"Vuelve" () is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer

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for his fourth studio album, '' Vuelve'' (1998). The song was written by

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, while the production was handled by K. C. Porter and

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. It was released to radio stations by

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as the

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from the album on January 26, 1998. A Spanish language

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and

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song with elements of

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and

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, it is about the singer's true love, who gives the meaning of his life. It received generally positive reviews from

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, who complimented its romantic lyrics and Martin's vocal. "Vuelve" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 11th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards and won the award for Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year at the 1999 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards. The song was commercially successful, reaching number one in eight countries, including Peru and Venezuela, as well as ''

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''s

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, and

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charts in the United States. The accompanying

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was filmed at the

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in Los Angeles, California, and directed by

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. It depicts Martin performing the track at various areas of the house. The track was included on the

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s for all of Martin's tours. De Vita recorded his own rendition of "Vuelve" on his studio album '' Segundas Partes Tambien Son Buenas'' (2002) and several contestants on various music talent shows have covered the song, including La Mole.

Background and release

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In 1995,

released his third studio album, ''

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''. On it, he shifted from his traditional

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-style compositions to a riskier fusion of music focused on traditional

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sounds, epitomized by the song " María". Taken aback by the starkly different musical style, his

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executives felt the song would ruin Martin's career. Despite this, "María" was chosen as the album's second

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and became a breakthrough hit, reaching number one in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Turkey, and the whole of South America. As of 2014, ''A Medio Vivir'' had sold over three million copies worldwide. While on tour in 1997, Martin returned to the studio and began recording material for his fourth studio album. He said the experience of touring and recording at the same time was "brutal and incredibly intense". On December 7, 1997, Martin confirmed he was completing his next project and that the album would be released in February of the following year. He worked on the album with producers

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and Rosa, and recorded it in studios across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Spain. The album's title, ''Vuelve'', was announced on January 25, 1998. In an interview with

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, he emphasized the album was going to "reaffirm the internationalization of my career and I know that it will help me a lot to destroy the stereotypes that may exist with my culture". The album consisting mainly of "red-hot"

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numbers and "melodramatic"

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s. "Vuelve" was released as the album's

on January 26, 1998. While "

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" was released as the lead single from the album in Asian and European markets, "Vuelve" was released as the third single in Austria and Germany on December 2, 1998. The track was included as the second track on Martin's fourth studio album, ''Vuelve'', released February 12, 1998, The song was also later added to Martin's compilation albums '' La Historia'' (2001), '' 17'' (2008), ''Personalidad'' (2015), and '' Esencial'' (2018). De Vita recorded his own

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of the song on his studio album '' Segundas Partes Tambien Son Buenas'' (2002), with a "distinctly rock sound". When De Vita was asked why he made his own rendition of the song in an interview with ''

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'', he clarified that he was not competing with Martin and simply wanted to give the track "another point of view".

Music and lyrics

"Vuelve" was penned by Venezuelan singer-songwriter

, while its production was handled by KC Porter and Rosa. A Spanish language

and

song with "slow

harmonies", it is a "sultry" romantic love song with a

chorus. The track runs for a total of five minutes and eight seconds. Lyrically, "Vuelve" which translates to "Come Back" in English, is for Martin's "true love, whom he says gives his life meaning". In a 2007 interview with Estudio Billboard, De Vita recalled he had been writing the song for 10 years when Martin asked him to compose a track for the album. He had previously collaborated with Martin by composing the previous album's

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. In the track, Martin chants: "Vuelve, que sin ti la vida se me va. Vuelve, que me falta el aire si tú no estás. Vuelve, nadie ocupará tu lugar" ("Come back, without you my life goes away. Come back, the air is missing if you're not here. Come back, nobody will take your place.")

Critical reception

"Vuelve" has been met with generally positive reviews from

. John Lannert of ''Billboard'' magazine described the track as "moving", while David Wild of ''

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'' mentioned it as "lovely". An author of

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named it "pure romanticism", and Vilma Maldonado of '' The Monitor'' called the song's

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"instant and unforgettable" and its lyrics "warmly romantic". Writing for ''

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'' magazine, Carmen Teresa Roiz regarded "Vuelve" as a "brilliant, melodic work". For ''

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'', Mario Tarradell praised its "sexy"

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and felt it "makes the best of his power-keg vocals". Although she acknowledged the song's success on the music charts, the ''

