Bachata Rosa (Juan Luis Guerra)

This is a cover of cover by my old friend Gabe Esposito who is a freaking monster at guitar.

It checks the boxes of striving to sing higher and lighter and people like it when I sing it here in FUK. 

Unbelievably, according to wikipedia Guerra was visiting Japan and was so impressed with the people of Fukuoka and their ability to dance bachata, merengue, and mambo he wrote the song "Bachata in Fukuoka" which became the first single on his album A Son de Guerra and became a number 1 hit.