Mi Tierra

At the sixth Lo Nuestro Awards in 1994, "Mi Tierra" by Gloria Estefan took home Tropical Song of the Year, one of several honors the lead single collected after its release on Epic Records. The same year it was named Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year at the inaugural Billboard Latin Music Awards, and the 1995 BMI Latin Awards later acknowledged it as an award-winning song. In the United States the track reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart and number five on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making it the second best-performing Latin song in the country that period behind La Mafia's "Me Estoy Enamorando."

The song appeared on Estefan's 1993 album of the same name, her first full-length project in Spanish. She had wanted to record such an album since the start of her career, drawing on memories of her grandmother teaching her old Cuban songs and of her band's early days playing Latin nightclubs. Her son Nayib also motivated the choice, since she wanted him to know his Cuban heritage. Colombian musician Estefano composed the title track with Estefan, and the two deliberately aimed it beyond Cuba. She explained that the song was meant to catch the nostalgia felt by every Hispanic immigrant, no matter where he comes from, noting that for Estefano it meant something tied to his own homeland.

Estefan performed the track live at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards in 1994, where the album won Best Tropical Latin Album. Ednita Nazario later covered it during the Latin Recording Academy's 2008 tribute to Estefan, and Víctor Manuelle performed it at the 2018 Lo Nuestro Awards.