Dreaming of You (Selena album)

This article is about the album. For other uses, see Dreaming of You.

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Dreaming of You is the sixth and final studio album and second posthumous album by Mexican American Tejano pop singer Selena, released on July 18, 1995, by EMI Records and EMI Latin. The album was re-released on September 24, 2002, as part of the 20 Years of Music Collection series, with extra tracks, music videos, and spoken liner notes by her family, friends, and her former band. The re-release is a double album with previously unreleased English and Spanish language tracks that were given a Caribbean remix like dance hall and reggae. The first half of the album incorporates slow and mid-tempo R&B ballads and pop songs, while the rest of the album incorporates Latin-inflected grooves.

Debuting at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, it sold more than 331,000 units in its first week. She was the first Hispanic singer to accomplish this feat. Dreaming of You was the second-highest debut, after Michael Jackson's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. On its release date, the album sold over 175,000 copies, a record for a female pop singer. EMI Records believed the album actually sold over 700,000 copies, because Billboard did not include discount stores or small shops specializing in Latin music. Critics gave the album mixed to positive reviews, with many of them stating that Dreaming of You was not Selena's peak as an artist. Her previous record, Amor Prohibido, was considered a more consistent release and a good introduction to her work. Dreaming of You was commercially successful, selling over 2,000,000 copies in its first year.

Dreaming of You was among the "top ten best-selling debuts of all time" and among the "best-selling debuts for a female artist". In July 1995 Dreaming of You joined five of Selena's studio albums that remained on the top ten of Billboard Top 50 Latin Albums. Dreaming of You became the highest ranking Spanish language album to chart on the Billboard Top Latin Albums.

The album spawned several singles. Some were released in both the United States and internationally, while others were released for promotional purposes. The two lead singles from Dreaming of You, "I Could Fall in Love" and the title track, charted in over six music categories on Billboard. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart, while "Dreaming of You" peaked number-twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. "Captive Heart", "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)", "El Toro Relajo", "Tú Sólo Tú", and "I'm Getting Used To You" were released as promotional singles. "I'm Getting Used To You" peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and Regional Mexican Songs charts.

Production and development

Prior to signing her contract with EMI Latin Records in 1989, Jose Behar, the former head of Sony Music Latin, wanted to sign Selena for a major crossover album. Selena recorded "Only Love", "Is It the Beat?", and "Where Did the Feeling Go?" for the heads of EMI Records. Behar's request for a major crossover album was denied, and Selena was told that in order to sell a major record, she needed a bigger fan base. Selena was signed with SBK Records in November 1993 to begin recording her first major English language album. EMI Latin felt that Selena had reached her peak in the Spanish language market, and they wanted to propel Selena into mainstream stardom as an American solo pop artist. Initially Selena stated in interviews that the album was going to be released sometime in 1994. Following the release of Amor Prohibido, she stated that the album was still being developed.

"The album is still coming out, we [have] been talking about this forever, forever, forever, how many years has it been? 3 years?"

—Selena telling an interviewer about the release date for her English language album.

During a private dinner in 1994, Selena was very upset about the amount of pressure she was under from the press about the album. She said that she had told numerous news crews that the ablum was about to be released, but in fact she had not even recorded one song for the album. Behar said that Selena was right, and subesquently he told EMI Records that Selena and her band, Los Dinos, were going to leave EMI and find a record company willing to record an English language album for Selena. EMI relented and the recording sessions began. During late 1994, Selena began recording the first song for the album, "I Could Fall in Love". Selena was paired up with major pop music producers, some of which were Grammy Award winners. Selena's sister Suzette Quintanilla stated that Selena would take a very long time before deciding a song represented what "Selena" was all about. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1994 to 1995 at several recording studios, including at her father's recording studio, Q-Productions in Corpus Christi; The Bennett House in Franklin, Tennessee; Bananaboat Studio in Burbank, California; Oakshire Recorders in Los Angeles; Conway Studios in Hollywood; Clinton Studios in Clinton, New York; and Levosia Entertainment in Hollywood. Producers and songwriters who collaborated with Selena on the album included Keith Thomas, Trey Lorenz of Epic Records, Mark Goldenberg, Kit Hain, Guy Roche, Donna Delorey, Diane Warren, Rhett Lawrence, David Byrne of Luaka Bop Inc., Frane Golde, Tom Snow, Full Force, Brian "Red" Moore, A.B. Quintanilla III, Barrio Boyzz, K.C. Porter, Felipe Bernmejo, Jose Hernandez, Felipe Valdes Leal, and for the Japanese release, Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura. Dreaming of You was the first album that Selena's family did not produce. Prior to the albums recording sessions, Selena's family stepped back, as they wished to allow professional pop recording producers to work with Selena. Selena found this decision stressful, and felt the decision was forced on her, in order to sell records.

