Para Qué la Vida

"Para Qué la Vida" ("What's the Point of Life") is the third single released internationally by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his fourth full-Spanish album Quizás (2002), It was released on January 6, 2003 (see 2003 in music)

"Para Qué la Vida"
Single by Enrique Iglesias
from the album Quizás
ReleasedJanuary 6, 2003 (2003-01-06)
FormatCD promo single
RecordedFebruary - May 2002
StudioNadir Studios
(Madrid, Spain)
South Point Studios
(Miami Beach, Florida)
Larrabee Studios
Westlake Studios
Westlake Audio
(Hollywood, California)
Compass Point Studios
(Nassau, Bahamas)
The Hit Factory Critiera
(Miami, Florida)
GenreLatin pop
Length4:05
LabelUniversal Music Latino
Songwriter(s)Léster Méndez · Enrique Iglesias · Cheín García-Alonso
Producer(s)Léster Méndez
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
"Quizás"
(2002)		 "Para Qué la Vida"
(2003)		 "Addicted/Adicto"
(2003)

Song information

The track was written by Cheín García-Alonso, Léster Méndez and Enrique Iglesias. It became his 16th number-one single in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and is notable for being the song that outranked Luis Miguel for most number one singles on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. Miguel would tie Iglesias in November 2003 with his 16th (and final) number-one hit, "Te Necesito". With the release of "Para Qué La Vida" Iglesias became the first Latin to be played over 1,000,000 times in the United States radio.

The song's lyrics borrows some translated lyrics from the song "Nothing Compares 2 U" written by Prince.[1] The bridge of the song even contains the line "nada se compara a ti," which means "nothing compares to you."

Chart performance

The track debuted on the United States Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 39 on March 29, 2003,[2] and rose to number 1 nine weeks later,[3] spending one week at the summit. The single spent eighteen weeks in the chart.

Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[2] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay[4] 2
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay[6] 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[7] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay[8] 1

See also

References
  1. Bogart, Jonathan (3 May 2018). "Enrique Iglesias, "Para Qué la Vida"". Bilbo's Laptop. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". 29 March 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  3. ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". 31 May 2003. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  4. ""Latin Pop Airplay" on Billboard.com". 14 June 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  5. ""Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay" on Billboard.com". 31 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  6. ""Latin Tropical Airplay" on Billboard.com". 21 June 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  7. ""Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles" on Billboard.com". 31 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  8. ""Latin Regional Mexican Airplay" on Billboard.com". 31 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
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