Visa Para Un Sueño

Visa Para Un Sueño (English: Visa for a dream) is the third single by Dominican artist Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4:40 from their fourth studio album Ojalá Que Llueva Café. It was released in 1989 by Karem Records and a year later in Spain.[1] The track is a merengue that provides a social commentary about the vicissitudes of obtaining a visa to travel to the United States to work, get better life conditions, escape of the poverty on the third world countries and the state of mind that many Dominicans has.[2][3] The track was inspired on the illegal trips to Puerto Rico that many Dominicans take every year to find better living and working conditions.[4][5][6][7]

"Visa Para Un Sueño"
Single by Juan Luis Guerra
from the album Ojalá Que Llueva Café
B-side"Como Abeja Al Panal"
Released1989
Recorded1988–89
GenreMerengue
Length32:05
LabelKaren Records
Juan Luis Guerra singles chronology
"Reina Mia"
(1989)		 "Visa Para Un Sueño"
(1989)		 "Woman Del Callao"
(1989)

The track is considered one of Guerra classic hits and is included on the artist every setlist tour since Ojala Que Llueva Cafe Tour (1990–91). The song reached the first places on some territories in Latin America and Peru national airplay.[8] Eventually, the track receive moderate airplay on Spain in 1991.[9] The track is included on the compilation Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 (1995). Also it was covered live on the albums A Son de Guerra Tour (2013) and Entre Mar y Palmeras (2021). Initially the track was released as a double single along with Como Abeja Al Panal in 1989.[10] The track was released as a doble single along with Ojalá Que Llueva Café in Colombia[11] and a B-side of La Gallera in Dominican Republic.[12]

Tracklist
  • Dominican Republic 7", 45 RPM Single (1989)[1]
    • Side A: Visa Para Un Sueño
    • Side B: Como Abeja Al Panal
  • Spain 7", 45 RPM Single (1990)[1]
    1. Visa Para Un Sueño
    2. La Gallera

Charts
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Peru (UPI)[13] 6

References
  1. Juan Luis Guerra 440 - Visa Para Un Sueño (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  2. Andrews, Eleanor (2014-09-26). Place, Setting, Perspective: Narrative Space in the Films of Nanni Moretti. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-61147-691-0.
  3. Brown, Isabel Zakrzewski (1999). Culture and Customs of the Dominican Republic. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30314-2.
  4. Austerlitz, Paul (1997-01-22). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-484-0.
  5. The Caribbean(s) Redefined. Allegheny College. 1997.
  6. Lora, Félix Manuel (2007). Encuadre de una identidad audiovisual: evolución y perspectivas en República Dominicana (in Spanish). Valdivia. ISBN 978-9945-8539-3-3.
  7. NACLA Report on the Americas. NACLA. 1995.
  8. "Hit Parade". El Siglo de Torreon. March 25, 1991. pp. 2D.
  9. "Station Reports" (PDF). Music&Media. February 9, 1991. p. 19.
  10. Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - Visa Para Un Sueño / Como Abeja Al Panal (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  11. Juan Luis Guerra Y 4:40 - Visa Para Un Sueño / Ojalá Que Llueva Café (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  12. Juan Luis Guerra & 440 - La Gallera / Ojala Que Llueva Cafe (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-27
  13. "Los Discos Mas Populares de Latino America". El Siglo de Torreón. September 21, 1991.
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