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In January 1997, when
the following single to "You Must Love Me" had to be
released, Madonna decided that some new dance versions
of the classic Webber/Rice songs would be a good refreshing
idea.
She then commissioned the remixes of the two songs
chosen as US singles, Don't Cry For Me Argentina and
Buenos Aires to Pablo Flores, master of latin
flavoured remixes, and a close friend of Gloria Estefan
and her husband, producer Emilio which gave his touch
to some of the tracks of the original Evita film soundtrack.
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Flores, who produced
the mixes with the collaboration of his studio engineer Javier
Garza, immediately realized that the "Argentina"
and "Buenos Aires" mixes would come out a
lot better with newly recorded vocals rather than with speeded
up ones from the album versions.
So he asked Madonna if she was available to re-record
the vocals in his Miami studio; she accepted and the result
is the stunning "Miami Mix" of "Don't cry for me
Argentina", also recorded with Spanish choruses, and the
beautiful "Te Amo Mix" of "Buenos Aires".
The latter remains promo only, as the scheduled Us release
of the single was cancelled by the record company soon after
some promotional vinyl and cds were released to Us radios.
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The "Te Amo"
mix of Buenos Aires was originally named "The World
Mix" and two edits on a rare german promo cd are
still named that way.
Both Remixes also feature backing vocals from Madonna's long
time collaborators Niki Haris and Donna De Lory.
The Spanish chorus lyrics added in the Miami remix of Don't
Cry For Me Argentina are:
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Chorus One:
No llores por mi Argentina
Mi alma esta' contigo
Mi vida entera te la dedico
Mas no te alejes, Te necesito
Chorus Two:
No llores por mi Argentina
Jamas yo te he abandonado
Aun que en silencio
Mi alma te grita
Hoy y por siempre
Soy Argentina.
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The artwork and image chosen for the
cover of the Buenos Aires single release
peeps up from this sticker on a US 12" Promo Vinyl. It shows
Madonna dancing with Luca Tomassini. Unfortunately the commercial
release was later cancelled by Warners.

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Here's a complete list
of all the versions of the remixes that came out of
the Madonna/Pablo Flores session. They are available
on various Us and International promo and/or commercial releases.
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Don't Cry For
Me Argentina
Miami Mix
Miami Mix Instrumental
Miami Mix Edit
Miami Mix Dub
Miami Mix Alternate Ending
Miami Spanglish Mix
Miami Spanglish Mix Edit
Buenos Aires
World Mix Edit
World Mix Edit - Shorter
Te Amo 12" Extended Vocal Version
Te Amo 12" Extended Instrumental Version
Te Amo 12" TV Dub
Te Amo 12" Acapella Version
Te Amo Single Edit
Te Amo Radio Version
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