Guantanamera

~ Recording by Wyclef Jean featuring Refugee Allstars

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Guantanamera4:30Wyclef Jean feat. Refugee AllstarsThe CarnivalWyclef Jean featuring Refugee AllstarsAlbum
  • US1997-06-24
Ruffhouse RecordsCK 68201
1.3Guantanamera4:30Wyclef Jean featuring Refugee AllstarsThe CarnivalWyclef Jean featuring Refugee AllstarsAlbum
  • US1997-06-24
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Refugee Camp Entertainment, Ruffhouse RecordsCK 67974
1.1Guantanamera (album version)4:34Wyclef Jean feat. Refugee AllstarsGuantanameraWyclef JeanSingle
Ruffhouse Records665085 2
1.3Guantanamera4:30Wyclef Jean feat. Refugee AllstarsThe CarnivalWyclef Jean featuring Refugee AllstarsAlbum
Ruffhouse Records, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)487442 2, COL 487442 2
1.3Guantanamera4:30Wyclef Jean featuring Celia Cruz and Jeni FujitaThe CarnivalWyclef Jean featuring Refugee AllstarsAlbum
Refugee Camp Entertainment, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Ruffhouse Records67974, CK 67974
1.3Guantanamera4:35Wyclef JeanM.C. Mario Presents Sun Jammin' '98Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Direct (Canadian label)TVK 24042
2.4Guantanamera4:31Wyclef Jean featuring Refugee AllstarsThe Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (Special 2-Disc Edition)Wyclef JeanAlbum
  • GB2000-08-22
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)497979 2, 4979792
2.4Guantanamera4:31Wyclef JeanThe Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (Special 2-Disc Edition)Wyclef JeanAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)497979 5
1.18Guantanamera4:31Wyclef JeanSummer in the City: Latin StyleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)COL 508801 2
1.6Guantanamera4:34Wyclef JeanGreatest HitsWyclef JeanAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2003-10-07
Sony Urban Music, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)513533 2, COL 513533 2
1.6Guantanamera4:34Wyclef JeanGreatest HitsWyclef JeanAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2003-10-07
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.6Guantanamera4:34Wyclef JeanGreatest HitsWyclef JeanAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Urban Music88697157852
2.9Guantanamera4:32Wyclef JeanLatino SummerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-07-11
All Around the World, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)5334767, 5334768, 5334769
1.17Guantanamera4:30Wyclef JeanLatin StyleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.3Guantanamera (album version)4:30Wyclef Jean feat. Refugee All StarsWyclef Jean presents The CarnivalWyclef Jean feat. Refugee All StarsAlbumRuffhouse Records
Promotion
1.1Guantanamera (LP version)?:??Wyclef JeanGuantanameraWyclef JeanSingle
  • US1997-10-08
Ruffhouse RecordsCSK 2358

Relationships

recorded in:Haiti
recording engineer and mixer:Warren Riker
additional engineer:Rawle Gittens
assistant engineer:Brian Dozoretz
Rawle Gittens
Jay Nicholas
Alex Olsson
Mike Roach
Stor m Jefferson
co-producer:Jerry "Te Bass" Duplessis
producer:Wyclef (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
bass guitar:Jerry "Te Bass" Duplessis
keyboard:Wyclef (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
turntable [scratches]:Funkmaster Flex
guest vocals:Celia Cruz
Jeni Fujita
produced for:R.C.E.
mixed at:Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States
samples:Guantanamera by Celia Cruz
recording of:A Penny for Your Thoughts (partial)
Guantanamera (Duplessis/Hill/Jean version with additional music and lyrics)
Guantanamera

A Penny for Your Thoughts

lyricist and composer:Kenny Nolan
publisher:Delicious Apple Music
EMI Jemaxal Music Inc.
Fun City Music
Kenny Nolan Publishing
Purple Records Dist. Corp.
R2M Publishing H. & R. Lastrada Music
Sound of Nolan Music
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)

Guantanamera (Duplessis/Hill/Jean version with additional music and lyrics)

additional lyricist:Jerry Duplessis
Lauryn Hill
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
writer:José Fernández Díaz (Cuban singer and songwriter)
José Martí (cuban poet)
Julián Orbón (Cuban composer)
Pete Seeger
publisher:Fall River Music, Inc.
version of:Guantanamera

Guantanamera

additional lyricist and additional composer:Julián Orbón (Cuban composer)
lyricist:José Martí (cuban poet)
composer:Joseíto Fernández (Cuban singer and songwriter)
arranger:Héctor Angulo (Cuban composer)
Pete Seeger
referred to in medleys:Weltkulturkuchen (order: 1)
The-Special-Latin-Non-Stop-Disco-Mix (order: 5)
later translated parody versions:Ärbernmermera
later translated versions:Anna Paulowna
Draw Dros y Moroedd
Guantanamera (french lyrics)
Sie hat kan Verehra
關達拉美拉
later versions:Guantanamera (Duplessis/Hill/Jean version with additional music and lyrics)
version of:Guajira guantanamera
is the basis for:Caimanera
arrangements:Guantanamera (arr. Toussaint & Roy)
Guantanamera (M. Aller)