Reach (Gloria Estefan song)

"Reach"
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Destiny
Released	April 2, 1996 (1996-04-02) (see release history)
Format	CD single, CD maxi single, cassette single, 7" vinyl maxi-single, 12" vinyl maxi-single
Recorded	1995-1996
Genre	Pop
Length	03:50
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Gloria Estefan, Diane Warren
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Abriendo Puertas A La Navidad" (1995) "Reach" (1996) "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" (1996)
Music video "Reach" on YouTube

"Reach" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as a single in 1996. Co-written with Diane Warren and taken from the official Atlanta 96 album Rhythm of the Games, it later featured on Destiny, which is Estefan's seventh studio album.

Song history

"Reach" was one of two official songs of the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta in 1996. It was written by Gloria Estefan and Diane Warren. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the ceremony in 1997 but lost out to Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart" also written by Diane Warren.

Estefan recorded a Spanish version of the song, "Puedes Llegar", with Julio Iglesias, Plácido Domingo, Jon Secada, Alejandro Fernández, Roberto Carlos, Ricky Martin, José Luis Rodríguez, Patricia Sosa and Carlos Vives on vocals. This version can be found on the Spanish version of the Olympics compilation album Voces Unidas.

Track listings

Worldwide maxi-single

1. "Reach" (Album Version)
2. "Reach" (Love To Infinitiy's Radio Master Mix)
3. "Reach" (Love To Infinity's Walk In The Park Radio Mix)
4. "Reach" (Higher Radio Mix)
5. "Reach" (Gold Medal Mix)
6. "Reach" (Higher Club Mix Vox Up)
7. "Abriendo Puertas" (Africuba Mix)

UK CD1

1. "Reach" (Album Version)
2. "Reach" (Gold Medal Mix)
3. "Reach" (Higher Radio Mix)
4. "Tres Deseos" (Rosabel's Fiesta Mix)

UK CD2

1. "Reach" (Love To Infinity's Walk In The Park Radio Mix)
2. "Reach" (Love To Infinitiy's Pure & Free Mix)
3. "Reach" (Love To Infinity's Master Mix)
4. "Reach" (Love To Infinity's Aphrodisiac Mix)
5. "Reach" (Higher Club Mix Vox Up)
6. "Reach" (Album Version)

U.S. and UK cassette single

Europe CD single

1. "Reach" (Album Version)
2. "Reach" (Gold Medal Single Edit)

Release history

Region	Date
U.S.	April 2, 1996 (1996-04-02)
Japan	May 9, 1996 (1996-05-09)
U.K.	May 1996 (1996-05)
Europe	May 1996 (1996-05)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	42
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	60
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales	28
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks	29
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Single Sales	11
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks	2
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	15
Australia (ARIA Chart)	23
Colombia	1
Eurochart Top 100	64
Finland	17
Germany	58
Japan (Osaka)	6
Japan (Tokyo)	3
Netherlands	46
Norway	10
Poland	11
Spain	1
Sweden	19
U.K.	15

Official versions

Original versions

1. Album version - 3:50
2. Single version - 3:50 (w/o chorus ending)

Pablo Flores & Javier Garza Remixes

1. Gold Medal Mix - 6:46
2. Gold Medal Single Edit - 4:43

Love To Infinity Remixes

1. Love To Infinity's Master Mix - 5:00
2. Love To Infinity's Pure & Free Mix - 6:27
3. Love To Infinitiy's Radio Master Mix - 4:18
4. Love To Infinity's Walk In The Park Radio Mix - 4:12
5. Love To Infinity's Walk In The Park Mix - 6:27
6. Love To Infinity's Aphrodisiac Mix - 6:58

David Morales Remixes

1. Higher Radio Mix - 3:50
2. Higher Club Mix (Vox Up) - 10:42
3. Higher Club Mix - 10:42
4. Reachin' Dub - 8:10
5. Dubstrumental - 7:30

Covers

• In 2007, pop girl group Girl Authority covered it on their second album, Road Trip.
• In 2007 the Brazilian singer Marina Elali covered the song for the soap opera Sete Pecados
• For the Asian Idol finals, Mau Marcelo of the Philippines sang this song.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics