This article is about the song by Selena. For the musical genre, see Tecnocumbia.
1995 single by Selena
"Techno Cumbia"
Single by Selena
from the album Dreaming of You
A-side
"Dreaming of You"
Released
August 14, 1995 (1995-08-14)
Genre
Dance-pop
tecnocumbia
dancehall
Length
3:47(original version)
4:45(remix version)
Label
EMI
EMI Latin
Songwriter(s)
Pete Astudillo
A.B Quintanilla III
Producer(s)
A.B. Quintanilla III
Full Force (remix)
Selena singles chronology
"Dreaming of You" (1995)
"Techno Cumbia" (1995)
"El Toro Relajo" (1995)
Music video
"Techno Cumbia" on YouTube
"Techno Cumbia" is a song recorded by American singer Selena for her fourth studio album, Amor Prohibido (1994). It was posthumously released as the b-side track to "Dreaming of You" through EMI Latin on August 14, 1995. Techno Cumbia would be put on her fifth and final studio album Dreaming of You (1995) and would be the fourth single for Dreaming Of You. "Techno Cumbia" was written by Pete Astudillo and co-written and produced by Selena's brother-producer A.B. Quintanilla. The song is a dance-pop and tecnocumbia recording with influences of dancehall, rap, Latin dance, and club music. Lyrically, Selena calls on people to dance her new style the "techno cumbia" and calls out those who cannot dance.
"Techno Cumbia" garnered acclaim from music critics, who believed it to be one of the better recordings found on Amor Prohibido. Musicologists believed "Techno Cumbia" predated the Latin urban music market and found that Selena spearheaded a new style of music. The song posthumously peaked at number four on the United States Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Regional Mexican Airplay charts. The recording received the Tejano Music Award for Tejano Crossover Song of the Year in 1995 and received nominations for Single of the Year at the Broadcast Music Inc.'s pop awards and Music Video of the Year at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards.
"TechnoCumbia" is a song recorded by American singer Selena for her fourth studio album, Amor Prohibido (1994). It was posthumously released as the b-side...
under a cumbia beat. Perone located suggestions of Jamaica, Cuba, and Trinidad and Tobago. "TechnoCumbia" featured Selena rapping under a cumbia beat supplemented...
songs include "Como La Flor", "Amor Prohibido", "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "TechnoCumbia", "Si Una Vez", "Tú Sólo Tú", "I Could Fall in Love", "Dreaming of You"...
Llamada" "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" "Quiero Ser" "Si Una Vez" "No Debes Jugar" "TechnoCumbia" "Costumbres" "Fotos Y Recuerdos" "No Quiero Saber" "Enamorada de Tí"...
Harold Augenbraum called "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "No Me Queda Más", and "TechnoCumbia" the "key hits of [Amor Prohibido]". Peter Watrous of The New York Times...
that they should be with their loved ones because life is too short. "TechnoCumbia" features unreleased scenes of the "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" music video and...
Other tracks Astudillo wrote or co-wrote for Amor Prohibido include "TechnoCumbia", which was certified platinum (Latin), and "Si Una Vez" which was certified...
Voy" after listening to Rocío Dúrcal's version of the song. "Baila Esta Cumbia", the second single released from Ven Conmigo, was written by A.B. and Astudillo...
Force was awarded gold and platinum discs for "Missing My Baby" and "TechnoCumbia", and described "Missing My Baby" as giving a "hint of her aspirations"...
2012 Selena "Amor Prohibido" (featuring Samo Enamorada de Ti - - Y - "TechnoCumbia 2012 (2012 Remix)" - - Y - Kany García "Me Quedo" Kany Garcia - - Y...
Tecnocumbia is a style of Cumbia where there is a fusion between electronic sounds generated by electronic musical instruments through electronic drums...
use, crime and sex, and the music integrated elements of techno and trance in traditional cumbia dance. Flor de Piedra was commercially very successful...
commented that the track blended Tejano cumbia and electronic sounds, and he praised its new guitar chords. In "TechnoCumbia 2012", Guerra liked the "playful...
the Year "Lucero De Mi Alma" by Emilio Navaira Best Crossover Song ”TechnoCumbia” by Selena Male Entertainer of The Year Emilio Navaira Female Entertainer...
encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres such as cumbia, bachata, bossa nova, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, son, and tango. During...
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