Recordings for the album were different what she usually sang. The songs produced were mostly pop love songs. Selena wrote and recorded with David Byrne for his Gospel song, "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)", her vocals were later used in the song after Byrne recorded it in Clifton, New York. Before choosing, "Dreaming of You", Selena's husband Chris Pérez and brother who was the producer of her music, A.B. Quintanilla III told Selena that they both dislike the song. A.B. Quintanilla III stated that now he understands why Selena choose the song, stating after Selena's death. Pérez stated that he grew to love it. Keith Thomas stated that every time Selena would walk in the recording studio that all eyes would be on her due to her energy and eager to succeed, who made everyone laugh. Thomas also stated that there was no ego involved with her. Selena recorded four songs by January 20, 1995, she began recording songs in late 1994. Selena never recorded the song, "Oh No (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)" however, Selena revealed its fate during a small interview for a small Spanish language television special. "Oh No" was later recorded in Spanish by her brother's band, Kumbia Kings, on their album Amor, Familia Y Respeto which was released on March 23, 1999. The composer Keith Thomas who wrote "I Could Fall In Love", never finished a second song and revealed the song's fate when he made an appearance on the A&E series, Biography which talked about Selena's life and death.

Composition

Initially the crossover album was going to be a pop album, mostly confessional love songs and contemporary R&B duets. Jose Behar was imagining the album to be very similar to Mariah Carey's self-titled debut album and Janet Jackson's industrial-influenced albums. While Behar awaited for his plans to start, SBK Records prepared Selena with experienced music producers who were in-charge of the entire project. The producers wrote mainstream urban pop love songs "I Could Fall in Love", "Dreaming of You" and "I'm Getting Used To You", Kit Hain wrote "Captive Heart" as a driven electro funk song. The crossover album was compared to a transition marketing point-of-view and a creative point-of-view.

Selena told numerous interviewers that she was going to sing a pop ballad with John Secada, in later specials the song was pre-judged and compared to Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's duet, No Me Ames. After Selena's death, SBK Records assigned EMI Latin to finish the album and release its' progress. SBK Records removed themselves as affiliation with Selena, however, Selena's contract with EMI Latin was still active and the company later controlled the project and co-worked with Q-Productions for remix sessions.

Musical style and lyrics

EMI Latin and EMI Records wanted to transform Selena's musical styles from Tejano/Latin Pop to Pop and R&B to convey the crossover dream that Selena ensued. The albums booklet also states that Selena displayed an instinctive ability to convey passion and sentiment in a variety of ways and gave the example of the first half of the album which "spotlighted Selena wrapping her creamy seductive mezzo sound around slow confessionals such as "I Could Fall in Love", "Missing My Baby", and the title track."

