Si Tú Te Vas (Enrique Iglesias song)
1995 single by Enrique Iglesias / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Si Tú Te Vas" (English: "If You Go Away") is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his 1995 eponymous debut studio album. The song was co-written by Iglesias when he was 16 and his friend Roberto Morales with Rafael Pérez-Botija handling its production. It was released as the lead single from the album in October 1995. Iglesias recorded a demo of the song which was accepted by Guillermo Santiso, the president of Fonovisa Records, which led to Iglesias signing on with the company. A pop ballad, the song is about a man inspired by love and is afraid of a farewell. A music video for the song was filmed in New York and led to Iglesias being nominated for Best New Artist at the 1996 MTV Latino Awards.
"Si Tú Te Vas" | ||||
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Single by Enrique Iglesias | ||||
from the album Enrique Iglesias | ||||
Released | October 1995 (1995-10) | |||
Studio | Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | Fonovisa | |||
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Producer(s) | Rafael Pérez-Botija | |||
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Si Tú Te Vas" on YouTube | ||||
The song received mixed reactions with two music critics giving it a favorable review and was cited as one of Iglesias' 10 best tracks while a reviewer was not impressed by it. "Si Tú Te Vas" won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year in 1996 as well as the Eres awards for Best Song and Best Video in the same year. The song was a recipient of an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Award in 1996 and 1997. Commercially, it topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts in the United States. The track spent eight weeks at this position on the former chart and ranked number 6 on its year-end chart. It also topped the charts in Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico; reached the top-ten in Belgium, El Salvador, Bolivia and Peru; and also peaked at number 27 in France.