''"Together Forever"'' is a song performed and recorded by American singer

Lisette Melendez Lisette Melendez (born 1967) is an American freestyle/Latin pop/dance-pop singer. She is best known for her Top 40 hit "Together Forever", which reached No. 35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1991, and its follow-up "A Day In My Life (Without Y ...

and written by Carlos Berrios, Franc Reyes and Frank Malave in 1991. It was initially released as a 12-inch

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and primarily used in

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. It was later included on Melendez's 1991

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of the same name. On February 16, 1991, the single reached position 31 on the ''Billboard''

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chart and remained there for a total of nine weeks. On April 6, 1991, Melendez made it to the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 35. The single was one of the last freestyle songs to reach the Top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Together Forever" is also credited as one of the few songs released in the 1990s that aided the revival of the "freestyle" genre's popularity, after the emergence of

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. The song was produced by Carlos "After Dark" Berrios, who also produced the 1991 song "

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of the song was satirized by

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. In June of 2020,

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ranked "Together Forever" number 97 in their list of ''The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time''.

Track listing

Chart performance

References

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