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'' editor

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criticized "Vuelve" as one of the album's "weakest tracks". In a 2018 article for ''Billboard'' however, Cobo reflected on "Vuelve" and cited it as an example of

having previously been a "crooner’s game" and remarked: " ..thank God for songs like ' Si No Te Hubieras Ido', 'Vuelve' or 'El Buen Perdedor' - how could we have survived heartache otherwise?" The ''Los Angeles Times'' Ernesto Lechner declared that the song's "delicate electric piano and anthemic chorus" would make its parent album "most likely survive the test of time". Carlos Mario Castro from El Sabanero X named "Vuelve" Martin's best song, calling it "great without a doubt". He continued praising it for highlighting "the vocal capacity of Ricky Martin". An author of

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named it Martin's "best heartbreak anthem" and stated: "Even if your heart is in a good place, this song is great to sing your lungs out." In a retrospective review of the Latin songs that reached number one in 1998, ''Billboard'' editor Jessica Roiz stated Martin "made everyone shed a tear" on "Vuelve". In 2015,

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staff ranked the track as Martin's sixth-best ballad. Similarly, Claudia González Alvarado from ''

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'' ranked it as his sixth-best ballad in 2021. It was listed on MDZ Online's Ricky Martin's "Unmissable hits" which a writer described as "creative", and was mentioned as one of the 13 "Best Ricky Martin Songs to Add to Your Party Playlist" by Amanda Mitchell on ''Oprah Daily''. MTV Argentina also ranked it as one of Martin's best songs in 2020. In his review for ''

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'' in 2021, Esteban Villaseñor ranked the song among Martin's most popular songs.

Accolades

Greta Alvarez from

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placed "Vuelve" at number five on the list of "17 songs we all sang in the 90s and could never forget". In honor of

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in 2017,

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published a list of "11 Songs From Puerto Rican Artists", in which "Vuelve" was at the top of the list. At the 11th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards, the song was nominated in the category of Pop Song of the Year, which was awarded to Martin's "

". At the 6th Annual ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards in the same year, "Vuelve" won Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year and was nominated for Hot Latin Track of the Year, but lost to "Por Mujeres Como Tu" by

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. The track was recognized as one of the best-performing songs of the year on the Pop/Ballad field at the 1999

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Latin Awards.

Commercial performance

"Vuelve" is one of Martin's most commercially successful songs in his career. In Latin America, it reached number one in Costa Rica El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. It also peaked at number five in Panama and on the ballads chart in Mexico. In the United States, "Vuelve" debuted at number five on the ''Billboard''

on the week of February 14, 1998. The single reached on top of the chart two weeks later, succeeding "

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" by

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, becoming Martin's first number one hit in the chart. It spent two consecutive weeks in this position being replaced by " No Sé Olvidar" by

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. "Vuelve" ended 1998 as the fourth best-performing song of 1998. The track also reached the top of the

and

charts. On the former chart, it spent a total of three weeks in this position and was the best-performing song of the year. In November 1999, it was labeled as one of the "hottest tracks" for Sony Discos in a list including the most successful songs released by the label since the launching of the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1986.

Music video

for "Vuelve" was filmed at the

in Los Angeles, California, and directed by American director

. At the beginning of the video, Martin is facing the rain. Afterwards, he appears performing the track at various areas of the house. Carlos Mario Castro from El Sabanero X described the visual as "simple but high quality". Cristal Mesa from

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named it Martin's 24th best music video on her 2018 list and commented on that the "fresh-faced singer was melting hearts with his smooth face and extra stylized hair". An author of Cultura Colectiva listed it among the "13 Videos to Appreciate Ricky Martin's Talent and Sickening Good Looks". It was later included on Martin's video compilation albums '' The Ricky Martin Video Collection'' (1999), ''La Historia'' (2001), and ''17'' (2008). The music video was uploaded on the singer's

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channel on October 3, 2009, and has received over 90 million views, as of September 2021.

