Lo Mejor de Mí (song)
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| Single by Cristian Castro | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Lo Mejor de Mí | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Format | Promo single | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Latin pop, Bolero | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:54 | |||||||||||||
| Label | BMG U.S. Latin | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Rudy Pérez | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Rudy Pérez | |||||||||||||
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"Lo Mejor de Mí" ("All My Best") is a song written and produced by Rudy Pérez and first recorded by Spanish singer Juan Ramon for his second studio album Por Haberte Amado Tanto (1990). In the song, the protagonist tells his lover how he gave his best despite not meeting his lover's expectation. In 1997, Mexican recording artist Cristian Castro covered the song for his fifth studio album Lo Mejor de Mí which Pérez also produced and arranged. Castro's version peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and the Billboard Latin Pop Songs charts in the United States. The song received a Billboard Latin Music Awards and a Lo Nuestro nomination for Pop Song of the Year. Pérez earned the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award in the Pop/Ballad field.
In 1990, Spanish recording artist Juan Ramon released his second studio album Por Haberte Amado Tanto which was arranged and produced by Cuban-American musician Rudy Pérez. Pérez composed three songs for the album including the track "Lo Mejor de Mí". The song speaks of a failed relationship between the protagonist and the lover where the protagonist gave the best they could despite not meeting the lover's expectation. One year later, Argentine musician María Martha Serra Lima covered the song on her studio album of the same name which was also arranged and produced by Pérez. Pérez also proposed the song to be covered by Mexican singer Luis Miguel for his album Segundo Romance (1994). However Miguel rejected the song because he felt it was more of a ballad than a bolero.
In 1997, Mexican recording artist Cristian Castro covered the song for his Grammy-nominated album of the same name with Pérez's involvement with the production and arrangement. It was released as the lead single from the album and the first single under his new record label BMG U.S. Latin following his departure from Fonovisa Records a year earlier. The song is performed in the bolero style.
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