{{Infobox song | name = Tradición | cover = Gloria_Estefan_Tradición_Single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Gloria Estefan | album = Mi Tierra | released = October 1993 (United States) | recorded = 1992–1993 | studio = | venue = | genre = Guaguancó | length = 5:20 | label = Epic | writer = {{flat list| *Emilio Estefan *Gloria Estefan }} | producer = | prev_title = Con Los Años Que Me Quedan | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Montuno | next_year = 1993 }}
"'''Tradición'''" ("Tradition") is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1993, by Epic Records, as the third single from her first all Spanish-language album, ''Mi Tierra'' (1993). The song is heavily influenced by African and Cuban rhythms, and became the first song by Estefan to top the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart, even though it was a Spanish language song. The single was released as a CD single and CD maxi, but some promotional singles were sent to clubs, the main reason why the song went to number-one on that chart for two weeks (the last week of December 1993 and the first week of January 1994).<ref name="Tradición Info-Charts">https://web.archive.org/web/20091027122202/http://www.geocities.com/gemitierra1/mitierra-intro.html Tradición Info-Charts</ref>
==Critical reception== Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' magazine wrote, "A moment from her lovely ''Mi Tierra'' set has been goosed into a rousing tribal/house anthem (thanks to Tommy Musto's inspired remixes), complete with brassy horns and rumbling backing chants. An irresistible call to the floor that will leave most breathless."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= 16 October 1993 |page= 61 |accessdate= 27 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-10-16-N.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref> The Daily Vault's Mark Millan picked "Tradicion" as his favourite from the album and added "which is exactly that: a traditional acoustic-style song that Estefan revels in; she would use this formula as a template for her stunning 1996 album ''Destiny''."<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Millan|url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=6408|title=Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra|publisher=The Daily Vault|date=20 January 2010|accessdate=25 February 2020}}</ref>
==Official versions==
===Original versions=== # Album Version — 5:20
===Remixes=== # Glorious Tribal Mix - 6:22 # Musto Traditional Mix - 5:20 # Glorious Chants Dub Mix - 4:18 # Musto Suburban Dub - 7:35
==Formats and track listings== Formats and track listings of major single releases of "Tradición":
* '''US CD maxi single (<small>49K 77192</small>)''' # "Tradición" (Album Version) # "Tradición" (Glorious Tribal Mix) # "Tradición" (Musto Traditional Mix) # "If We Were Lovers/Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" (Spanglish Version) # "Mi Tierra" (Hustlers Convention Remix) # "Dr. Beat" (Up-Town Full Length Disco Remix)
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1993) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- !scope="row"|UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=11 December 1993|page=4|accessdate=13 May 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-11.pdf}}</ref> | 24 |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Gloria Estefan||rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-10-30-N.pdf|title=Hot Dance Music: Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=30 October 1993|page=32|access-date=3 January 2026}}</ref> | 33 |}
==See also== *Number-one dance hits of 1993 (USA)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027084359/http://www.geocities.com/weslarkins/glorialibre.html Gloria Estefan Discography Database]
{{Gloria Estefan singles}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tradicion}} Category:1993 singles Category:Gloria Estefan songs Category:Songs in Spanish Category:1993 songs Category:Songs written by Emilio Estefan Category:Songs written by Gloria Estefan