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written and produced by Spanish singer-songwriter

Manuel Alejandro Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez (born 21 February 1932), better known as Manuel Alejandro, is a Spanish composer of Latin love songs, which are better known as ''ballads''. He has written, composed, and arranged songs for the likes of Luis Migu ...

, co-written by Ana Magdalena, and performed by Spanish singer

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. It was released as the second single from his studio album ''

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'' (1987). This song became his second number one hit in the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart, after his previous single " Lo Mejor de Tu Vida". "Qué No Se Rompa la Noche" has been covered by several singers, including Tamara,

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and Raulin Rosendo.

Background

"Que No Se Rompa la Noche" was released as the second single from Iglesias' ''

'' and became his second number-one hit in the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks, and his last on this chart as a solo artist, until "

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", his duet with José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" in 1992. The song is a plea for a long lasting night to express the strong passions he has towards his lover.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 14 on 29 August 1987, and climbed to the top of the chart twelve weeks later. It spent two weeks at number-one, replacing "

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" by

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performer

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and being replaced by "

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" by

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singer-songwriter and actor José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma". "Qué No Se Rompa la Noche" spent 29 weeks on the chart and ranked at number 16 in the

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Credits and personnel

This information adopted from

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. *Manuel Alejandro – producer, piano *Assa Drori –

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*Rafael Ferro-García – keyboards *Michael Fisher – percussion *Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixer *Julio Iglesias – vocals *Randy Kerber – keyboards *Abraham Laboriel – bass *Michael Landau – guitar *Michael Lang – keyboards *Gayle Levant –

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*Fernando López – guitar *Greg Mathieson – keyboards *Rafael Padilla – percussion *Carlos Vega – drums *Pepe Sánchez – drums

Cover versions

"Que No Se Rompa la Noche" has been recorded by several performers, including

on her Grammy-nominated album '' Emociones'' (a tribute album to Manuel Alejandro and Brazilian singer-songwriter

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); Spanish singer Tamara also did a version of this song, and included it on her album ''Lo Mejor de Tu Vida'' which was produced by Max Pierre. Tamara's album peaked at number 8 in the Spanish Album chart.

, Raulin Rosendo, Rafael Ferro, Esteban Mariano, Orquesta Noche Sabrosa and

also recorded their own version of the track.

References

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