| "Abriendo Puertas" | ||||
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| Single by Gloria Estefan | ||||
| from the album Abriendo Puertas | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kike Santander | |||
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| "Abriendo Puertas" on YouTube | ||||
"Abriendo Puertas" (English: "Opening Doors") is a song from Cuban American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan's sixth studio album, of the same name (1995). The song was written by Kike Santander, who handled production alongside Gloria's husband Emilio Estefan. It was released as the lead single from the album on September 19, 1995. The song is a vallenato and son cubano tune that metaphorically deals with opening doors and closing wounds. Its music video features Estefan performing the song while also showing scenes of farmers planting crops. The song received positive reactions from music critics, who mostly praised the instruments. Commercially, it topped both Billboard's Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Airplay charts in the United States and peaked at number three on the Dance Club Songs chart as well.
Gloria Estefan performed the song live as part of the opening ceremony for the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2021. Estefan re-recorded the song in 2020 for her fourteenth studio album Brazil305 and incorporated Brazilian music. The song received three accolades including the Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Song of the Year and Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Dance Single of the Year" in 1996. American singer Leslie Grace covered the song live as part the Lo Nuestro Awards tribute to Estefan by Univision in 2018.