"I Could Fall in Love" (an EPK) the first lead single off the album Dreaming of You was written by Keith Thomas. The song incorporates smooth Rock, pop, R&B and soul. The single became the highest-charting English-language single on the Hot Latin Tracks. "I Could Fall in Love" was viewed as the prime song in "Dreaming of You" that "could melt the hearts of millions around the world" in The Billboard book of number one albums Kathleen Tracy wrote in her book "Jennifer Lopez: A Biography" that "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" were two hit ballads. Vibe editor, James Hunter, stated "Selena gives an astute, loving reading of Tennessee writer/producer Keith Thomas's song as though she recognizes the tune for the gem it is. "I Could Fall in Love" is a masterpiece. In light of the young singer's tragic end, you almost can't listen to the damn thing." After Selena's death, the song became a traditional wedding song. The song entered "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" Before recording sessions began, the airlines that Selena took, had lost her luggage. Keith Thomas told reporters, Selena went to Wal-Mart to pick an outfit to record the song, she also had picked up some groceries and was announcing that she was going to cook dinner for Thomas. When Selena had arrived to Thomas's recording studio, Wynonna Judd was recording a song. Thomas then told a reporter that Selena came in asking if she can cook Judd dinner as well. When asked about Selena's personnel, Thomas replied that Selena always respected his works and decision, and that she was a team player. In 1997, Thomas was awarded "Among most played song" at the ASCAP pop award for "I Could Fall in Love", while the single won the "Tejano Crossover of The Year" at the 16th Tejano Music Awards. Selena's vocal range spans four octaves one-lined with music notes F#3-A4, and is set in E Major with a moderate groove. The lyrics describes about a girl being in a distant relationship that the other partner does not know about. The girl tries to confess of her feelings for him, however, scared of rejection, she decides not to tell him. "Dreaming of You", composed by Franne Golde and Tom Snow is a ballad-pop song, according to Kathleen Tracy, who wrote a biography book based on Jennifer Lopez and Adult Contemporary. The song also contributes with R&B undertones, with a slow-tempo start. Dreaming of You begins in the key of G#(Ab) and changes to the key of A#(Bb) after the bridge, the song is set in Ab Major. Selena's vocal range spans, Eb3-Eb5. The LA Times placed "Dreaming of You" number five out of their ten-picked singles of 1995. The lyrics describe a lonely girl who is alone at night while everyone in the world is asleep, dreaming about her relationship. The song then goes in depth with the girl feeling abandoned and wondering if her boyfriend knows that she is there, she also states that if he stares closely at her eyes that she feels that he would not even care to look. The girl then says she will still dream of him endlessly. In the 1997 biopic film based on Selena's life, Dreaming of You was played during the dramatic end, facing Selena's death. Released as the second leading single from the album, the song won BMI Millionaire Awards for selling two million copies. Highly known as one of Selena's signature songs, the song earned extensive airplay in English-language radios after its' release in the United States. To date, "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" currently share extensive airplay throughout the United States, preferably, midnight confessional radios. Charting in over eight music charts on Billboard, "Dreaming of You" peaked number-nine in the Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Pop Airplay charts. The song was featured in Greatest Love Songs of the 90's.

"Captive Heart" is an uptempo song that incorporates influences of '80s synthpop, electro and fast Rock song Vibe editor Ed Morales, compared both, Evelyn "Champagne" King and "Wherever You Are" (duet with Barrio Boyzz) with the song "Captive Heart". Its lyric is about a women who is being captivated and controlled by her partner. She is unable to break-up with him because she is too in love with him to be free of her own emotions. The song was released as a promotional single. "I'm Getting Used to You", composed by Diane Warren, produced by Rhett Lawrence and arranged by John Brimhall, became the fifth single released from Dreaming of You, with four commissioned dance mixes by David Morales were created for promotional use. Working with Baroque and Dream pop, the lyrics describes a women who is in a real-relationship for her first time. Her boyfriend helps hinder her pass and opens her eyes to true love. He also helps her change her views about love. Set in F Major, the song's tempo is moderately with easy piano notation. I'm Getting Used To You was featured on the Top Pop Hits of 1996 for Easy Piano book. While peaking at number twenty-three on Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, the single climbed to number-one on Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts (Maxi-Single Sales) in 1996. I'm Getting Used To You made it on BPM List 2006: Main Edition in the top 100.

"God's Child (Baila Conmigo)", a duet with David Byrne, was originally recorded for the motion picture soundtrack "Don Juan DeMarco", which Selena made a cameo appearance in with Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway. After Selena's death, EMI Records decided to use the song to finish off the crossover album. Byrne recorded his vocals to the song in his hometown in New York, while Selena recorded the rest of the song in Corpus Christi, Texas at her father's recording studio. Byrne claimed the song was about "two young transvestites" who used to live in his neighborhood in New York City. God's Child (Baila Conmigo) is a Gospel pop song, and lyrically describing a young child who wears adult clothes and make-up while walking down the streets in New York City alone at night, who should be attending school. The song uses fantasy to describe the little girl, Selena sings "she was bit by a vampire" in her Spanish verse. "El Toro Relajo" (English: The Crazy Bull), an unreleased Spanish-language Mariachi-ballad song, was composed by Felipe Bermejo and produced by José Hernàndez. Mariachi Sol de México were the back-up vocalist in recording sessions, it was engineered by Bruce Robb. EMI Records decided to release the song to be part of the crossover album. Similar to "God's Child", El Toro Relajo was recorded for the movie soundtrack "Don Juan DeMarco". El Toro Relajo became a traditional Cinco de Mayo celebration song. The single peaked at number twenty-four on Billboard Hot Latin Songs. It became the sixth single released from the album. It's lyrics describes a women warning a man, during a bullfighting competition, that the bull is not tamed and is very demented. The women is then determined to tame the bull for her love to ride it. "Tú Sólo Tú", composed by Felipe Valdés Leal and produced by José Hernàndez, used Mariachi Sol de México as back-up vocalists. According to Billboard magazine, Tu Solo Tu is a classic emotive ballad. Becoming the seventh single (single only) released from the album, it peaked number-one on both Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and Regional Mexican Songs. Being another Mariachi-ballad song and originally recorded for the movie soundtrack "Don Juan DeMarco", winning the "Song of The Year" at the 36th Tejano Music Awards, "Tú Sólo Tú", won "Regional Mexican Hot Latin Track of The Year" and "Regional Mexican Hot Latin Video of The Year" at the International Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Originally, the album was going to enlist more English language tracks. However, during the morning hours of March 31, 1995, while being scheduled to appear at her father's recording studio to record another song called "Oh No (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)", Selena was shot to death by her fan club president and employee for Selena's boutiques, Yolanda Saldivar. The album was then once again put on hiatus until the reactions of Selena's death embarked EMI Records to release the album and its progress, while doing so, the company re-released Selena's most toping and famous works which mostly were remixed with Caribbean music like Dance hall and Reggae. The Barrio Boyzz, who originally recorded Dondequiera Que Estes with Selena, re-recorded the song in English entitled "Wherever You Are", while Selena's Spanish verse stood apparent. Full Force were asked to sing more melody in the modern R&B remix of "Missing My Baby". Songs like, "Como La Flor", and "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" were remixed with Dance hall and reggae.

