"Tradición" ("Tradition") is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter

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. It was released in 1993 as the third single from her first all Spanish-language album, ''

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'' (1993). The song is heavily influenced by African and Cuban rhythms, and became the first song by Estefan to top the US ''Billboard''

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chart, even though it was a

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song. The single was released as a

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and CD maxi, but some promotional singles were sent to clubs, the main reason why the song went to number-one on that chart for two weeks (the last week of December 1993 and the first week of January 1994).https://web.archive.org/web/20091027122202/http://www.geocities.com/gemitierra1/mitierra-intro.html Tradición Info-Charts

Critical reception

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from ''

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'' wrote, "A moment from her lovely ''

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anthem (thanks to Tommy Musto's inspired remixes), complete with brassy horns and rumbling backing chants. An irresistible call to the floor that will leave most breathless." The Daily Vault's Mark Millan picked "Tradicion" as his favourite from the album and added "which is exactly that: a traditional acoustic-style song that Estefan revels in; she would use this formula as a template for her stunning 1996 album ''

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Official versions

Original versions

# Album Version — 5:20

Remixes

# Glorious Tribal Mix - 6:22 # Musto Traditional Mix - 5:20 # Glorious Chants Dub Mix - 4:18 # Musto Suburban Dub - 7:35

Formats and track listings

Formats and track listings of major single releases of "Tradición": * US CD maxi single (49K 77192) # "Tradición" (Album Version) # "Tradición" (Glorious Tribal Mix) # "Tradición" (Musto Traditional Mix) # "If We Were Lovers/Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" (Spanglish Version) # "Mi Tierra" (Hustlers Convention Remix) # "Dr. Beat" (Up-Town Full Length Disco Remix)

Charts

References

External links

Gloria Estefan Discography Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tradicion 1993 singles Gloria Estefan songs Songs in Spanish 1993 songs Songs written by Emilio Estefan Songs written by Gloria Estefan