Don't Let This Moment End

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"Don't Let This Moment End"
Gloria Estefan Don't Let This Moment End Single.jpg
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Gloria!
ReleasedNovember 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)
Recorded1997–1998
Genre
Length4:42
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Estefan Jr.
  • Dermer
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Cuba Libre"
(1998)		"Don't Let This Moment End"
(1998)		"Santo Santo"
(1999)
Music video
"Don't Let This Moment End" on YouTube

"Don't Let This Moment End" is a 1998 song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released on November 3, 1998 by Epic Records, as the third single in the United States, the third in the United Kingdom, and her fourth globally, from her eighth album, Gloria! . The song was written by Estefan, her husband Emilio Estefan, Lawrence Dermer and Roberto Blades and produced by Estefan Jr. and Dermer. It became a smash hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S., almost peaking at the top of charts for that field. The song also peaked at number 9 in Spain and was a Top 30 hit in the UK. It was first a ballad and then remixed into a dance-ballad. According to Gloria, it celebrates the perfect moment in time. The track was nominated for a Grammy Music Award, but lost to "Believe" by Cher. "Don't Let This Moment End" also appears on two of Estefan's compilation albums; The Very Best of Gloria Estefan in 2006 and The Essential Gloria Estefan in 2006.

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Song history

A passion that's so special you want it to keep going on forever. It's like the euphoria of being in a club, of sex, love, being outdoors, and asking for those feelings to go on forever.

—Gloria Estefan talking about the song. [1]

"Don't Let This Moment End" was written by Emilio and Gloria Estefan with Lawrence Dermer and Rubén Blades, and produced by Estefan Jr., Dermer and Tony Moran. It was released on November 3, 1998 in two languages; English and French. The title of the song in French is "Que Ça Ne Finisse Jamais" ("May it Never End") and is only available on the European edition of the album as a bonus track. The song was actually first recorded as a ballad, but then it was remixed into a dance-ballad by Pablo Flores. The ballad version can be found on the CD maxi releases. Thematically, the track celebrates the perfect moment in time. The moment you want to last forever. It has been remixed for clubs by the likes of Paul Andrews, Hex Hector, Messy Boys, Mousse T. and Steven Nikolas. Estefan was nominated for the second consecutive time for a Grammy Music Award for "Best Dance Recording" with the single, but lost to Cher's smash hit "Believe". Estefan performed "Don't Let This Moment End" on the American daytime variety television talk show The Rosie O'Donnell Show in 1999.

The B-side to the single was the "70's Moment Medley" recorded especially for this single release, on which Estefan sang covers of disco songs. On that medley Estefan included: "I Thought It Took a Little Time", "If I Can't Have You", "This Time Baby", "Don't Leave Me This Way", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Don't Let This Moment End".

On June 3, 2022, Estefan released the "Don't Let This Moment End" EP to all digital and streaming outlets. [2] [3]

Critical reception

Quentin Harrison from Albumism described the song as "modern disco". [4] J.D. Considine from The Baltimore Sun said that "15 years ago", Donna Summer "would have killed for a single as strong". [5] Gregg Shapiro from Bay Area Reporter noted that it "have a retro-disco feel". [6] Ben Wener from Beaver County Times stated that "the thumping 180 bpm [are] yielding perfectly to the hyperactive melodrama" in "Don't Let This Moment End". [7] Chuck Taylor from Billboard described the song as "wildly joyous with a series of immediate musical hooks", and an "inspirational ode to the beauty of that perfect moment in time and should quickly reignite radio interest in this deservedly enduring artist." [8] The Daily Vault's Alfredo Narvaez said it is a "very pretty" song. [9] Ealing Leader stated that Estefan "could have another hit on her hands". [10] Steve Morse from The Hour noted the "positive messages amid vintage dance beats". [11] Joey Guerra from Houston Chronicle said that it "rides an urgent wave of unabashed glitter-ball drama." [12] Michael Paoletta of Billboard commented that the album "never lost momentum. It's as if Estefan took the album's third single, "Don't Let This Moment End", to heart." [13]

Music video

The music video of "Don't Let This Moment End" premiered on November 3, 1998 and was directed by Argentinian director Gustavo Garzon. [14] It features Estefan as a disco diva at a nightclub, reminiscent of the famed Studio 54. [15] [ unreliable source ] In the video she appears in three different styles and looks.

In the beginning Estefan is seen arriving at the club in a limousine. Photographers outside the club are waiting for her and she poses for them in a diva manner. At the same time a mysterious man with black sunglasses is entering. Inside the club Estefan starts singing, with a '70s disco look including big teased hair. People are dancing everywhere around her. There are disco balls and soap bubbles. In the middle of the video she wears a golden dress and her hair is shortened a bit. The man with sunglasses is seen in the crowd of dancing people and apparently Estefan is looking for him, but they never appear together in the video. Towards the end of the video Estefan again changes her look, appearing in a sleeveless dress. Sparkling rays of laser are lighting up the club. The man leaves and Estefan is seen leaving the club shortly after. Again she poses for the photographers waiting outside. [16]

Track listing

12" single, US (1998)
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Let This Moment End" (Nikolas & Sibley's "Having A Moment" Mix)10:55
2."Don't Let This Moment End" (Messy Boys Remix)7:00
3."Don't Let This Moment End" (Hex Hector Dub)9:31
4."Oye" (Data-Flash Dub)8:11
CD single, US (1998)
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Let This Moment End" (Radio Edit)4:05
2."Don't Let This Moment End" (Ballad Version)4:20
3."Don't Let This Moment End" (7" Remix Edit)4:31
4."Don't Let This Moment End" (N&S Miami Remix Edit)4:45
5."The 70's "Moment" Medley"5:30
CD maxi, US (1998)
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Let This Moment End" (Radio Edit)4:05
2."Don't Let This Moment End" (Ballad Version)4:20
3."Don't Let This Moment End" (7" Remix Edit)4:31
4."Don't Let This Moment End" (N&S Miami Remix Edit)4:45
5."Don't Let This Moment End" (NY:PD Radio Mix)4:46
6."Don't Let This Moment End" (Hex Hector 12" Vocal Mix)11:01
7."Don't Let This Moment End" (Nikolas & Sibley "Having A Moment" Mix)10:55
8."Oye" (Rosabel's Cubarican Club Mix)9:55
9."The 70's "Moment" Medley"15:30
12" single, Europe (1999)
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Let This Moment End" (Hex Hector 12" Vocal Mix)11:01
2."Don't Let This Moment End" (NY:PD Radio Mix)4:46
3."Don't Let This Moment End" (Sharp "Master Blaster" Remix)8:11
4."The 70's "Moment" Medley"16:13
CD maxi, Europe (1999)
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Let This Moment End" (Radio Edit)4:05
2."Don't Let This Moment End" (Ballad Version)4:20
3."The 70's "Moment" Medley" (Edit)5:39

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)64
Scotland (Official Charts Company) [17] 34
Spain (AFYVE)9
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)27
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] 76
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary30
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [19] 2
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 4

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