How to Love Him" (Performed by Yvonne Elliman) – 3:55 7" Old Gold single "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" – 5:24 "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (Performed by Barbara Dickson) – 3:00 Credits and personnel Julie Covington – vocals Andrew Lloyd Webber – songwriter, record producer Tim Rice – songwriter, record producer David Land – record producer David Hamilton-Smith – recording engineer Simon Philips – drums Mo Foster – bass Joe Moretti – guitars Ray Russell – guitars Anne Odell – keyboards David Snell – harp London Philharmonic Orchestra Credits adapted from the 7" single liner notes. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Madonna version Background In 1996, Madonna starred in the film Evita, playing the titular role. For a long time, Madonna had desired to play Eva and even wrote a letter to director Alan Parker, explaining how she would be perfect for the part. After securing the role, she underwent vocal training with coach Joan Lader since Evita required the actors to sing their own parts. Lader noted that the singer "had to use her voice in a way she's never used it before. Evita is real musical theater — it's operatic, in a sense. Madonna developed an upper register that she didn't know she had." From the moment she was signed in the film, Madonna had expressed interest in recording a dance version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". According to her publicist Liz Rosenberg, "since [Madonna] didn't write the music and lyrics, she wanted her signature on that song... I think on her mind, the best way to do it was go in the studio and work up a remix". For this, in August 1996, while still mixing the film's soundtrack, Madonna hired remixers Pablo Flores and Javier Garza. According to Flores, the singer wanted something that "would be dance but faithful to the movie and to Argentina with a latin feel". Madonna herself said she wanted the remix to have a "Latin flavor and elements of Tango music". The mix was completed in two weeks at Miami and Los Angeles. Madonna had to re-record the vocals of the track in English and Spanish, while an Argentinian bandoneon was added to the song's intro. Named the "Miami Mix", it was sent to radio stations and DJs on late December 1996. The song was officially released as the soundtrack's second single on 16 December 1996 in the