1-2-3 (Gloria Estefan song)

Infobox Single
Name = 1-2-3


Artist = Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Album = Let It Loose
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1988
Format =
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Pop, Adult contemporary
Length = 3:34
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Gloria Estefan, Enrique Garcia
Producer = Emilio Estefan
Certification =
Last single = "Anything for You" (1988)
This single = "1-2-3" (1988)
Next single = "Don't Wanna Lose You" (1989)
Misc =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Let It Loose
Type = studio
prev_track = "I Want You So Bad"
prev_no = 8
this_track = "1-2-3"
track_no = 9
next_track = "Anything for You"
next_no = 10Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Bad Boy
prev_no = 5
this_track ="1-2-3 (remix)"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Anything for You"
next_no = 7

"1-2-3" (sometimes listed as "1, 2, 3") is the title of a popular song by Gloria Estefan and her former band, the Miami Sound Machine. It was written by Estefan and former band member Enrique "Kiki" Garcia and appears on the album, "Let It Loose".

Released as the fifth and final single from their multi-platinum album "Let It Loose" in the summer of 1988, "1-2-3" peaked at #3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, the band's seventh Top 10 hit. [Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)] In addition, the song became their fourth #1 hit on the "Billboard" adult contemporary chart.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). "The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits" (Billboard Publications)] On the "Billboard" R&B chart, "1-2-3" peaked at 54. The single was essentially the same as the album version of the song, only it was slightly remixed to add more horns to the music.

By the time "1-2-3" was released a single in 1988, the song's co-writer Kiki Garcia had acrimoniously departed Miami Sound Machine. Garcia was quoted describing the situation in the band: "There is no Miami Sound Machine. There is Gloria and Emilio telling a bunch of hired musicians what to do."

The lyrics of "1-2-3" detail the singer's desire to have a shy suitor approach her.

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