Luis Miguel version Mexican singer
Luis Miguel released the 1991 album
Romance, which was produced by Miguel and Mexican singer-songwriter
Armando Manzanero, and included a selection of classic boleros. The success of the album revived the interest for bolero, even though the new musical arrangements of the songs make them unrecognizable. was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America and sold seven million copies worldwide. "Contigo en la Distancia" was released as the album's third single in Mexico in July 1992. Mark Holston reviewed Miguel's cover version positively in the magazine
Américas as "among the great ballads of all time and Miguel pays them full respect". A live version of "Contigo en la Distancia" was included on the EP
América & En Vivo in 1992 and its music video was added to the video compilation album
Grandes Éxitos in 2005.
Christina Aguilera version In 2000, American recording artist
Christina Aguilera covered "Contigo en la Distancia" on her second studio album
Mi Reflejo which was produced by Rudy Pérez. According to Aguilera, she wanted to record the song after hearing Pérez play it during a recording session break. Aguilera's cover received mixed reactions from music critics. In the review for
Mi Reflejo, an editor for
Billboard called Aguilera's rendition the "most breathtaking cover" of the song while Eliseo Cardona of
CDNow referred to it as the "album's finest moments". However, Ernesto Lechner of the
Los Angeles Times criticized her vocals in the song and felt she "turns a gem of understatement into bloated confection". Kembrew McLeod wrote for Sonic.net opined that the usage of the Spanish guitars did not make the song authentically "Latin" while Kurt B. Reighley from
Wall of Sound also criticized Aguilera's vocals by calling it "over the top" and stated she "cranks up her volume to ear-shattering levels, trying to wring emotion from each syllable in the same way that ordinary mortals squeeze dishwater from a sponge". Aguilera herself called "Contigo en la Distancia" her personal favorite song from
Mi Reflejo. In December 2019, Aguilera performed the song, along with "
Falsas Esperanzas" and "
Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti", during the Mexican leg of her concert tour,
The X Tour. In July 2021, she performed "Contigo en la Distancia" for two nights at the
Hollywood Bowl with
Gustavo Dudamel and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Il Divo version •
Il Divo, the vocal quartet of male singers; Swiss tenor
Urs Buhler, Spanish baritone
Carlos Marin, American tenor
David Miller and French pop singer
Sébastien Izambard, along with Colombian producer winner of multiple Grammy Latino Julio Reyes Copello, recorded the song for the album
Amor & Pasión from
Il Divo (2015).
Other versions José José «Contigo en la distancia» is a cover of the Mexican singer
José José included on his 1973 album "Hasta que vuelvas", under the RCA Victor record label. José José helped popularize the song worldwide by placing the singer and the song in the first places of popularization.
Plácido Domingo «Contigo en la distancia» is a cover of the Spanish tenor
Plácido Domingo for his album titled
Passion published on January 29, 2013, produced by David Foster.+
María Dolores Pradera «With you in the distance» is a cover of the singer
María Dolores Pradera for his album titled sing You a bolero published in 2008 in collaboration with The Sabandeños. Later it goes back to record in 2013 for the disk Thanks to you to duet with Sole Giménez.
Other interpreters Only it shows some of the most stood out interpretations •
David Archuleta •
David Bisbal •
David Lee Garza •
Andrea Bocelli •
Dyango •
José Feliciano •
Olga Guillot •
Pedro Infante •
Eugenia Leon •
Los Machucambos •
Armando Manzanero •
Ricardo Montaner •
Belinda •
Luis Salinas •
Susana Zabaleta •
Lucho Gatica == References ==