Con Los Años Que Me Quedan
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"Con los años que me quedan" ("With The Years I Have Left") is a song by Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

, released as her second single from her first Spanish album Mi Tierra
Mi Tierra
Mi Tierra is the third studio solo album and first Latin solo album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is her 15th overall, released in 1993 .- History :...

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Song history

A song inspired by the relationship between Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 and Emilio Estefan Jr., became her second consecutive number 1 single in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. The track debuted at number 28 on September 28, 1993 and peaked at number 1 on November 13, 1993 spending 4 weeks in pole position. An English version was also recorded entitled "If We Were Lovers" and is included on the international pressiong of the maxi-single.

The English version of the song "If We Were Lovers" was released as a single in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, making it a moderate hit reaching the Top 40 chart at the UK, becoming the second single from this album to chart in the country.

Con los años que me quedan & If We Were Lovers

"Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" and "If We Were Lovers" share the same melody but were written as two separate songs. They are not meant to be translations of each other, rather songs celebrating two different aspects of love - one being the renewal for "eternal" love and the other being the inevitable sensual and passionate love affair.

Formats and track listings

Formats and track listings of major single releases of "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan":

European CD Single (B000980YPO)
  1. "If We Were Lovers" (Album Version)
  2. "Con los años que me quedan" (Album Version)
  3. "Tradición
    Tradición
    "Tradición" was the third single released by Gloria Estefan on her first all Spanish-language album from 1993, Mi Tierra.-Song history:...

    " (Album Version)

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
UK Top 75 Singles 40
U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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Hot Latin Tracks
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