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Cmo Dueles en los Labios
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Wikipedia article
"'Cmo Dueles en los Labios'" (English: "How Your Lips Hurt") is a song from Mexican band Man's fifth studio album 'Sueos Lquidos' (1997). The song was written by the band's frontman Fher Olvera, who handled production alongside Alex Gonzlez and Benny Faccone. It was released as the fourth single from the album in 1997. An acoustic ballad with a Cuban nueva trova influence, its lyrics deal with the singer who feels empty and is kept happy with memories. The song received positive reactions from four music journalists although one review found it to be a copy of Silvio Rodrguez's music. Commercially, the song peaked at number two on the pop ballads chart in Mexico and Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States, while also topping the Latin Pop Airplay chart in the United States. A music video for the song was directed by Kiko Guerrero. The song was included on the set list for the promotional tour of the album.
Background and composition
In 1997, Man released their fifth studio album 'Sueos Lquidos', with the band's lead vocalist Fher Olvera composing most of the tracks and co-producing the record with drummer Alex Gonzlez and Benny Faccone. Recording for the took place at the A&M Studio in Hollywood, California and thePuerta Azul-Mobile Studio in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico One of the songs Olvera wrote for 'Sueos Lquidos' was "Cmo Dueles en los Labios". A "gentle" acoustic ballad with Cuban nueva trova influences featuring a flautist from Puerto Vallarta. the song describes "the pain of emptiness where small of moments of happiness are now the only companions". Gonzalez explained: "It's a ballad, but it has these Peter Gabriel drum machines in the background. But it has melody and orchestra string music."
Promotion and reception
"Cmo Dueles en los Labios" was released as the fourth single from the album in 1997 by WEA Mexico. Its music video was directed by Kiko Guerrero. The video features black-and-white scenes of Olvera and a woman separately on a couch in a white sheet. The song was later included on their compilation album 'Esenciales: Luna' (2003). It was on the set list for the promotional tour of the album. The video was listed on "Man's Music Video Evolution" by 'Billboard' which an editor commented: "Who said rock was just about having fun? Mana showed that other feelings like spite are also important." Achy Obejas of the 'Chicago Tribune' praised it as "simply beautiful". Mischa Field wrote for the 'Brattleboro Reformer' that the track when combined flute, "the sweet stuff is positively on fire". The 'Miami Herald' critic Leila Cobo called it a "gem of a song set to a simple, rising guitar accompaniment", while Ramilo Burr of the 'Fort Worth Star-Telegram' referred to it as a "lovely, acoustic song". 'El Norte' editor Deborah Davis was less impressed as she felt the record lacked inspirations and claimed that Man was copying Silvio Rodrguez's music on "Cmo Dueles en los Labios".
Commercially, the track reached number two on the pop ballads chart in Mexico and on the 'Billboard' Hot Latin Songs chart in the US. It topped the Latin Pop Airplay chart in the US where it spent a single week on this position.
Charts
See also
*List of 'Billboard' Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1998
References
Category:1997 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:1990s ballads
Category:Latin ballads
Category:Man songs
Category:Spanish-language songs
Category:Songs written by Fher Olvera
Category:Warner Music Latina singles
Category:Warner Music Mexico singles
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