"Love" is a song by the singer

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, released as the third single from the album ''

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'', from 1992. The track was released as 12" single with remix versions and a music video was made for the TV special ''Love Thalía'', from 1993. The song appeared on the charts of the Mexican newspaper ''

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'' and the magazine ''Notitas Musicales''.

Background and production

After releasing her second studio album ''

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'', Thalía went to present the TV show ''

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'' in

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, where she met the Spanish composer and music producer Luiz Carlos Esteban, whom she asked for help to finalize the compositions of what would become her third solo album, To this album, songs with many different

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s were selected, like the song "Love", a contemporary song in the

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style of the 1990s. At the time of the single released the album had sold over 200,000 in Mexico only and later was certified Platinum+Gold for over 350,000 sold in the country.

Promotion and commercial reception

In addition to naming the singer's 1992 album, the song also served as the title of the

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channel special called ''Love Thalía'', the special would be updated months later with more songs added and would be entitled ''Love Thalía... y Otras Fantasias'', a music video to "Love" was made for the special. In the video Thalía appears with two dancers dressed in black, dancing in a purple color setting. A different music video was made exclusively for the show

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presented by

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, also from the Televisa channel. In 1992, Thalia received the award for "Best Singer" at the

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from Saul Lisaso in

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and surrounded by impressive scenography and dancers dressed in Egypt-inspired costumes, she performed the "1001 Nights Club Mix" version of the music in it. The song became the album's second biggest hit, reaching #3 in Mexico, behind of " Sangre" only which peaked #2 months earlier, on the same list.

Track listing

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Charts

References

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