A Pedir Su Mano

A Pedir Su Mano (English: Ask her hand) is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the fourth single for his album Bachata Rosa (1990). It was released in 1990 by Karem Records and in 1992 on Europe by Ariola.[1] The track is a merengue version of the song “Dede Priscilla,” by Lea Lignazi from the Central African Republic. The track combined music elements of Afropop and zouk with merengue.[2][3] The music video shows people in traditional African dress dancing in sugarcane fields with a cartoon of a red train traversing the landscape.[4]

"A Pedir Su Mano"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Bachata Rosa
B-side"Bachata Rosa"
Released1990
Recorded1990
Genre
Length4:51
LabelKarem Records
Songwriter(s)Lea Lignazi
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"Burbujas de Amor"
(1990)		 "A Pedir Su Mano"
(1991)		 "Estrellitas y Duendes"
(1991)

The song receive positive reviews by the critics and won Video of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards.[5] It is widely considered one of Guerra's most popular and signature songs and was included on Guerra's greatest hits album Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 and live versions of the track were included on the albums A Son De Guerra Tour (2013) and Entre Mar y Palmeras (2021). In 2020, the track was re-recorded in an acoustic version and included on his Prive EP.

Tracklist
  1. A pedir su mano – 4:51
  2. Bachata Rosa – 4:17
  3. Razones – 3:57

Charts
Chart (1990–91) Peak
position
Panama (UPI)[6] 9
Peru (UPI)[7] 5
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 13
Venezuela (UPI)[8] 3

References
  1. Juan Luis Guerra - A Pedir Su Mano (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-06-22
  2. Austerlitz, Paul (1997-01-22). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-484-0.
  3. Lipsitz, George (2007). Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5019-4.
  4. Aramaki, Mitsuko; Barthet, Mathieu; Kronland-Martinet, Richard; Ystad, Sølvi (2013-09-12). From Sounds to Music and Emotions: 9th International Symposium CMMR 2012, London, UK, June 19-22, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-41248-6.
  5. "LATIN AWARDS TAP TOP TALENT" (PDF). Billboard. June 8, 1991.
  6. "Discos Mas Populares en A. Latina". El Siglo de Torreón. March 12, 1991.
  7. "Discos Mas Populares". El Siglo de Torreón. July 7, 1991.
  8. "Disco Mas Populares AL". El Siglo de Torreón. January 25, 1991.
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