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Corazonado

1999 song by Ricky Martin

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ5169663
Source-derived summary

"Corazonado" (English: "Presentiment") is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin released as the only promotional single from his fourth studio album, Vuelve (1998) on January 12, 1999.

Chart performance

The song reached number twenty on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States.

Formats and track listings

US promotional CD single

"Corazonado" – 4:58

Charts

Reception

Billboard Magazine gave the song a favorable review, stating it is a "meaty, bittersweet romantic ballad", with a "slow-paced narrative". El Norte thought the song was "weak" and a "rather slow ballad". The El Paso Times said the track was the "protagonist" of all the songs on the album, and Corazonado was also the "most intimate song" featured on the album.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Corazonado” is 1999 song by Ricky Martin. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Corazonado, song and Ricky, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 1999—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1997, 1998—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. For this dossier, Corazonado, song and Ricky is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “1999 song by Ricky Martin” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5169663. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998 and 1999.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  2. Expand the search: follow Corazonado primary sources, Corazonado archive and Corazonado research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from Corazonado” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.