"Que Cante la Vida" is a song and charity single

Charity record

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 recorded by the supergroup

Supergroup (music)

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 Artists for Chile in 2010. It is a remake of the 1985 hit song "Que Cante la Vida", which was written and performed by Alberto Plaza. The song was released on March 29, 2010, a week before the another charity single for the 2010 Chile earthquake

2010 Chile earthquake

The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...

, "Gracias a la Vida" performed by various artists too including Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

, Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

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, Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

, Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...

, Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...

 among others.

Background

Chilean songwriter Alberto Plaza re-record his song "Que Cante La Vida" with other latin artists. Plaza is aware of all the details, along with another prominent Chilean singer-songwriter and producer Jaime Ciero, who also received the support of talented Chilean Mauricio Guerrero, who is donating his work to record instruments and additional vocals from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 and Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, he was one of the brightest minds in the industry worldwide, who has worked with artists such as Celine Dion

Celine Dion

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 and Phil Collins

Phil Collins

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, among a long list. The project is led by EMI Music

EMI

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 and Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 with the assistance of other record companies like Warner Music

Warner Music Group

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, Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment

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 and Universal Music

Universal Music Group

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, among others in conjunction with major Latin music channel HTV

Hispanic Television

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. The song will be launched commercially in late March 2010.

Recording process

During the first weeks of March 2010, the artists recorded their contributions from different cities like Madrid

Madrid

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, Rio De Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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 and Miami.

Music video

On March 20, 2010, Plaza confirmed via Twitter

Twitter

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 the recording of a music video for the song.

Artists for Chile musicians

Conductors

• Alberto Plaza

Soloists

• A.B. Quintanilla
• Aleks Syntek
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• Alejandra Guzmán
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• Alex Ubago
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• Alexandre Pires
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• Belinda
• Carlos Baute
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• Christian Chávez
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• Fausto Miño
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• Fanny Lú
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• Fonseca
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• Franco De Vita
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• Gianmarco
• Juan Fernando Velasco
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• Juan Luis Guerra
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• Koko Stambuk
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• Kudai
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• Lena Burke
• Luis Fonsi
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• Marciano Cantero
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• Mario Guerrero
• Marta Sánchez
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• Noel Schajris
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• Olga Tañon
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• Pablo Herrera
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• Pee Wee
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• Ricardo Montaner
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Release details

Region	Date	Label	Format
Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	March 29, 2010	EMI Records EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
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United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	April 6, 2010		Digital download
Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...