Mi Vida Loca (album)

Mi Vida Loca is a studio album released by Jenni Rivera in 2007. Mi Vida Loca earned Rivera the award, Regional Mexican Album Of The Year at the 2008 Latin Billboard Music Awards.

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Mi Vida Loca

Mi Vida Loca (also known as My Crazy Life) is a 1994 American drama film directed and written by Allison Anders. It centers on the plight of young Mexicanas and Chicanas (and their male counterparts) growing up in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, who face the struggles of friendship, romantic entanglements, and motherhood in a neighborhood ravaged by gang violence. Based on a true story.

At the time of filming, most of the cast was made up of unknown actors, some of whom were actual gang members from Echo Park. It also include the first film appearances from Salma Hayek and Jason Lee, in small roles.

Plot

Mi Vida Loca tells the story of young Mexican-American women in Los Angeles and the struggles they have in a life of early motherhood while being members of a street gang. Mousie (Seidy López) and Sad Girl (Angel Aviles) are best friends from childhood, growing up in Echo Park, a neighborhood that had a significant amount of gang activity in the 1980s and 1990s, and remaining loyal to each other. But when Sad Girl sleeps with Mousie's boyfriend (a member of their neighborhood gang who is killed in a drug deal gone bad) and becomes pregnant, their friendship is ruptured.

Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)

"Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in November 1994 as the third single from the album, Sweetheart's Dance. She co-wrote the song with Jess Leary, and co-produced it with Steve Fishell. The song is Tillis' only number-one single on the Billboard country charts.

Background and writing

Tillis said that she chose the song's title after seeing a guest on Geraldo who had a tattoo reading "mi vida loca", which is Spanish for "my crazy life".

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song has a "south-of-the-border Bo Diddley feel."

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in late 1994.

Personnel

Compiled from album liner notes.

Mi Vida Loca (soundtrack)

Mi Vida Loca is the soundtrack to the 1994 film, Mi Vida Loca. It was released on March 8, 1994 through Mercury Records and consisted of hip hop and contemporary R&B with Jellybean Benitez serving as the soundtrack's supervisor. The soundtrack was neither a critical nor a commercial success, only making it to 70 on the Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.

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