Amigos Para Siempre

Amigos Para Siempre (or Friends for Life, also known in Catalan as "Amics per sempre”) is a song created for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, 1992. Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the beat, and Don Black was in charge of the lyrics. Don Black's lyrics were entirely in English, with the exception of the title. The name was later translated to English, Spanish, and Catalan.

Sarah Brightman, a British soprano, and José Carreras, a Spanish tenor, sang the song throughout the Barcelona Olympic closing ceremony in 1992. The song was also released internationally in conjunction with the Olympics. Its success was predictable. It rose to number 12 on the UK Chart and spent six weeks at the number one spot in Australia.

Amigos Para Siempre was one of the event's two major themes. The second one, simply named "Barcelona”, was performed by Montserrat Caballe and Freddie Mercury and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom (it also ranked number 2 on this list). Both themes were featured on the Barcelona Gold compilation CD, which was issued in the same time as the Games.

Artist: José Carreras, Sarah Brightman

Release year: 1992