- Amigos Para Siempre
"Amigos Para Siempre", or "Friends for Life" (lit. "friends forever"), is a song written for the
1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona . The music was composed byAndrew Lloyd Webber . The lyrics, written by Don Black, are in English, except for the title phrase which is repeated in English, Spanish and Catalan.José Carreras & Sarah Brightman version
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Artist =José Carreras
&Sarah Brightman
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Released =1992
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Genre = Classical
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Label =Polydor
Writer =Andrew Lloyd Webber
Don Black
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Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =Sarah Brightman
Type = single
Last single = "Something to Believe In"
(1990)
This single = "Amigos Para Siempre"
(1992)
Next single = "Captain Nemo"
(1993) The song was interpreted bySarah Brightman andJosé Carreras during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.The duet was also released world wide as a single to coincide with the Olympic games. It peaked at #11 in the UK charts.Track listing
#Amigos Para Siempre
#Live Opening Ceremony Barcelona 1992 Games
#Amigos Para Siempre (Spanish Version)Other interpretations
In Spain the most famous rendition of this song was made by Spanish group
Los Manolos with rumba arrangements and Spanish lyrics, except for the chorus. It reached number 3 in the Spanish charts. [ [http://www.ventilador-music.com/pagArtistas.asp?Artista=LM VENTILADOR MUSIC - Artistas ] ] It was later reinterpreted byEffie andNorman Gunston and reached the top 20 in Australia at the time.In one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group's concerts in
Beijing ,China , a Chinese version of this song was performed with approximately half of the lyrics in Mandarin and half in English. In this version, "Amigos Para Siempre" was replaced by "永远的朋友", which is "Friends Forever" in Chinese.This song was also used for the Shanghai 2007 Special Olympic Games, performed again by José Carreras and a Chinese soprano.
On Sunday, 17th August 2008 at the
Don Black 70th birthday tribute concert "Lyrics by Don Black", "Amigos Para Siempre" was performed byJonathan Ansell andHayley Westenra . The evening took place at theLondon Palladium featuring performances of Black's songs by a selection of guest artists, hosted byMichael Parkinson and was recorded by BBC Radio 2Friday Night is Music Night and broadcast on Friday, 22nd August 2008.cite news
title = Friday Night is Music Night
publisher =BBC
date =22 August 2008
url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/fridaynight/ontheshow.shtml
accessdate =2008-08-22]References
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