Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan (born September 1, 1957), known professionally as Gloria Estefan, is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She started off her career as the leading vocalist in the group called "Miami Latin Boys" which was eventually known as Miami Sound Machine. Her breakthrough success with Conga in 1985 made her known worldwide. It won the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in Japan. This is also her signature song. In the summer of 1988 she and the band got their first number-one hit for the song "Anything For You". She has a Contralto vocal range.

In March 1990, she had a severe accident in her tour bus. She made her comeback in March 1991 with a new world tour and album called Into The Light. Estefan became a worldwide inspiration after that. Her 1993 Spanish-language album Mi Tierra won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album. It was the first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, established when it was released. It was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Many of her songs like "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "1-2-3", "Get On Your Feet", "Here We Are", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Bad Boy", "Oye!", "Party Time" and a remake of Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around" became international hits, with chart-topping scores. Estefan has sold an estimated 75 million records worldwide, including 31.5 million in the United States alone.

Oye! (Gloria Estefan song)

"Oye" (Listen! or Hey!) is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the second single from her eighth studio album Gloria!.

Song information

"Oye" is the song that bears the most resemblance to a club song on the entire album and probably the one that become most popular with this release. Unfortunately, when the single was to be released in the U.S. it was withdrawn and canceled. However the single was released worldwide and made it onto the highest position on other charts, including number one on the US dance charts.

The song earned a Billboard Latin Music Award for "Best Latin Club-Dance Track of the Year".

The video was directed by colombian director Gustavo Garzón.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Oye".

Europe CD Maxi single (666116 2)