Release

The album was put on hiatus due to Selena's death on March 31. The album was scheduled to be released sometime in 1994; however, it was delayed after Selena released her last Spanish language studio album, "Amor Prohibido". Jose Behar, who was the head of both Sony Music Latin and EMI Latin, told EMI Records that Selena and her band, Los Dinos, were going to "walk" and find another record company that was willing to sign Selena for a major English language album. This helped boost EMI's decision to embark Selena for her crossover album. The official release of the album was July 1995, as told by Selena during a small interview on January 20, 1995. Three months after Selena's death, EMI Records and EMI Latin released Dreaming of You on July 18, 1995 and it quickly debuted #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 331,000 copies in its first week, and knocking off the Pocahontas soundtrack and Michael Jackson from the top spot. By selling 331,000 copies, the collection not only became the biggest first-week seller by a female artist since SoundScan began monitoring U.S. sales in 1992, but also became the first album by a Hispanic artist to debut at No. 1, according to EMI Records. The label estimates that actual sales topped 400,000 because many copies were sold at small stores that were not tracked by SoundScan. EMI Latin's president estimated that the album had actually sold more than 700,000 copies the first week, as Billboard did not include discount stores or the small shops specializing in Latin music. Well received by critics, the album also debuted at number one on the Billboard Latin Albums and Billboard Latin Pop Albums music charts, maintaining on the charts for nearly two-hundred weeks.

The album itself was sold in more than fifteen different countries around the world. In the months following the album's release, Selena became more known due to her songs. "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" had heavy airplay throughout major English language speaking radios, preferably Adult contemporary music radios. Dreaming of You sold half a million copies in the state of Texas alone. The album was certified 3.5 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for selling more than 3,500,000 copies in its first year.

Within ten months of the release, Dreaming of You was nearing triple-platinum status. Billboard named "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" the number one and two spot, respectively, in their "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". Upon the release of the album, EMI Latin was backed up with orders of 500,000 units from retail stores, when the album sold over 2,000,000 copies, which then small retail stores like Abdelsayed's Counterfeit Factory were unable to fill. The Counterfeit Factory, and another small Providence, Rhode Island music store, were broken into by fans of Regional Mexican music who netted over 35,000 cassettes, mostly Selena's album "Dreaming of You"; the criminals were arrested with felony charges. The album was also the "biggest Latin album" since Julio Iglesias recorded his first English-language record, 1100 Bel Air Place.

In July 1995, Dreaming of You joined five of Selena's studio albums that remained in the top ten of Billboard Top 50 Latin Albums; the album peaked at #1. The album itself archived two unprecedented chart achievements, and is the first album to be mostly recorded in Spanish to debut number one on the Billboard 200, making Selena the first Latino artist to accomplish that feat. Two years after Selena's death, "Dreaming of You" and "Siempre Selena" took on the third and fourth slots, respectively, on the Billboard Top 50 Latin Albums. Dreaming of You reached gold status in Canada, selling more than 50,000 copies in that country.

