Ay Amor (Ana Gabriel song)

"¡Ay, amor!"
Single by Ana Gabriel
from the album Pecado Original
LanguageSpanish
Released1987 (1987)
Recorded1987
GenreLatin pop
Length3:22
LabelDiscos CBS International
SongwriterAna Gabriel
ProducerMariano Pérez Bautista
Ana Gabriel singles chronology
"Mar y Arena"
(1987)
"¡Ay, amor!"
(1987)
"Pecado Original"
(1988)
OTI Festival 1987 entry
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish
ConductorChucho Ferrer
Finals performance
Final result3rd
Entry chronology
◄ "De color de rosa" (1986)
"Contigo y con el mundo" (1988) ►

"¡Ay, amor!" (English: Oh Love) is a ballad written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista. It was released as the first single from her third studio album, Pecado Original (1987). It won the 16th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival, and thus represented Mexico at the OTI Festival 1987, where it placed third. This song became the second to spend 14 consecutive weeks at number one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, after "De mí enamórate" by fellow Mexican singer Daniela Romo, being surpassed in the same year by "Qué te pasa" by Yuri when it achieved sixteen weeks at the top of the chart.

"¡Ay, amor!" is also recognized as one of Gabriel's signature songs and has been performed by several singers, including Tino y su Banda Joven, Jannette Chao, Keyla Caballero, Myriam and Yuri.