No Ha Parado de Llover

In 1992,[3] Maná released their third studio album ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? which led to the band's popularity in the Latin rock music scene.[4] It was followed up with their live album Maná en Vivo in 1994.[5] The band's lineup went through a change when its lead guitarist César "Vampiro" López and keyboardist Iván González left the group due to personal disputes. López was replaced by Sergio Vallín.[6]

In April 1995, Maná released their fourth studio album Cuando los Ángeles Lloran with its pop rock musical style being similar to ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?.[1] The tracks in the record were written and produced by lead vocalist Fher Olvera and drummer Alex González including "No Ha Parado de Llover" and both worked on its production alongside Jose L. Quintana.[1][7][8] The song is a Latin rock ballad in which the singer deals with "losing a loved one and having many unanswered questions in the process".[9]

"No Ha Parado de Llover" was released as the second single from the album in 1995.[10] The music video for the song was directed by Gustavo Garzón,[11] and features the band shirtless singing under the rain. According to Billboard's Jessica Roiz, other scenes from the video include "an ex-couple reminiscing on their times together, a slithering snake, religious statues crying tears of blood, and Fher breaking a mirror with a phone".[9] On the review of the album, John Lannert of Billboard referred "No Ha Parado de Llover" and "Hundido en un Rincón" as a "pair of doleful narratives of forsaken love".[12] The track was recognized as one of the best-performing songs of the year at the 1996 ASCAP Latin Awards.[7] In the US, "No Ha Parado de Llover" peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and reached the top of the Latin Pop Airplay chart.[13][14] Two live versions of the track were included on the albums MTV Unplugged (1999) and Arde el Cielo (2008).[15][16]

Maná collaborated with Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra (pictured) to record a new version of "No Ha Parado de Llover".

In 2019, Maná re-recorded "No Ha Parado de Llover" with Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra.[17] It features a new musical arrangement and according to Roiz, incorporates Yatra's "pop essence" with Maná's "rock melodies".[9] The idea for the collaboration was inspired by Yatra's live rendition of the song during the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year gala in 2018, where the band was honored with the accolade.[18] At the 33rd Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 2021, it was nominated for Pop Song of the Year, but lost to "ADMV" by Maluma.[19]

"No Ha Parado de Llover" peaked at number four and two on the Monitor Latino pop charts in the Dominican Republic and Mexico, respectively.[20][21] On its initial run, the 2019 version reached number 32 and spent ten weeks on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart in the US.[22] On the week ending 15 August 2020, Billboard revised the methodology for the Latin Pop Airplay chart to only track Latin pop songs being played on Latin radio stations in the country.[23] As a result, "No Ha Parado de Llover" re-entered the chart and peaked at number 23.[24][25]

• List of Billboard Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1994 and 1995