Promotion

Crossover tour

Main article: Crossover tour

The Crossover Tour (Abbreviated: TCT) was a scheduled world crossover tour for the album Dreaming of You. The tour was scheduled to begin in the summer of 1995, after the initial release of the crossover album. "TCT" was also going to promote Selena in other countries that the singer was not recognized. Touring was scheduled to begin in July 1995.

Singles

EMI Latin released the first leading single, "Dreaming of You" on August 14, 1995. The song later peaked at #9 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents and U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay. The single also reached top ten and top twenty in many other charts. Within weeks of the song's release, a double single version of "Dreaming of You", which comprised "Techno Cumbia" with added remixes, was released on August 28, 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" became the second leading single off of the album on October 17, 1995; EMI Latin also re-released it as a double single, comprising "Tú Sólo Tú", on the same day. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks; the single also reached top ten or top twenty in many other charts. "I Could Fall in Love" also peaked #10 for eight weeks on the New Zealand Album Charts starting on October 22, 1995. The song was also the "highest ranking English language single" on the Hot Latin Tracks.

"I'm Getting Used To You" became the album's fourth single released from Dreaming of You, on November 26, 1995. "El Toro Relajo" became the first single off of Dreaming of You to be released in Mexico, and the single was also released as a promotional single in the United States, on December 24, 1995. "Sukiyaki" became the first single released off of Dreaming of You for Japan only, on January 8, 1996; the single also comprised "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love". The singles "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" and "Captive Heart" were both released only for the U.K. and Canada during early January 1996. These singles became the final singles to be released from the album. "Tú Sólo Tú" won Song of the Year during the 1996 Tejano Music Awards, while "I Could Fall in Love" won Tejano Crossover of the Year. During Selena's fifteenth anniversary, Popmatters stated: "Even the most sheltered English-speaking music fan might not know Selena's name, but if you mention her hit singles, "Dreaming of You", or "I Could Fall in Love," they'll likely respond with I remember that song!, or I love that one!" The singles "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" were EMI Records' "top selling downloads" for the first quarter of the year 2005, as well as the year-to-date, which covered a period of April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005. For the week ending April 9, the two songs continued to chart on the list.

Reception

Commercial performance

Dreaming of You made its debut at number-one on Billboard 200 in the United States for 49 weeks, selling 175,000 copies on the first day, a record for a female pop singer. It later sold more than 331,000 copies in its first week, making Selena the first Hispanic singer to accomplish this feat. The album was the second-highest debut, after Michael Jackson's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. Eventually, Selena became the first recording artist to place five Spanish-language albums simultaneously on Billboard 200. The album was also the number-75 top-seller in the United States for BMG Music Club. Dreaming of You also debuted at number-one on both the Latin Albums, for 128 weeks, and Latin Pop Albums charts, for 104 weeks, in the United States. For selling 1,700,000 copies in the United States alone, Dreaming of You was listed as one of the "Best-Selling Records of 1995", according to Billboard magazine and SoundScan.. To date, the album has sold over twelve million copies.

Critical response

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	(B)
TopTen	464/465,924 (All Time Best Album)
TopTen	228/166,475 (Best 1990s Album)
TopTen	19/15,654 (Best 1995 Album)

Stephen Erlewine, who reviewed the album, expressed that producers Keith Thomas and Guy Roche envisioned Selena as a dance-pop diva, similar to pop recording artists Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey, but with a Latin twist. Allmusic stated that most Americans first learned about Selena because of her murder, and hence, Dreaming of You was also the first record they ever heard of Selena. Allmusic also states that the English songs are very different from her Spanish songs, and that the album Dreaming of You could have been a stronger album if she had lived.

Dreaming of You would have been a stronger album if she had lived, but it still stands as a powerful – and touching – testament to her talents

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic

In Entertainment Weekly, David Browne complained that the album was "one of the quickest posthumous albums ever cobbled together". Browne stated that "[T]he "true" unbridled Selena can be found on her old hits, remixes, and soundtrack songs that fill out the rest of the album", and that "[W]hether Selena is belting out at traditional ballads or tropical fantasies, she evokes lust and passion", which he believed were both absent from her English tracks. Browne viewed "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" as "a playful, galloping duet" that "hints at what the right producer – and fewer commercial concerns – could have done for Selena's sadly never-to-be-realized crossover dreams." Billboard stated that Dreaming of You captured Selena stepping from her Tejano roots into today's world of Anglo pop. Vibe editor, Ed Morales, stated that the album was a short review of Selena's cumbia flavored, Tex-Mex songs that poignant the path Dreaming of You was taking during its release. Vibe also commented on the sadness of Selena's tragedy by stating that "you almost can't listen to the damn thing" due to Selena's death.

