''Primitive Love'' is the ninth

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and second English-language record by the

Miami Sound Machine Miami Sound Machine was an American Latin pop band of Latin-influenced music that featured the vocals of Cuban-born recording artist Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo). Established in 1975 by Emilio Estefan, the band was originally known as the Mia ...

, released in August 1985, by

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. The album has sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The album includes the top 10 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles "

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", " Bad Boy", and " Words Get in the Way".

Background

Previous releases by Miami Sound Machine had failed to achieve much in the way of crossover success. However, with the release of ''Primitive Love'' in 1985, they achieved success both in the

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and abroad. The album was the band's first appearance on the American albums chart, reaching #21 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album ended the year on the 1986 ''Billboard'' Year End Charts at number ten. Three singles released from this album reached the Top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart: "

" peaked at number ten; " Bad Boy" reached number eight; " Words Get in the Way" was the highest-charting single from this album (#5); and " Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" climbed to number 25. A 2CD remastered version of the album was scheduled for release on March 31, 2017 by Vibe on Records, but it was postponed because Estefan was working on a new album at that time. To date, there is still no new date set for the re-release. It was to include five songs that were previously unreleased on CD, sixteen remixes, two soundtrack songs, one demo and the Spanish version of " Words Get in the Way".

Track listing

2017 Remastered Deluxe version (unreleased)

Personnel

Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (; ; born September 1, 1957) is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of t ...

– lead vocal, background vocals *

Emilio Estefan Emilio Estefan Gómez (born March 4, 1953) is a Cuban-American musician and producer. Estefan has won 19 Grammy Awards. He first came to prominence as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan, father of s ...

– percussions *Enrique "Kiki" García – drums *Juan Marcos Ávila – bass guitar *Wesley B. Wright – guitar *Roger Fisher – keyboards *Gustavo Lezcano – harmonica *Víctor López – trumpet * Ed Calle – saxophone *Tony Concepcion – trumpet *Rafael Padilla – percussion, timbales *Betty Cortez – keyboards, background vocals *Rafael Vigil – background vocals * Paquito Hechavarría – piano ("Conga") *Juanito Márquez – guitar ("Conga") *Suzi Carr – background vocal ("Body to Body") *Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer *Lawrence Dermer – arranger *Joe Galdo – arranger *Eric Schilliing – engineer, mixing *Ted Stein – engineer *John Haag – engineer *Mark Richman – engineer *Teresa Verplanck – assistant engineer *Patrice Caroll Levinsohn – assistant engineer *Carlos Santos – assistant engineer *Juanito Márquez – horn arrangement ("Mucho Money", "Movies") *Víctor López – horn arrangement ("Conga") *Ricardo Eddy Martínez – horn arrangement ("Conga") *Pablo Flores – remixes ("Bad Boy" Dub Version, 2009 Japan Mini-LP CD Edition, "Conga", "Primitive Love") * Bob Rauchman – design and art direction *Al Freedy – front cover photography *Michael Wray – back cover photography *Samy – hair and makeup *Fini Lignarolo – front cover clothes

Chart positions

Weekly charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

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