Fuego (Menudo album)

Fuego (previously released as Menudo), is the seventh studio album by the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, released in 1981 by the Padosa record label. The first release was titled Menudo features brothers Oscar and Ricky Meléndez, along with René Farrait, Johnny Lozada and Xavier Serbiá. This is the second album that this line-up recorded together. This was the last album Oscar would appear on, as he reached the group's age limit of 15 in early 1981, and was replaced by Miguel Cancel. The second release was titled Fuego and had a new cover with Cancel on it.

To promote the album, the group made appearances on television programs, such as Siempre en Domingo in Mexico with Raúl Velasco, as well as their own program on Channel 52 in California. In Venezuela, they received the "Meridiano de Oro" award for being the most popular singers on Channel 81. A tour was held, covering countries such as the United States (Washington, Los Angeles), Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay.

"Fuego" was released as a single and serves as the title track for the international version of the album. With this song, the group achieved success in Venezuela and other countries across Latin America. The track was initially recorded in 1978 for the album Laura, but it was the 1981 album version that gained popularity. In Mexico, the single reached the top position twice on the music chart of the Mexican biweekly magazine Notitas Musicales.

Commercially, the album became a success, reaching the top positions on music charts in the United States and Argentina. In Venezuela, sales reached 143,000 copies. According to a 1981 report from Record World, each Menudo album released in Mexico until that date (the other being Quiero Ser, also from 1981) managed to sell half a million copies across LPs and cassettes. In 1998, the album was released on compact disc (CD) format.

According to Billboard magazine, the combined sales of this album along with the CDs of Quiero Ser, Por Amor, and Una Aventura Llamada Menudo reached 10,000 units just in the first week.