| "Ayer" | ||||
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| Single by Luis Miguel | ||||
| from the album Aries | ||||
| Released | 17 May 1993 | |||
| Recorded | June 1992 – May 1993[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | WEA Latina | |||
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| Lyricist(s) | Rudy Pérez | |||
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| "Ayer" on YouTube | ||||
"Ayer" (transl. "Yesterday")[2] is a song by Mexican singer Luis Miguel from his ninth studio album, Aries (1993). Miguel and Kiko Cibrian handled the song's production. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 May 1993 by WEA Latina. It is a Spanish-language adaptation of David Foster's instrumental "All That My Heart Can Hold" with lyrics written by Rudy Pérez. A sentimental ballad, the song conveys the singer's pride and pain of his frustrated dreams. Three music videos for the song were filmed at the Longoria Mansion in Mexico City and were nominated for Video of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro 1994. The ballad received positive reactions from music critics who favorably compared it to the ballads of his previous studio album, Romance (1991).
"Ayer" was nominated in the category of Pop Song of the Year at the 1994 Lo Nuestro Awards and was a recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Award in 1994 under the pop/ballad category. Commercially, it became Miguel's eighth number one song on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States and was the sixth best-performing Latin song of 1993 in the country. The song was covered by Mexican entertainer Diego Boneta for the soundtrack of Luis Miguel: The Series (2018).