Y Hubo Alguien

"Y Hubo Alguien"
Promotional single by Marc Anthony
from the album Contra la Corriente
Released	1997
Studio	Altamar Music Studios, San Juan, Puerto Rico Unique Recording Studio, New York City[1]
Genre	Salsa
Length	6:30 (album version) 4:12 (radio edit)
Label	RMM
Songwriter(s)	Omar Alfanno
Producer(s)	Angel "Cuco" Peña
Marc Anthony singles chronology
"Vieja Mesa" (1997) "Y Hubo Alguien" (1997) "Me Voy a Regalar" (1997)

"Y Hubo Alguien" (English: "And There Was Someone") is a song by American singer Marc Anthony from his third studio album, Contra la Corriente (1997). The song was written by Omar Alfanno, with record production being handled by Ángel "Cucco" Peña. It was released as the first promotional single from the album in 1997. A salsa song which combines elements of R&B, it describes a man who has found love again after his former lover left him. The song was inspired by a fight Alfanno had with his partner and pitched the song to RMM, but was turned down. Anthony offered to record the track after Alfanno presented it to him.

"Y Hubo Alguien" won the Billboard Latin Music Award for "Tropical/Salsa Hot Latin Track of the Year" in 1998 and the Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Song of the Year in the same year. Its music video was directed by Benny Corral and was nominated in the category of Video of the Year at the 1998 Lo Nuestro Awards. Commercially, it topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in the United States, becoming the first salsa track accomplish this achievement. It also reached the top of the Tropical Airplay chart where it spent eight weeks at this position. The song was covered by Puerto Rican singer Ángel López as a ballad on his studio album Historias de Amor (2010).