| "Esperanza" | ||||
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| Single by Enrique Iglesias | ||||
| from the album Cosas del Amor | ||||
| Released | 7 September 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Fonovisa | |||
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| Producer(s) | Rafael Pérez-Botija | |||
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| "Esperanza" on YouTube | ||||
"Esperanza" (English: "Hope") is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias for his third studio album Cosas del Amor (1998). It was co-written by Iglesias and Chein García-Alonso with Rafael Pérez-Botija handling its production. A power ballad, it is a confessional song of love and forgiveness. Upon "Esperanza"'s release, one reviewer lauded Iglesias's vocals and the song's arrangements while another found it too similar to his debut single "Si Tú Te Vas". Filmed in Malibu, California, the accompanying music video for "Esperanza" was directed by Emmanuel Lubezki, which won Video of the Year at the 11th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 1999. "Esperanza" also won "Song of the Year" and an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Award in the same year. Commercially, it reached number one in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama as well as the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts in the United States, while becoming top-five hit in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador.