"Viviré" ("I Will Live") is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter

Juan Luis Guerra Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 28 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, ...

released as the second single for his album ''

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'' (1994). It is a Spanish-language adaptation of "Vivi" by Congolese musician

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with Guerra writing the song in Spanish. It became his first song to reach number-one on the ''Billboard''

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in 1994. At the 1995 Latin Billboard Music Awards, "Viviré" won Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year. It was recognized as one best-performing Latin songs of the year at the 1996 BMI Latin Awards. The

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for the song was directed by Gustavo Garzón and received a nomination for Video of the Year at the 1995 Lo Nuestro Awards. On the review of the album for the ''

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'', Fernando Gonzalez called the song "the best of the lot". A writer for ''

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'' described the track as a Cuban

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Track listing

# "Viviré" - # "Canto de Hacha"

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1994 songs 1994 singles Juan Luis Guerra songs Songs in Spanish Songs written by Juan Luis Guerra {{Latin-song-stub

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