Color Esperanza

"Color Esperanza"
Single by Diego Torres
from the album Un Mundo Diferente
Released May 16, 2002 (US)[1]
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2001
Genre Latin pop, candombe, world
Length 4:27
Label Sony Latin
Writer(s) Cachorro López, Coti Sorokin, Diego Torres
Producer(s) Cachorro López, Diego Torres (co-producer)
Diego Torres singles chronology
"Dónde Van"
(2000)		 "Color Esperanza"
(2002)		 "Sueños"
(2002)

"Color Esperanza" (approximately in English: The "Hope" Color) is the lead single from Diego Torres's fifth studio album Un Mundo Diferente.

Lyrical content and background

The songs lyrics reflect on themes of hope and overcoming hard times in life and the song's uplifting beat reflects the lyrical themes. The song was written by Torres along with Cachorro López, the song's producer, Coti Sorokin and Spanish journalist Paco García Caridad. The song was performed on MTV Unplugged featuring group La Chilinguita.

Special performance for the Pope John Paul II

In 2003, the song was performed specially by Torres for the Pope John Paul II in Cuatro Vientos Airport in Madrid, Spain by the festival of the Youth, in order to welcome the Pope.[2]

Music video

Diego in the music video.

A music video for the song was directed by Nahuel Lerena and Eduardo Pinto with whom Torres has worked in previous videos.

With a simple plot, the video begins with Torres sleeping in a bed, where he later begins to dream and finds himself in a forest where the landscape is green with a beautiful lake where everything revolves around the song.

The music video was nominated for the video of the year on the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002.

Cover versions

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs[3] 48
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Songs[3] 26
U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs[3] 12
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4] 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Color Esperanza" single by Diego Torres Amazon.com Accessed May 27-2010
  2. ↑ Diego Torres le canta "Color Esperanza" al Papa (in Spanish) MTVla.com
  3. 1 2 3 Diego Torres > Billboard Chart History at Allmusic.com
  4. ↑ Diego Torres > Spanish Charts Spanishcharts.com
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