Es Demasiado Tarde

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{{Infobox song

| name = Es Demasiado Tarde

| cover = Ana Gabriel - Es Demasiado Tarde.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Ana Gabriel

| album = Personalidad: 20 Éxitos

| released = 1990

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Ranchera

| length = 4:11

| label = CBS Discos

| writer = Ana Gabriel

| producer = Homero Patrón

| prev_title = Ni Un Roce

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Hasta Que Te Conocí

| next_year = 1991

}}

"Es Demasiado Tarde" ("It's Too Late") is a song written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was released in 1990 by CBS Records and first included on the compilation album México, Voz y Sentimiento which also featured songs performed by Luis Angel, Vikki Carr, Aida Cuevas, Lorenzo de Monteclaro, Antonio De Jesús, Pedro Fernández, Hermanas Huerta, Tania Libertad, Angelica Maria, Lucía Méndez, Angeles Ochoa, Gilberto Parra, Gerardo Reyes, Cuco Sánchez, Cecilia Toussaint, Yuri and Flor Yvon.{{cite web |title=México, Voz y Sentimiento – Various Artists|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r176274|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=January 13, 2011}} The song became Gabriel's fourth number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart, after "Ay Amor", "Simplemente Amigos" and "Quién Como Tú".{{cite web |title=Ana Gabriel — Charts History |publisher=Billboard |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ana gabriel|chart=Latin Songs C}}|access-date=January 13, 2011}} Personalidad: 20 Éxitos was the first Gabriel album to include the song.{{cite web |title=Personalidad: 20 Éxitos – Ana Gabriel|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r606422|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=January 10, 2011}} "Es Demasiado Tarde" is a song about a woman who refuses to take her lover back after the end of their relationship.

{{cite journal | last1 = Arredondo | first1 = Gabriela F. | last2 = Hurtado| first2 = Aida| last3 = Klahn | first3 = Norma | last4 = Najera-Ramirez | first4 = Olga | last5 = Zavella | first5 = Patricia | year = 2003 | title = Unruly Passions: Poetics, Performance and Gender in the Ranchera Song | journal = Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader | publisher = Duke University Press | page = 197 | isbn = 0822384353 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBG6Z0g9nQMC&dq=es+demasiado+tarde+ana+gabriel&pg=PA197 | access-date = January 15, 2011}} Gabriel also addressed this issue in her song "Tú lo Decidiste" ("You Made the Decision") in 1994. The song earned the Lo Nuestro Award for Best Pop Song.{{cite web |title=Lo Nuestro 1991 — Historia |language=es|publisher=Univision Communications, Inc|year=1991|url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490982 |access-date=January 14, 2011}}

The song debuted in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) chart at number 16 in the week of November 3, 1990, climbing to the top ten two weeks later.{{cite web |title=Es Demasiado Tarde — Week of November 03, 1990 |publisher=Billboard |date=November 3, 1990|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1990-11-03/latin-songs?order=gainer|access-date=January 13, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Es Demasiado Tarde — Week of November 17, 1990 |publisher=Billboard |date=November 17, 1990|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1990-11-17/latin-songs|access-date=January 13, 2011}} "Es Demasiado Tarde" peaked at number-one on December 8, 1990,{{cite web |title=Es Demasiado Tarde — Week of December 08, 1990|publisher=Billboard |date=December 8, 1990|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1990-12-08/latin-songs |access-date=January 9, 2011}} replacing "Abrázame Fuerte" by Puerto Rican American performer Lourdes Robles and being succeeded by "Te Pareces Tanto a Él" by Chilean singer Myriam Hernández 10 weeks later.{{cite web |title=Te Pareces Tanto a El — Week of February 16, 1991 |publisher=Billboard |date=February 16, 1991|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-02-16/latin-songs|access-date=January 14, 2011}} "Es Demasiado Tarde" ended 1991 as the best performing Latin single of the year in the United States.

{{cite magazine

| date = November 28, 1998

| title = Topping The Charts Year By Year

| magazine = Billboard

| publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.

| volume = 110

| issue = 48

| page = LMQ3

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MAoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=es+demasiado+tarde&pg=RA1-PA38

| access-date = January 13, 2011}} Los Invasores de Nuevo León, Los Muecas, Myriam, Manoella Torres and Rubén Ramos have also recorded cover versions of the track.{{cite web |title=Es Demasiado Tarde – Performers|url=http://www.allmusic.com/search/track/Es+Demasiado+Tarde/order:default-asc|work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=January 10, 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2017}}