{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = No Basta | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Franco De Vita | album = Extranjero | released = {{start date|1990}} | recorded = 1989–1990 | studio = AndieSonido <br>(Caracas, Venezuela) <br>International Sound Studio <br>(Miami, Florida) | venue = | genre = Latin pop · Latin ballad | length = 4:33 | label = Discos CBS International | writer = Franco De Vita | producer = Franco De Vita · Álvaro Falcón | prev_title = Promesas | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Ya Lo He Vivido | next_year = 1991 }} '''"No Basta"''' (English: ''It's Not Enough'') is a song written, produced and performed by Italo-Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vita. It was released by CBS Discos and as the first single from Franco De Vita's studio album ''Extranjero'' (1990), becoming his first number-one single in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart. The song "conveys a poignant message about children needing love, not just material possessions."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kellner |first1=Elena |title=PEOPLE IN ENTERTAINMENT: [Nuestro Tiempo Edition] - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/281492927 |access-date=10 February 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 May 1991|id={{ProQuest|281492927}} }}</ref> The music video recorded for the song earned the International Viewer's Choice Award at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. The singer decided to donate the award to a campaign against discrimination in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Franco De Vita va al Festival de Viña|language=Spanish |publisher=Chile.com|url=http://www.chile.com/secciones/ver_seccion.php?id=96165 |accessdate=January 18, 2011}}</ref> The video won a ''Billboard'' Video Music Award for Latin Video of the Year by a Male Artist.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=L.L., C&C, Brooks, Gipsy Kings Top in Awards |magazine=Billboard |date=November 23, 1991 |page=37 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1991/1991-11-23-Billboard-Page-0057.pdf}}</ref>
The song debuted in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) chart at number 26 in the week of February 9, 1991, climbing to the top ten three weeks later.<ref>{{cite web |title=No Basta — Week of February 9, 1991 |publisher=Billboard |date=February 9, 1991|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-02-09/latin-songs?order=gainer|accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=No Basta — Week of March 2, 1991 |publisher=Billboard |date=March 2, 1991|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-03-02/latin-songs|accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref> "No Basta" peaked at number-one on March 30, 1991,<ref>{{cite web |title=No Basta — Week of March 30, 1991 |publisher=Billboard |date=March 30, 1991|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-03-30/latin-songs|accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref> replacing "Sopa de Caracol" by Honduran musical ensemble Banda Blanca and being succeeded by "Mi Deseo" by Mexican band Los Bukis, six weeks later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mi Deseo — Week of May 11, 1991 |publisher=Billboard |date=May 11, 1991|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-05-11/latin-songs|accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref> "No Basta" ended 1991 as the eighth best performing Latin single of the year in the United States.<ref name="billboardmag"> {{cite magazine | last = | first = | date = November 28, 1998 | title = Topping The Charts Year By Year | magazine = Billboard | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | volume = 110 | issue = 48 | page = LMQ3 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MAoEAAAAMBAJ&q=es+demasiado+tarde&pg=RA1-PA38 | accessdate = January 15, 2011}}</ref>
==See also== * List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1991 * Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Franco De Vita}}
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