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"A Pedir Su Mano"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Bachata Rosa
B-side	"Bachata Rosa"
Released	1990
Recorded	1990
Genre	Merengue' Afropop
Length	4:51
Label	Karem Records
Songwriter(s)	Lea Lignanzi
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"Burbujas de Amor" (1990) "A Pedir Su Mano" (1991) "Estrellitas y Duendes" (1991)

A Pedir Su Mano (English: Ask her hand) is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the fourth single for his album Bachata Rosa (1990). It was released in 1990 by Karem Records and in 1992 on Europe by Ariola. The track is a merengue version of the song “Dede Priscilla,” by Lea Lignanzi from the Central African Republic. The track combined music elements of Afropop and zouk with merengue. The music video shows people in traditional African dress dancing in sugarcane fields with a cartoon of a red train traversing the landscape.

The song receive positive reviews by the critics and won Video of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards and was nominated for International Viewer's Choice: MTV Internacional. It is widely considered one of Guerra's most popular and signature songs and was included on Guerra's greatest hits album Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 and live versions of the track were included on the albums A Son De Guerra Tour (2013) and Entre Mar y Palmeras (2021). In 2020, the track was re-recorded in an acoustic version and included on his Privé EP.

Tracklist

1. A Pedir su Mano – 4:51
2. Bachata Rosa – 4:17
3. Razones – 3:57

Charts

References

1. Juan Luis Guerra - A Pedir Su Mano (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-06-22
2. Austerlitz, Paul (1997-01-22). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-484-0.
3. Lipsitz, George (2007). Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5019-4.
4. Aramaki, Mitsuko; Barthet, Mathieu; Kronland-Martinet, Richard; Ystad, Sølvi (2013-09-12). From Sounds to Music and Emotions: 9th International Symposium CMMR 2012, London, UK, June 19-22, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-41248-6.
5. "LATIN AWARDS TAP TOP TALENT" (PDF). Billboard. June 8, 1991.
6. "Discos Más Populares en América Latina". El Siglo de Torreón. March 12, 1991.
7. "Discos Más Populares en América Latina". El Siglo de Torreón. July 7, 1991.
8. "Discos Más Populares en América Latina". El Siglo de Torreón. January 25, 1991.

• 1990 songs
• 1990 singles
• Juan Luis Guerra songs
• Songs in Spanish