"Un Pacto Entre los Dos"
Single by Thalía
from the album Thalía
Released1990
GenreLatin rock
Length3:23
LabelMelody/Fonovisa
Songwriter(s)
  • Thalía Sodi
  • Alfredo Díaz Ordaz
Producer(s)Alfredo Díaz Ordaz
Thalía singles chronology
"Un Pacto Entre los Dos"
(1990)		 "Saliva"
(1990)

"Un Pacto Entre los Dos" (Spanish for "A pact between two") is a song by Mexican singer Thalía from her self titled debut solo album. It was released by Melody/Fonovisa as the album's first single and despite the controversy caused by its lyrics, it managed to be successful on the Mexican charts.

Background and production

In 1989, after had two album which sold 1 million each one,[1][2] Thalía announced her departure from Timbiriche to pursue a solo career.[3] In January 1990, the singer traveled to the United States to prepare musically.[3] At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she took English, dance, singing and acting classes.[4] The album was produced by Thalía's mentor Alfredo Díaz,[5] who was in charge of the music departament of Televisa.[6] The singer wanted to revive the Flower power movement and "to break from anything traditional".[6] In the middle of that same year, she returned to Mexico with a new image and released her first LP on 9 October.[7] "Un Pacto Entre los Dos" became its first promotional single for radio, the song was composed by Alfredo Díaz Ordaz and Thalía herself and it is a pop rock song that was very similar to some of her songs with the group Timbiriche.

Promotion and commercial reception

To promote the song a music video was made and it portrays Thalía in an airport and also in a jungle, where she is chased by some men with spears, bows and arrows. It was included in the Thalía's boxset La Historia released by Universal Music in 2010, which included the singer's first three albums and a DVD with her music videos from the Fonovisa era.[8] A year after the release of the song, the artist performed the song on the VIP Noche program in Spain.[9] The song was considered at that time as somewhat sadomasochistic and Thalía received a lot of criticism with many people calling the song vulgar,[10] people also criticized it for the sensual and provocative outfits Thalía wore on television performances. The song was banned from being played on several Mexican radio stations but despite that it peaked #16 on Notitas Musicales charts.[11][12]

Track listing

A side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Un Pacto ÷ Los 2"Alfredo Díaz Ordaz, Thalía3:19
B side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Un Pacto ÷ Los 2"Alfredo Díaz Ordaz, Thalía3:19

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Mexico Top Airplay (Notitas Musicales)[12] 16

References

  1. ↑ González, Carlos Ignacio (15 May 1988), "Timbiriche", Revista ERES
  2. ↑ "Timbiriche VIII y IX". Especiales Canal 5 (in Spanish). Televisa. December 25, 1988. Canal 5. Él álbum doble lleva vendido más de un millón de copias, algo realmente inusitado en la industria discográfica mexicana. Translation: The double album sold more than a million copies, something really unusual in the Mexican record industry.
  3. 1 2 Andrade, Nelson Theodoro (1999). "Biografia não autorizada" (in Portuguese). Brazil: Escala. p. 25. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ↑ "Thalía há demostrado en sus facetas de cantante y de actriz, ser una de las mejores del momento". El Siglo de Torreón. 7 May 1991. p. 39. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Aguilera, Teresa (29 November 1997). "Billboard: Thalía, Latin America Reigning Music Queen". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 33–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. 1 2 Thalia (1 November 2011). Growing Stronger. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-1-101-54461-7.
  7. ↑ "Thalía y su nueva imagen". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 4 January 1991. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  8. ↑ La Historia (Media notes). Thalía. Universal Music Mexico. 2010. 60252759860.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Bayón, Félix (8 October 1991). "Thalía debutó en España como presentadora de TV". El Siglo de Torreón. p. 37. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Thalía no entra en el gusto del público con su nuevo material". El Siglo de Torreón. 1 January 1991. p. 38. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ↑ ""Un pacto entre los dos", la canción de Thalía que fue vetada por ser "sadomasoquista y oscura"". El Comercio. 4 October 2020. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Los discos más populares". Notitas Musicales (in Spanish). 15 February 1991. p. 40. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  13. ↑ Un Pacto ÷ Los 2 (Media notes). Thalía. Melody. 1990. PE/4771.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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