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El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye)

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Genre
  
Latin pop

Producer(s)
  
Gian Marco

Label
  
Epic Sony Music

Released
  
September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)

Writer(s)
  
Gian Marco, Emílio Estefan Jr., Jodi Marr

"El Último Adiós" is a song written by the Peruvian singer Gian Marco and Emílio Estefan Jr. (the English "The Last Goodbye" written by Jodi Marr) in memory of the 9/11 attacks. Over 60 different artists joined to sing the lyrics to help raise money for charities and help the families of the victims. The song was released in a special CD and it was sold worldwide. In the four minutes of the song, a variety of musical genres can be heard. The international stars that collaborated with Gian Marco included Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Paulina Rubio, Thalía, Chayanne, Alejandro Sanz, Ivete Sangalo, Marc Anthony, Ana Bárbara, Juan Luis Guerra and Gloria Estefan.

Contents

Personnel

Conductors
  • Gian Marco
  • Emilio Estefan Jr
  • Soloists (in order of appearance)
  • Ricky Martin
  • Alejandro Sanz
  • Thalía
  • Juan Luis Guerra & Gloria Estefan
  • Celia Cruz
  • Juan Luis Guerra, Gloria Estefan & Olga Tañón
  • Ricardo Montaner
  • Ana Gabriel
  • Jorge Hernández/Los Tigres del Norte & Alicia Villarreal / Grupo Límite
  • Alejandro Fernández
  • Carlos Vives
  • Jaci Velasquez
  • José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
  • Marco Antonio Solís
  • José José & Lucía Méndez
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Emmanuel
  • Chayanne
  • Elvis Crespo, Gisselle Ortíz Cáceres & Gilberto Santa Rosa
  • Paulina Rubio
  • Beto Cuevas / La Ley
  • Ana Bárbara
  • Carlos Ponce
  • Jon Secada
  • Shakira
  • Gian Marco
  • Luis Fonsi
  • Yuri & Miguel Bosé
  • Wilkins, Gisselle Ortíz Cáceres Melina León & Ramiro / Limi-T 21
  • Todos Unidos, Christina Aguilera Ad Libs
  • José Feliciano & Alejandro Sanz
  • José Feliciano
  • Chorus

    Track listing

  • Single
    1. El Ultimo Adiós (Varios Artistas Version) 3:58
  • EP
    1. El Ultimo Adiós (Varios Artistas Version) 3:58
    2. The Last Goodbye (Jon Secada Version) 3:58
    3. El Ultimo Adiós (Arturo Sandoval Instrumental Version) 3:58
    4. El Ultimo Adiós (Gian Marco Version) 3:58

    Charts

    The song failed to enter the charts, but EP peaked at 197 on Billboard.

    Live version

    To this day, the only time this song has been heard live was in a concert by Gian Marco, in which he plays an acoustic version of it. He presented it by saying:

    This song...was born with a guitar. And with that guitar, I will play it to you.

    References

    El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye) Wikipedia