Que Cante la Vida

"Que Cante la Vida"
Single by Artists for Chile
Released	March 29, 2010
Format	CD single, music download, airplay
Recorded	March, 2010
Genre	Latin Pop
Length	3:50
Label	EMI Music
Writer(s)	Alberto Plaza
Producer(s)	Jaime Ciero, Mauricio Guerrero

"Que Cante la Vida" is a song and charity single recorded by the supergroup 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, "Gracias a la Vida" performed by various artists too including Juanes, Michael Bublé, Alejandro Sanz, Julieta Venegas, Laura Pausini 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, Santiago and Los Angeles, he was one of the brightest minds in the industry worldwide, who has worked with artists such as Celine Dion and Phil Collins, among a long list.^[1] The project is led by EMI Music and Capitol Records with the assistance of other record companies like Warner Music, Sony Music and Universal Music, among others in conjunction with major Latin music channel HTV. The song will be launched commercially in late March 2010.^[2]

Recording process

During the first weeks of March 2010, the artists recorded their contributions from different cities like Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Dominican Republic and Miami.^[3]

Music video

On March 20, 2010, Plaza confirmed via Twitter the recording of a music video for the song.^[4]

Artists for Chile musicians

Conductors Alberto Plaza Soloists A.B. Quintanilla Aleks Syntek Alejandra Guzmán Alex Ubago Alexandre Pires Belinda Carlos Baute Christian Chávez Fausto Miño Fanny Lu Fonseca Franco De Vita

Gianmarco Juan Fernando Velasco Juan Luis Guerra Koko Stambuk Kudai Lena Burke Luis Fonsi Marciano Cantero Mario Guerrero Marta Sánchez Noel Schajris Olga Tañon Pablo Herrera Pee Wee Ricardo Montaner

Release details

Region	Date	Label	Format
Chile	March 29, 2010	EMI Records	Digital download
			Radio airplay
United States	April 6, 2010		Digital download
Mexico

References

1. "Alberto Plaza reúne estrellas latinas en grabación a lo "We Are The World" por el terremoto." (in Spanish). Terra Networks. March 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
2. "Turner Broadcasting System Latinoamérica y su Canal HTV se unen a la iniciativa "Que Cante la Vida" por Chile." (in Spanish). AlbertoPlaza.cl. March 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
3. "Alberto Plaza reunirá a estrellas latinas para grabar "Que cante la vida"." (in Spanish). Cooperativa. March 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
4. "Alberto Plaza's oficcial twitter.". Twitter. March 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-20.