Visa Para Un Sueño

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"Visa Para Un Sueño"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Ojalá Que Llueva Café
B-side"Como Abeja Al Panal"
Released1989
Recorded1988–89
GenreMerengue
Length32:05
LabelKaren Records
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"Reina Mia"
(1989) 		"Visa Para Un Sueño"
(1989) 		"Woman Del Callao"
(1989)

Visa Para Un Sueño (English: Visa for a dream) is the third single by Dominican artist Juan Luis Guerra and his band 440 from their fourth studio album Ojalá Que Llueva Café. Initially released by Karen Records in the Dominican Republic in 1989, it was released a year later in Spain.[1] The track is a merengue providing a social commentary about the difficulties of obtaining a United States visa order to find work, better living conditions, and escape the poverty of third world countries, as well as being about the state of mind that many Dominicans have.[2][3] The track was inspired by the illegal trips many Dominicans take to Puerto Rico every year to find better living and working conditions.[4][5][6][7]

The track is considered one of Guerra's classic hits and has been on the set list of every tour since Ojala Que Llueva Cafe Tour (1990–91). The song reached first place in some territories of Latin America,[8] with the track eventually receiving moderate airplay in Spain in 1991.[9] The track is included on the compilation Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 (1995). It was also covered live on the albums A Son de Guerra Tour (2013) and Entre Mar y Palmeras (2021). Initially the track was released as a double along with Como Abeja Al Panal in 1989.[10] The track was released as a double along with Ojalá Que Llueva Café in Colombia[11] and a B-side of La Gallera in the Dominican Republic.[12]

Tracklist[edit]

  • Dominican Republic 7", 45 RPM Single (1989)[1]
    • Side A: Visa Para Un Sueño
    • Side B: Como Abeja Al Panal
  • Spain 7", 45 RPM Single (1990)[1]
    1. Visa Para Un Sueño
    2. La Gallera

Charts[edit]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Peru (UPI)[13] 6

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Juan Luis Guerra 440 - Visa Para Un Sueño (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  2. ^ Andrews, Eleanor (2014-09-26). Place, Setting, Perspective: Narrative Space in the Films of Nanni Moretti. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-61147-691-0.
  3. ^ Brown, Isabel Zakrzewski (1999). Culture and Customs of the Dominican Republic. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30314-2.
  4. ^ Austerlitz, Paul (1997-01-22). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-484-0.
  5. ^ The Caribbean(s) Redefined. Allegheny College. 1997.
  6. ^ Lora, Félix Manuel (2007). Encuadre de una identidad audiovisual: evolución y perspectivas en República Dominicana (in Spanish). Valdivia. ISBN 978-9945-8539-3-3.
  7. ^ NACLA Report on the Americas. NACLA. 1995.
  8. ^ "Hit Parade". El Siglo de Torreon. March 25, 1991. pp. 2D.
  9. ^ "Station Reports" (PDF). Music&Media. February 9, 1991. p. 19.
  10. ^ Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - Visa Para Un Sueño / Como Abeja Al Panal (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  11. ^ Juan Luis Guerra Y 4:40 - Visa Para Un Sueño / Ojalá Que Llueva Café (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  12. ^ Juan Luis Guerra & 440 - La Gallera / Ojala Que Llueva Cafe (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  13. ^ "Los Discos Mas Populares de Latino America". El Siglo de Torreón. September 21, 1991.
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