El Último Adiós

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"El Último Adiós"
Paulina Rubio - El Último Adiós.jpg
Single by Paulina Rubio
from the album Paulina
ReleasedJuly 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)
Recorded1999
Genre
Length4:46
LabelUniversal Music Latino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Estéfano
Paulina Rubio singles chronology
"Lo Haré Por Ti"
(2000) 		"El Último Adiós"
(2000) 		"Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
(2000)
Alternative cover
Mexican 1-track Promo CD
Mexican 1-track Promo CD
Music video
"El Último Adiós" on YouTube

"El Último Adiós" is a song recorded by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio for her fifth studio album Paulina (2000). It was released as the second single from the album on July 17, 2000 by Universal Music. Rubio co-wrote and co-produced the track with Estéfano and was originally conceived it as a ranchera-hip-hop-styled song. Lyrically, its a break-up mood.

The song received positive reviews from music critics, who cited the song as one of the album's standouts and praised Rubio's vocals. In his album review from Amazon, Joey Guerra said "['El Último Adiós' is] the album's shining moment."[1] Digital media About en Español included it in the list of the best "heartbreak songs".[2] It attained commercial success, reaching the top of the record charts in Mexico, as well as the top five in several Latin America regions.

An English version of the song was released on Paulina's sixth studio album Border Girl in 2002.

Music video[]

Like many of Paulina's music videos, the music video for "El Último Adiós" was met with heavy criticism from the Latino community and Latin American critics (specifically in Mexico). The controversial video contained racy love scenes, as well as men and women appearing barely clothed. MTV Latin-America only aired the video after 9 pm due to its sexual content. An uncensored version of the video was also released. It contains some slight differences compared to the original version of the video, the major difference being that Rubio appears completely topless in parts of the video, and the racy love scenes are shown for a bit longer and are more explicit. In the video appears the Mariachi Gallos de México.[3]

Billboard staff wrote in a retrospective review that "even in heartbreak, Paulina looks fabulous in tiny shorts and halter-tops."[4]

Impact[]

Since its release, "El Último Adiós" has been covered on numerous occasions. In 2001, regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera recorded a banda-style version of the song for their album Déjate Amar. Mexican singer and actress Eiza González took Rubio's ranchera-pop musical style as "reference" in her single "Invisible". She also said that she would "reference" the video of her in her own music video, but it never came out.[5]

Charts[]

Chart (2000–2002) Peak
position
Panama (El Siglo de Torreón)[6] 1
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[7] 18
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8] 13
US Regional Mexican Airplay (Billboard)[9] 40
US Tropical Songs (Billboard)[10] 24

References[]

  1. ^ "Paulina - Amazon review". Amazon. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ Mesa, Juan. "10 canciones para el desamor". About.com (in Spanish). About en Español. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "Gallos de México (Official Page)". Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Paulina Rubio Turns 44: Which of Her Music Video Looks is Your Favorite?". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Eiza González toma a Paulina Rubio como ejemplo a seguir". Quien. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Backstreet Boys acaparan listas de popularidad". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). November 1, 2000. p. 39. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Paulina Rubio Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Paulina Rubio Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  9. ^ "Paulina Rubio Chart History (Regional Mexican Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  10. ^ "PAULINA RUBIO - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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