The Los Angeles Times placed Dreaming of You on their top ten Latin albums.

Controversies

Billboard John Lanert, was asked by Abraham Quintanilla Jr to write Selena's biography so that it could be included in Dreaming of You. After Lanert had written Selena's biography, Quintanilla Jr hired another editor to take Lanert's place. When Lanert had heard that Quintanilla Jr had hired another editor without his consent, he filed a law-suit against Quintnailla Jr. Within a month, Abraham apologized to Lanert, and went with his biography that he had written. Lanert then dropped the charges against Abraham Quintanilla Jr.

Artwork

For the album, no photo shoots were taken due to Selena's death while the album was still in progress. EMI Records and EMI Latin choose a photo shoot Selena took with Maurice Rinaldi in 1994 that was taken for Selena's greatest hits album, 12 Super Exitos (English: 12 Super Hits). The art direction were Jose Behar and Barbie Insua. The picture use was also cropped in a small old 18th century picture frame that is located at the right of the artwork for the album, the styles (around Selena) also illustrates if she was an angel in the stars which also describes how the song "Dreaming of You" is mainly about. The U.S. edition paper that was used for the artwork design was white paper that had touches of stains throughout the art work to express the feeling of an old story. Inside the book includes a short and long version of her biography told by John Lannert. Lyrics to all songs are also included, the Spanish songs are also translated in English. At the end of the book, fans alike were also given the chance to collect official Selena merchandise. The artwork for the Japanese edition was similar in design to the U.S. version but had a mixture of hardcover and softcovers booklets for the artwork. The biography and lyrics are written in Japanese, similar to the Korean release.

Use of styles

Throughout the book (artwork) fans of Selena can spot old style mini-bronze replicas of a ballerina, guitar, crown, heart chain, hands, and the Selena lapel pin metallic which is seen golden. Both the album and singles that were released used the new "Selena" logo, however, the album used the color red for the logo while the singles used gold. The logo used script, papyrus, monospaced and Old English words for her name.

With your farewell you take with you my heart

— from back of the album, "Dreaming of You"

The text above was sampled by "Como La Flor", one of Selena's signature songs, the text can be seen at the back of the booklet. The Spanish verse is sampled at the bottom of each word in red while the English text is Arial. Most texts found in the book are lower case Old English texts.

The album's and singles disc, except "El Toro Relajo" uses the Latin old English, golden color or red, "S" that is surrounded by unreadable words that comprised each other, also, to make it more unreadable, some ink splats are also visible on some words. The singles that were released sampled the same picture frame that was used for the album with a few minor exceptions. The singles artwork are equivalent of old 20th century frames with signs of decay. For "I'm Getting Used To You", the front cover was given the same treatment that the album's disc had. On the back of, the singles' artwork and inside, a small portion of the paper is seen with smoulder. The single, "El Toro Relajo", is the only disc that includes a picture of Selena (of the same photo shoot), her full name in golden Old English texts and "golden water" that raises from the letter "L". For the single, "Captive Heart", pink "kiss" marks are seen fading away. This is the only single to have only the letter "S" on the front cover. The picture, similar to "I'm Getting Used to You", includes a different photo shoot that Selena took for her Amor Prohibido album. The album also includes the heart-shaped locket that is also seen inside the main albums booklet. On "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)", the artwork is seen entirely similar to the main album, unlike the main album, "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" has its color in purple with flowers visible in the background.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Could Fall in Love"	Keith Thomas	4:41
2.	"Captive Heart"	Mark Goldenberg, Kit Hain	4:23
3.	"I'm Getting Used to You"	Diane Warren	4:03
4.	"God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" (featuring David Byrne)	Selena Quintanilla, David Byrne	4:15
5.	"Dreaming of You"	Franne Golde, Tom Snow	5:14
6.	"Missing My Baby"	A.B. Quintanilla III	4:13
7.	"Amor Prohibido"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	2:55
8.	"Wherever You Are (Donde Quiera Que Estés)" (featuring Barrio Boyzz)	K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores	4:29
9.	"Techno Cumbia"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	4:44
10.	"El Toro Relajo"	Felipe Bermejo	2:20
11.	"Como La Flor"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	3:04
12.	"Tú Sólo Tú"	Felipe Valdés Leal	3:12
13.	"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"	Selena Quintanilla, Pete Astudillo	3:41

