Color Esperanza

"Color Esperanza" (transl. Color of Hope) is the lead single from Diego Torres's fifth studio album Un Mundo Diferente.

"Color Esperanza"
Single by Diego Torres
from the album Un Mundo Diferente
Released	May 16, 2002 (US)[1]
Recorded	2001
Genre	Latin pop, candombe, world
Length	4:27
Label	Sony Latin
Songwriter(s)	Cachorro López, Coti Sorokin, Diego Torres
Producer(s)	Cachorro López, Diego Torres (co-producer)
Diego Torres singles chronology
"Dónde Van" (2000) "Color Esperanza" (2002) "Sueños" (2002)

Lyrical content and background

The song's lyrics reflect on themes of hope and overcoming hard times in life and the song's uplifting beat reflects the lyrical themes. The song was written by Coti Sorokin along with Cachorro López and Spanish journalist Paco García Caridad. The song was performed on MTV Unplugged featuring group La Chilinguita.

Special performance for the Pope John Paul II

In 2003, the song was performed specially by Torres for the Pope John Paul II in Cuatro Vientos Airport in Madrid, Spain by the festival of the Youth, in order to welcome the Pope.^[2]

Music video

Diego in the music video.

A music video for the song was directed by Nahuel Lerena and Eduardo Pinto with whom Torres has worked in previous videos.

With a simple plot, the video begins with Torres sleeping in a bed, where he later begins to dream and finds himself in a forest where the landscape is green with a beautiful lake where everything revolves around the song.

The music video was nominated for the video of the year on the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002.

Cover versions

• The song has been covered on several singing talent contests as are La Academia, Objetivo Fama, etc.
• Daniela Romo covered the song for her 2008 album Sueños de Cabaret.

• In 2013 several Spanish female singers covered the song for the project Por ellas, an initiative against breast cancer. Their version of Color esperanza became a number one hit in Spain.

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs[3]	48
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Songs[3]	26
U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs[3]	12
Chart (2008)	Peak position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4]	11
Chart (2020)	Peak position
Colombia Pop (Monitor Latino)[5]	5

Certifications

Certifications for "Color Esperanza"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[6]	4× Platinum+Gold	270,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

2020 version

"Color Esperanza 2020"
Single by Various artists
Released	May 18, 2020
Recorded	2020
Length	3:37
Label	Sony Latin
Songwriter(s)	Cachorro López Coti Sorokin Diego Torres
Producer(s)	Yadam Gonzalez
Music video
"Color Esperanza 2020" on YouTube

On May 18, 2020, Sony Music Latin and Global Citizen joined forces to release a new version of song to benefit the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new version featured several Latin American and Hispanic artists: Lali, Coti and Ángela Torres (Argentina); Thalía, Camila's Mario Domm, Sin Bandera's Leonel García, Reik's Jesús Navarro, Río Roma and Carlos Rivera (Mexico); Camilo, Fonseca, Manuel Turizo, Jorge Villamizar and Carlos Vives (Colombia); Pedro Capó, Farruko, Kany García and Rauw Alejandro (Puerto Rico); Ivete Sangalo and Dilsinho (Brazil); Rubén Blades (Panama); Gente de Zona (Cuba); Mau y Ricky (Venezuela); El Cigala and Dani Martín (Spain); and Leslie Grace, Nicky Jam, Ara Malikian and Prince Royce (USA).^[7]

For the 2020 edition of Premios Juventud, the version was nominated for Best Quarantine Song or "The Quarentune", a special category that was created to honor the best songs born during the COVID-19 lockdowns.^[8]

Following the success of this version of the song, Peruvian girl group Son Téntacion released a salsa cover featuring all female vocals mostly from Peruvian artists such as Maricarmen Marín and drag queen Chola Chabuca, and also Puerto Rican singer La India.^[9]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2020) Peak position Colombia Pop (Monitor Latino)[10] 11 Dominican Republic Pop (Monitor Latino)[11] 5 Ecuador Pop (Monitor Latino)[12] 13 El Salvador Pop (Monitor Latino)[13] 19 Honduras Pop (Monitor Latino)[14] 4 Nicaragua Pop (Monitor Latino)[15] 5 Panama Pop (Monitor Latino)[16] 11 Paraguay Pop (Monitor Latino)[17] 11 Puerto Rico Pop (Monitor Latino)[18] 14 Uruguay (Monitor Latino)[19] 4 US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[20] 21

Year-end charts Chart (2020) Position Dominican Republic Pop (Monitor Latino)[21] 34 Honduras Pop (Monitor Latino)[22] 61 Paraguay Pop (Monitor Latino)[23] 68 Panama Pop (Monitor Latino)[24] 83 Puerto Rico Pop (Monitor Latino)[25] 71 Uruguay (Monitor Latino)[26] 52 Uruguay Latin (Monitor Latino)[27] 46

Certifications

Certifications for "Color Esperanza 2020"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28]	Gold	30,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one singles of 2013 (Spain)

References

1. "Color Esperanza" single by Diego Torres Amazon.com Accessed May 27-2010
2. Diego Torres le canta "Color Esperanza" al Papa Archived 2005-04-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish) MTVla.com
3. Diego Torres > Billboard Chart History at Allmusic.com
4. Diego Torres > Spanish Charts Spanishcharts.com
5. "Monitor Latino 2020 – Colombia Pop". Monitor Latino.
6. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved May 16, 2023. Type Diego Torres in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Color Esperanza in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
7. Roiz, Jessica (17 May 2020). "Thalia, Nicky Jam & More Unite For New Version of Diego Torres' Inspirational 'Color Esperanza'". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
8. Roiz, Jessica (July 7, 2019). "J Balvin, Karol G & Bad Bunny Lead Premios Juventud 2020 Nominations: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
9. Paula Arias reunió a las ex Son Tentación en video versión salsa de ‘Color esperanza’
10. "Top 20 Colombia – Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
11. "Top 20 República Dominicana – Pop – Del 25 al 31 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
12. "Top 20 Ecuador – Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
13. "Top 20 El Salvador – Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
14. "Top 20 Honduras – Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
15. "Top 20 Nicaragua – Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
16. "Top 20 Panamá – Pop – 1 al 7 de Junio, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
17. "Top 20 Paraguay – Pop – Del 25 al 31 de Mayo, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
18. "Top 20 Puerto Rico – Pop – 1 al 7 de Junio, 2020" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
19. "Top 20 Uruguay – Del 15 al 21 de Junio, 2020". Monitor Latino. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
20. "Latin Pop Airplay: The Week of December 19, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
21. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – República Domonicana Pop" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
22. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – Honduras Pop" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
23. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – Paraguay Pop" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
24. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – Panamá Pop" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
25. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – Puerto Rico Pop" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
26. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – Uruguay General" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
27. "Chart Anual monitorLATINO 2020 – Del 1 de Enero al 30 de Noviembre de 2020 – Uruguay Latino" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
28. "Spanish single certifications – Color Esperanza 2020". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

External links

• "Color Esperanza" music video on YouTube
• Diego Torres's official website