) is a Mexican singer considered one of Mexico's grassroots musical icons. She is a recipient of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a multi-Latin Grammy nominee, she has released more than 30 a ...

Daniela Anahí Bessia Daniela Anahi Bessia (, born 9 July 1989) is an Italian-Argentine singer, actress, song composer and TV host. She has been based in Shanghai, China from 2011 and moved to Italy in 2020. She is best known for her performances on China Central Te ...

Dalida Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...

, Irvys Juarez,

Mietta Daniela Miglietta (born 12 November 1969 in Taranto, Italy) is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total. Biography In 1988 she took part in the Sanremo Music Festival in the ''New comers'' category with '' ...

, Julio Angel, Viguen,

Eydie Gormé Eydie Gormé ( ; born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who had hits on the pop and Latin pop charts. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums and telev ...

Trio Los Panchos Originally, Trio Los Panchos are a '' trío romántico'' formed in New York City in 1944 by Alfredo Gil, Chucho Navarro, and Hernando Avilés. The trio became one of the leading exponents of the bolero and the romantic ballad in Latin America. I ...

, Los Paraguayos,

Nicola Di Bari Nicola Di Bari (born 29 September 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the "sacred monsters" of Italian pop music. Life and career Born in Zapponeta, Apulia, Di Bari was the youngest of ten children from a ...

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Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...

Angélica María Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), known professionally as La novia de Mexico (Mexico's sweetheart), is an American-Mexican actress and singer-songwriter. Her songs El hombre de mi vida (The man of my life) peaked at No. ...

Nana Mouskouri Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri ( el, Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη ) (born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer. Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least twelve languages, including Greek, French, English, Germ ...

George Dalaras George Dalaras ( Γιώργος Νταλάρας, 29 September 1949) is a Greek musician and singer. He is one of the most prominent figures of Greek musical culture. In October 2006, he was selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Ag ...

Hrysoula Stefanaki Hrysoula Stefanaki (Χρυσούλα Στεφανάκη) is a Greek singer and musician, born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, best known for her performances with David Nachmias on Greek retro (interwar era) songs such as "Tango Notturno", "Blue H ...

, Perez Prado,

Pilita Corrales Pilar Garrido Corrales (born August 22, 1937) is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and television presenter. She is dubbed as "Asia's Queen of Songs" and is widely known for her rendition of "Kapantay ay Langit" which eventu ...

Cheb Hasni Cheb Hasni ( ar, الشاب حسني), born Hasni Chakroun ( ar, حسني شقرون), (1 February 1968 – 29 September 1994), was an Algerian raï singer. He was popular across the Maghreb, having reached the height of his career in the late 1 ...

Laura Fygi Laura Fygi (born 27 August 1955) is a Dutch jazz singer. Fygi's father was a Dutch businessman, a director of Philips, and her mother an Egyptian belly dancer. She was raised in Uruguay, until her father's death in the late 1960s, when she mo ...

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, Dizzy Reece,

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinalo ...

Ana Gabriel María Guadalupe Araujo Yong (born December 10, 1955), better known as Ana Gabriel, is a Mexican singer and songwriter from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. ...

, Luis Miguel, Florin Salam, Bruna Marlia a.k.a. Manola Ruiz,

Luz Casal María Luz Casal Paz (; born 11 November 1958) is a Spanish pop singer. She grew up in the municipality of Boimorto, took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician. She became famous in the early ...

, Yasar,

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, Lili Boniche, Los Tres Ases, Dany Brillant, Eartha Kitt,

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, Sargis Maghakyan Sr.,

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, Il Volo, Felipe Pirela,

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, Diego El Cigala, Margarita Suvorova, Bruna Marlia a.k.a. Manola Ruiz,

Il Divo Il Divo (; ) are a multi-national classical crossover vocal group. The male quartet, which originated in the United Kingdom in December 2003, consists of tenors Urs Bühler, David Miller, and Sébastien Izambard. It also included bariton ...

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, Faramarz Aslani, Lola Novaković, Tony Glausi, and Manuel Malou. The song was performed several times on China Central Television by the singer

under the musical production of Andy Santana Bass in Spanish and Chinese called 我的心里只有你没有他. It was featured in the Colombian telenovela ''La Hija del Mariachi'', lip-synched by the actress Carolina Ramirez, and performed by the singers Adriana Bottina and Patricia del Valle. In the film "Visage" by

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, Lebanese singer Mohammed Jamal recorded the song in the 1980s in Arabic under the title "You and Dancing and Me" (إنت والرقص وأنا). A Turkish cover called "Bütün Dualarım Seninle' ("All My Prayers with You") was performed by Berkant in 1972. It has also been covered in Chinese, with the lyrics written by Chen Die-Yi 陳蝶衣. The song title in Chinese is 我的心裡没有他 (literally: He Is Not in My Heart). In the

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, it was recorded by Victor Wood as "Hikalimtan Mo Na Ba" with Visayan lyrics. There was also another song entitled "Pasumpa-sumpa", written and performed by Filipino singer, composer and record producer Bert Dominic. It was later adapted into a novelty version of the song released by local singer Emil Loseñada (also known as Milyo Naryo), titled "Pasumpa Sumpa Ka Pa." The song pokes fun at promises which were not meant to happen. It has also been covered in

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by Florin Salam in 2014 with the title "Fericire, fericire, azi te-am găsit" (literally: Oh, happiness, I have found you). Florin Salam used Luis Miguel's version from '' Segundo Romance'' for his cover of "Historia de un Amor".

, along with Colombian producer

Julio Reyes Copello Julio Reyes Copello (born April 26, 1969) is a Colombian producer, songwriter and record engineer. Throughout his career he has worked with various artists such as Jennifer López, Marc Anthony, Thalía, Chayanne, Kany García, Alejandro Sanz, ...

, recorded the song for the album ''

Amor & Pasión ''Amor & Pasión'', initially released in Japan on 28 October 2015, is the eighth studio album by the classical crossover musical group Il Divo, formed by a male vocal quartet; the Swiss tenor Urs Bühler, the Spanish baritone Carlos Marín, t ...

'' from ''Il Divo'' (2015). A version of this song is played on the Native American flute by Tim Romero (Gabrieleno/Pueblo).

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