Japan edition

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Japan Extra Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Could Fall in Love"	Keith Thomas	4:41
2.	"Captive Heart"	Mark Goldenberg, Kit Hain	4:23
3.	"I'm Getting Used to You"	Diane Warren	4:03
4.	"God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" (featuring David Byrne)	Selena Quintanilla, David Byrne	4:15
5.	"Dreaming of You"	Franne Golde, Tom Snow	5:14
6.	"Missing My Baby"	A.B. Quintanilla III	4:13
7.	"Amor Prohibido"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	2:55
8.	"Wherever You Are (Donde Quiera Que Estés)" (featuring Barrio Boyzz)	K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores	4:29
9.	"Techno Cumbia"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	4:44
10.	"El Toro Relajo"	Felipe Bermejo	2:20
11.	"Como La Flor"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	3:04
12.	"Tú Sólo Tú"	Felipe Valdés Leal	3:12
13.	"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"	Selena Quintanilla, Pete Astudillo	3:41
14.	"Sukiyaki"	Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla Jr, Pete Astudillo	3:11

20 Years of Music edition

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Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Could Fall in Love"	Keith Thomas	4:41
2.	"Captive Heart"	Mark Goldenberg, Kit Hain	4:23
3.	"I'm Getting Used to You"	Diane Warren	4:03
4.	"God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" (featuring David Byrne)	Selena Quintanilla, David Byrne	4:15
5.	"Dreaming of You"	Franne Golde, Tom Snow	5:14
6.	"Missing My Baby"	A.B. Quintanilla III	4:13
7.	"Amor Prohibido"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	2:55
8.	"Wherever You Are (Donde Quiera Que Estés)" (featuring Barrio Boyzz)	K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores	4:29
9.	"Techno Cumbia"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	4:44
10.	"El Toro Relajo"	Felipe Bermejo	2:20
11.	"Como La Flor"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	3:04
12.	"Tú Sólo Tú"	Felipe Valdés Leal	3:12
13.	"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"	Selena Quintanilla, Pete Astudillo	3:41
14.	"Spoken Liner Notes" (This track includes spoken words by Selena's family, friends, and band)	Brian "Red" Moore	17:35
15.	"Dreaming of You" (Music Video)	Franne Golde, Tom Snow	5:24

Personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.

Album credits

Selena Quintanilla-Perez (main and back-up vocalist, composer, and ideal) Keith Thomas (Composer, producer) David Byrne (Composer, guitar, harmonium, percussion) Kit Hain (Composer) Tom Snow (Composer) Pete Astudillo (Composer) Franne Golde (Composer) Mark Goldenberg (Composer) Diane Warren (Composer) K.C. Porter (Composer, engineer) Felipe Valdés Leal (Composer) Los Kumbia Kings (Composer) Trey Lorenz (back-up vocalist) Guy Roche (producer, keyboards, synthesizer) Nathaniel "Mick" Guzaski (mixer) Mario Luccy (engineer) Brian "Red" Moore (engineer, mixer, recorder) Moana Suchard (engineer and assistant engineer) Marc Antonie (guitar) Neil Stubenhauss (bass) Art Meza (percussion) Delphine (synth programming) Donna Delorey (back-up vocalist) Rhett Lawrence (producer, arranger, synthesizers, drums, programming) Dan Garcia (engineer) Carl Harris Jr (assistant engineer) Luis Conte (percussion) Jerry Hey (horns) Dan Higgens (horns) Gary Grant (horns) Bill Reichenbac (horns) Joanie Smith (production coordination) Chris Kholer (computer technician) Arto Lindsay (producer) Susan Rogers (producer, engineer) Paul Socolow (bass) Todd Turkisher (drums) Valerie Naranjo (marimba) Michael Brauer (mixer) Full Force (back-up vocals, co-producer, additional arranger, additional keyboards, drum programming, remixer) A.B. Quintanilla III (producer, arranger, bass) Ricky Vela (keyboards, additional keyboards, drum programming) Joe Ojeda (keyboards) Chris Perez (guitar) Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga (drums) Gerry E. Brown (re-mixer) Kurt Lundvall (assistant engineer) Bill Molina (digital editing) Nick Moroch (additional guitar) Barrio Boyzz (back-up vocalist) Tim Conklin (additional engineer) Perry Tembelis (assistant engineer) Tony Peluso (mixer) Mike Aavold (mixing assistant) Manuel Hernandez (English translation) Maria Grever (English translation) Jose Hernandez (arranger, producer) Mariachi Sol de Mexico (chorus, back-up vocalist) Robb Bros. Productions (mixer) Bruce Robb (engineer) Nancy Brennan (art, concept) Abraham Quintanilla Jr (management) Jose Behar (art direction) Barbie Insua (art direction) Margo Chase (pacakage deisgn) Brian Hunt (pacakage deisghn) Marucie Rinaldi (photography) Charles Koppelman (EMI Records) Manolo Gonzalez (EMI Latin) Mario Ruiz (EMI Latin) Daviit Sigerson (EMI Records) John Lannert (biography) Rokusuke Ei (composer) Japan release Hachidai Nakamura (composer) Japan release Hitoshi Namekata (managing) Japan release Amaya Haruka (Japanese translation) Japan release Emi Natsuki (Japanese translation) Japan release Eun Jung (Korean translation) Korean release Sun P. Jung (Korean translation) Korean release Jake Lee (A&R Manager) Korean release

