"Fresh Fruit") is a vallenato song written and performed by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives and produced by Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano as the lead single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999).
El Amor de Mi Tierra is Carlos Vives's ninth studio album released by EMI Latin on 21 September 1999.
[9] He was originally not going to perform at the Latin Grammy Awards due to his illness with pneumonia, but decided to go as he wanted to show "something that was mine and that was my country's".
[11][12] "Fruta Fresca" peaked at number-one on 8 January 2000,[13] replacing "Ritmo Total" by Spanish performer Enrique Iglesias and being succeeded by "Te Quiero Mucho" by Mexican band Los Rieleros del Norte, the following week.
[14] The song returned to the top of the chart on 22 January 2000 for another two weeks, before being succeeded by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona with "Desnuda".
[15] By 11 March 2000, "Fruta Fresca" was replaced at the number-one position by "Que Alguien Me Diga" by Gilberto Santa Rosa.
[25] In 2003, Brazilian boy band Br'oZ recorded a cover version of the song in the Portuguese language under the title "Prometida" for their album Popstars.