Live performances and appearances in media

The day after releasing the album, Martin held two sold-out concerts at the 30,000-seat

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in Puerto Rico on February 13 and 14, 1998, respectively, where he performed "Vuelve". It was included as part of the setlist for the "Vuelve Tour", and subsequent tours including the

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, Live in Mexico, One World Tour, All In, the Movimiento Tour, and the

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. He also performed "Vuelve" along with his other hits during the 48th, 55th, and 61st editions of the

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in 2007, 2014, and 2020, respectively. A

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version of "Vuelve" was recorded and taped as part of his ''

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'' set in

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on August 17, 2006. This version of "Vuelve" reached number seven in Chile according to the

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. The artist then promoted ''MTV Unplugged'' with the Black and White Tour, including four sold-out shows at the

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in Puerto Rico. The concerts in Puerto Rico were compiled into his second live album '' Ricky Martin... Live Black & White Tour'' (2007) which includes his performance of "Vuelve". De Vita included "Vuelve" on the set list for his Libre Tour in 2017. Dominican Republic singer-songwriter

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performed a live bachata cover of the song at the

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gala where Martin was honored with the accolade in 2006 and Guerra's rendition received the most applause. "Vuelve" has been covered by several contestants on various music talent shows. Andrea López y Jonathan González performed the song on the third season of ''Cantando por un Sueño'' in 2011. The following year, La Mole performed it on its fourth season along with Natalie Scalzadonna. In the same year, Gonzalo Andrada covered the track on '' La Voz Argentina''s first season. On its third season in 2021, Alex Freidig and Oscar Rojas competed in a battle of covering the song, which Freidig won. Also in 2021, Yohan Amparo performed the track on

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of '' The Voice Dominicana''. Prior to the single's release, "Vuelve" served as the theme song for the Mexican

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'' Sin ti'' which premiered on December 8, 1997.

Formats and track listings

Austrian CD single #"Vuelve" – 5:08 #" Entre el Amor y los Halagos" – 4:20 German CD maxi-single #"Vuelve" – 5:08 #"Entre el Amor y los Halagos" – 4:20 #" Vuelo" – 3:58 #" Susana" – 4:54 Mexican 7" single #"Vuelve" – 5:08 #"La Copa de la Vida" – 4:29 Mexican promotional single #"Vuelve" – 5:08

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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Kristle Murden Kristle Murden (born December 9, 1956), also known as Kristle Edwards, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, music producer, author and ordained minister. Murden is the soloist on the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from ''The Lion Ki ...

background vocal * Marlena Jeter background vocal * Bunny Hill background vocal * GB Dorsey background vocal * Jackeline Simley background vocal * Katrina Harper background vocal * Martonette Jenkins background vocal * Maxine Jeter background vocal *

Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "Switch" and is the younger brother of James Ingram. Biography Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a mus ...

background vocal * Reggie Hamilton bass *

Curt Bisquera Curt "Kirkee B." Bisquera is an American drummer known for his extensive work as a touring and session musician. Biography Bisquera has worked with Johnny Cash, Josh Groban, Mick Jagger, Seal, Sarah McLachlan, Elton John, Johnny Hallyday and To ...

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Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

electric guitar * Benny Faccone mixing engineer * Bobby Rothstein mixing engineer * Chris Brooke mixing engineer * Jun Murakawa mixing engineer * Luis Quiñe mixing engineer * Mike Aarvold mixing engineer * Mike Ainsworth mixing engineer * Travis Smith mixing engineer * Chris Carroll mixing engineer * Todd Keller mixing engineer * Leo Herrera mixing engineer * John Beasley piano *

Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...

piano * Esteban Villanueva project coordintor, recording engineer * Sarah Wykes project coordintor * Iris Aponte project coordintor *

Steve Churchyard Steve Churchyard is an English record producer, recording engineer and mixer who began his career at Sir George Martin’s AIR Studios in London. He currently resides in the United States. He has been nominated for 15 Grammy awards. In 2008 he wo ...

recording engineer * John Lowson recording engineer * Ted Stein recording engineer * Robert Fernandez recording engineer * Brian Jenkins recording engineer * Doc Wiley recording engineer * Benny Faccone recording engineer * Carlos Nieto recording engineer *

Charles Dye Charles Dye is a Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy-winning record producer, engineer and mixer from Hollywood, Florida, USA. Grammy In 2001, Dye received a Latin Grammy for Best Engineered Album for Thalía's ''Arrasando''. Other production cr ...

recording engineer * Danny Vicari recording engineer * Femio Hernandez recording engineer * Héctor Iván Rosa recording engineer * Jeff Poe recording engineer * Jesus "Chuy" Flores recording engineer * John Karpowich recording engineer * Karl Cameron recording engineer * Keith Rose recording engineer * Luis Fernando Soria recording engineer * Matt Ross Hyde recording engineer * Peter McCabe recording engineer * Rik Pekkonen recording engineer

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