"Resucitar" (English: "Resurrect") is a song by Peruvian singer-songwriter

Gian Marco Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver (born 17 August 1970) is a Peruvian musician and actor. He has won the Latin Grammy Award for the Best Singer-Songwriter Album three times. First in 2005 for his album ''Resucitar'', in 2011 for his album ''Dí ...

. It was released by

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and Crescent Moon Records in mid-2004 as the lead single from his seventh studio album of the same name.

Release

After he released the theme song for the

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, Gian Marco released his seventh album with this song as the lead single. Gian Marco wrote the song for his wife of 10 years, Claudia Moro.

Promotion

The song was released on radio stations throughout Latin America and the U.S. in 2004. Gian Marco then embarked on his ''Resucitar Tour 2004'' in order to promote the song along with the follow up single ''Lejos De Ti''. Gian Marco has since then performed the song on every single one of his tours even performing the song in Asian countries like Japan.

Reception

The song peaked at #25 on the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Songs chart, becoming his highest performing song on that chart to date. This success earned Gian Marco his first Latin Grammy Award in 2005. The song also peaked at number nine Colombia. The song stayed at that peak there for 3 weeks. The sone became a good first single for the album following up his hits

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and

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Music video

The music video starts with Gian Marco in an old warehouse singing the song while playing the piano. Then he is seen in a different part of the warehouse playing the guitar while surrounded by lights.

Charts

References

{{Reflist 2004 songs 2004 singles Gian Marco songs Spanish-language songs Latin pop songs Pop ballads Songs written by Gian Marco Song recordings produced by Emilio Estefan