Simplemente Amigos

For the tribute album by Myriam, see Simplemente Amigos (album).

"Simplemente Amigos"
Single by Ana Gabriel
from the album Tierra de Nadie
ReleasedMarch 20, 1989 (1989-03-20)
Recorded1988
GenreLatin pop · Latin ballad
Length3:49
LabelDiscos CBS International
Songwriter(s)Ana Gabriel
Producer(s)Mariano Pérez Bautista
Ana Gabriel singles chronology
"Es el Amor Quién Llega"
(1988) 		"Simplemente Amigos"
(1989) 		"No Digas No"
(1989)

"Simplemente Amigos" (English: Just Friends) is a ballad written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and was produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista. It was released by CBS Discos (now Sony Music Latin) on March 20, 1989, as the second single from her fourth studio album Tierra de Nadie (1988). The song became Gabriel's second number-one single in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart after "Ay Amor" in late 1987.[1] The success of the song led its parent album to its peak at number one in the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and approximate sales of six million units in Latin America.[2][3]

"Simplemente Amigos" is one of Gabriel's signature songs and one of the most covered songs, aside from being named her first smash hit.[4] The song title was later used in a compilation album featuring songs by Gabriel and fellow Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.[5]

  1. ^ "Ana Gabriel — Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "Tierra de Nadie — Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  3. ^ AMPROFON. "Los 100 Discos Más Vendidos de la Década de los 80s" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ana Gabriel — Biography". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  5. ^ "Las Gabriel... Simplemente Amigos — Juan Gabriel and Ana Gabriel". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2009.