"Here We Are" | ||||
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U.S. Cassette Single
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Single by Gloria Estefan | ||||
from the album Cuts Both Ways | ||||
B-side | "1-2-3 (Live) Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (U.K.)" |
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Released | December 1989 | |||
Format | 3" CD 3" CD-Maxi CD-Maxi Cassette 7" Vinyl 12" Vinyl |
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length |
4:49 (Album Version) 4:49 (Portuguese Version) |
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Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gloria Estefan | |||
Producer(s) |
Emilio Estefan, Jr. Jorge Casas Clay Ostwald |
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Gloria Estefan singles chronology | ||||
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"Here We Are" is a single by Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1989 in the United States and in 1990 to the rest of the world as the third single of the album, Cuts Both Ways.
This was the third single of the album Cuts Both Ways and was one of many successful ballads performed by Gloria Estefan. The single was released with a B-side song: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", that was included on the European version, later to appear on the Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me album.
A Portuguese version of the song, "Toda Pra Você," is included on the compilation Exitos De Gloria Estefan as well as the Brazilian Version of "Cuts Both Ways"
As a duet for her special television concert All The Way Concert, Celine Dion performed this song, while Estefan sang Dion's song, "Because You Loved Me".
Original Versions
"Here We Are" continued Estefan's success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was Estefan's ninth Top 10 single, peaking at number 6 in 1990. "Here We Are" went to number 1 on the American adult contemporary chart and remained in the top spot for five weeks. Overseas, he song peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Here We Are" was used for the Cruz and Eden characters on the American soap opera Santa Barbara. The song also appeared in an episode of the NBC daytime soap opera Another World in early 1990 as well as a 1990 episode of One Life to Live on ABC.