En el muelle de San Blas

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"En el Muelle de San Blas"
Single by Maná
from the album Sueños Líquidos
ReleasedMay 23, 1998
January 6, 2001 (Maxi-Single 4 Track)
RecordedConway Studios in Los Angeles, Calif, Ocean Way Recording Hollywood, Ca and Puerta Azul-Mobile Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
GenreLatin rock
Length5:51
LabelWEA Latina
Songwriter(s)Fher Olvera and Alex González
Producer(s)Fher Olvera and Alex González
Maná singles chronology
"Como Dueles En Los Labios"
(1998) 		"En el Muelle de San Blas"
(1998) 		"Como Te Extraño Corazón"
(1998)

"En el muelle de San Blas" (English: "At the pier of San Blas") is the fourth radio single and eighth track off of Maná's fifth studio album, Sueños Líquidos (1997). In the week of May 23, 1998, the song debuted and reached number eighteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks.[1] It stayed for a total of six weeks.[2]

The song was inspired by Rebeca Méndez Jiménez, a woman in Nayarit, México. In 1971 she said goodbye to her fiancé Manuel, a foreign fisherman she was set to marry three days later. As he was returning from his fishing trip, the storm Priscila struck the area,[3] possibly killing him, though his body was never found. Rebeca Méndez Jiménez waited for him for 41 years (1971–2012) at the pier of San Blas. She was nicknamed the “Loca del Muelle de San Blas” by the locals because she often dressed as a bride.

In 1997, Fernando Olvera, the lead singer of the group Maná, visited the pier, crossed paths with Rebeca, asked her about her story, and decided to turn it into a song. Méndez Jiménez passed away on September 16, 2012, at the age of 63, still waiting for Manuel who never returned.

The authorities of Nayarit have built a statue of her at the San Blas Port to commemorate her story. This has made the port a popular tourist destination, attracting visitors from different parts of Mexico and Latin America. [4][dead link]

La loca del muelle de San Blas
Statue of Rebeca Méndez Jiménez at the San Blas port.

Charts[edit]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[5] 18
US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay [6] 18
US Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay [7] 19

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Maná's En El Muelle De San Blas Billboard Chart debuted info
  2. ^ "Maná's En El Muelle De San Blas total weeks info
  3. ^ "San Blas y la leyenda de la mujer que esperó a su amado en el muelle". 11 May 2017.
  4. ^ ZonaFrancaMX. "Muere la mujer que inspiró la canción 'En el muelle de San Blas', del grupo Maná" Archived 2015-06-07 at the Wayback Machine (Woman who inspired Maná's song "En el muelle de San Blas" dies), ZonaFranca Mexico, 19 September 2012.
  5. ^ ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-21. [dead link]
  6. ^ ""Latin Pop Airplay" on Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-21. [dead link]
  7. ^ ""Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay" on Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-21. [dead link]


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