Charts

Album charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
1995	U.S. Billboard 200	1
	U.S. Latin Albums (Billboard)	1
	U.S. Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)	1
1996	U.S. Latin Regional Mexican Airplay (Billboard)	2
	U.S. Hot Latin Tracks (Billboard)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Rank
U.S. Top Latin Albums (Billboard)	1
U.S. Hot Latin Tracks (Billboard)	36
U.S. Latin Regional Mexican Airplay (Billboard)	1

Singles charts

The songs, "Como La Flor" and "Missing My Baby" were both comprised from "Entre a Mi Mundo" (1992) and both peaked at a music chart while being associated with Dreaming of You.

Year	Singles	Peak chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot Latin Tracks	Mainstream Top 40	Adult Contemporary	Latin Pop Songs	Adult Top 40	Regional Mexican Songs	New Zealand Album Charts	Rhythmic Top 40
1995	Dreaming of You	22	11	32	9	9	33	—	—	10
	I Could Fall in Love	—	2	15	12	1	17	5	10	5
	I'm Getting Used To You	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	—	—
	Tú Sólo Tú	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
	El Toro Relajo	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Missing My Baby	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22

Sales

Country	Sales or Shipments
United States	1,620,800

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)	35× Platinum (Latin)	3,500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards and nominations

For a complete list of awards won by Selena, her albums and her singles, see List of awards and nominations received by Selena.

Awards ceremony	Year	Award	Results
Premio Lo Nuestro Awards	1995	Female Pop Artist of the Year	Won
Tejano Music Awards		Female Vocalist of the Year	Won
		Female Entertainer of the Year	Won
		Tejano Crossover Song of the Year (I Could Fall in Love)	Won
	1996	Female Entertainer of the Year	Won
		Female Vocalist of The Year	Won
		Album of the Year – Overall	Won
		Song of the Year for "Tu, Solo Tu"	Won
		Showband of the Year	Won
		Tejano Crossover of the Year for "I Could Fall in Love"	Won
ASCAP		Among most played song (I Could Fall in Love)	Won
BMI Millionaire Awards		Singles Selling Over a Million copies (Dreaming of You)	Won
Billboard Latin Music Awards		Regional Mexican Hot Latin Track of The Year (Tu, Solo Tu)	Won
		Regional Mexican Hot Latin Video of The Year (Tu, Solo Tu)	Won

Release history

1995

List of radio add dates with formats

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States	July 18, 1995	CD (Standard Edition)	EMI Records/EMI Latin
Canada
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
Thailand
Australia
Germany
France
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Colombia
Malaysia
Taiwan
Korea
Ecuador
Spain
Hong Kong
Austria
Switzerland
Ireland
Mexico
Japan		Bonus Tracks Edition	EMI Music Japan

2002 re-release

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States	September 22, 2002	20 Years of Music Collection	EMI Latin Music
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
Spain
Austria
Philippines
Portugal
Turkey
Italy
Switzerland
Ireland
Japan			EMI Music Japan/Toshiba EMI Limited

See also

• List of works published posthumously
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s
• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 1995
• List of number-one albums of 1995 (U.S.)
• List of BMG Music Club's top selling albums in the United States
• Best-Selling Records of 1995

References

Further reading

• Joe Nick Patoski. Selena Como La Flor. Little Brown and Company. ISBN 0316693782.
• Geraldo Ruiz. Selena: The Last Song. Warner Pub Service. ISBN 1887599010.

External links

• Official Song Book for "Dreaming of You" (album)
• Official Selena Website