"áAy, amor!" (English: Oh Love) is a ballad written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista. It was released as the first single from her third studio album, (1987). It won the 16th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival, and thus represented Mexico at the OTI Festival 1987, where it placed third. This song became the second to spend 14 consecutive weeks at number one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, after "" by fellow Mexican singer Daniela Romo, being surpassed in the same year by "" by Yuri when it achieved sixteen weeks at the top of the chart.
"áAy, amor!" is also recognized as one of Gabriel's signature songs and has been performed by several singers, including Tino y su Banda Joven, Jannette Chao, Keyla Caballero, Myriam and Yuri.
Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel, after ten years of preparation, received in 1984 the opportunity to participate on the Mexican Festival 'Valores Juveniles', in which she participated as a composer with the song "", and won second place in the contest. Following this victory she was called by CBS and was offered an exclusive contract. In 1985, she participated in the 14th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival with the song "", which wrote with . That same year she recorded his first album, entitled . In 1986, she participated again in the 15th national selection with the song "". Finally, in 1987, she won the 16th national selection with the song "", where she also received the Best Female Performer Award, and thus represented Mexico at the OTI Festival 1987, where it ranked third, in a tie with the song "" by Vicky Larraz which represented Spain.
"" was produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista and was released as the first single from Gabriel's third studio album (1987). This song was a success in Mexico and United States, leading the album to its peak at number three in the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and approximate sales of two and a half million units in Latin America.
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 35 on 21 November 1987 and climbed to the top ten four weeks later. It reached the top position of the chart on 23 January 1988, replacing "" by Mexican singer José José and being replaced twelve weeks later by Juan Gabriel's "". "" returned to number-one for two additional weeks, replacing "" by Los Bukis and being replaced by "" by Yuri. Only four female singers have achieved the same number of weeks (or more) at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks history: Daniela Romo (14 weeks with "" in 1986âÂÂ1987), Yuri (16 weeks with "" in 1988) and Shakira (25 weeks with "" in 2005).
This information adopted from Allmusic.