"Te Quise Tanto"
Single by Paulina Rubio
from the album Pau-Latina
ReleasedDecember 22, 2003[1]
Recorded2003
GenreLatin pop
Length4:05
LabelUniversal Latino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Emilio Estefan
Paulina Rubio singles chronology
"When You Say Nothing At All"
(2003) 		"Te Quise Tanto"
(2003) 		"Algo Tienes"
(2004)
Music video
"Te Quise Tanto" on YouTube

"Te Quise Tanto" (English: I Loved You So Much) is a song by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio from her seventh studio album Pau-Latina (2004). It was released as the lead single from the album by Universal Latino on December 22, 2003. The song was written by Coti Sorokin, Andahí and Adrian Schinoff, and produced by Emilio Estefan Jr.. "The Quise Tanto" is a Latin pop and pop rock song in which Rubio expresses how difficult it is to forget a lover.

Upon its release, "Te Quise Tanto" received positive reviews from music critics. At the 13th ASCAP Awards, the song winner in the category of "Latin Pop-Ballad". Commercially, it was a success and peaked on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks in the United States for six non-consecutive weeks, the longest stay at the summit by the singer in that chart to date.

Promotion

Paulina performed the song at the 2004 Latin Billboard Awards.

Chart performance

In the United States, "Te Quise Tanto" becoming Rubio's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart; it spent a total of six weeks at the top position, while also reaching number one on the Latin Pop Airplay. The song managed to peak at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Also, as of December 11 of 2009, "Te Quise Tanto" became the 72nd most played song of the past decade amongst the top 100 most popular songs from Billboards, Latin Pop Songs charts. The song peaked within the top 5 on singles charts of Colombia (2), Chile (5) and Venezuela (2).[2]

Music video

A music video was shot by Gustavo Garzón,[3] and it was filmed in December 2003 in Los Angeles.[4] The clip has a cartoonish aesthetic, psychedelic figures and Rubio's timeless glamor.[5]

Formats and track listing

CD single[6]
  1. Te Quise Tanto (Radio Edit) – 3:19
  2. Te Quise Tanto (Original Version) – 3:58
Remixes[7]
  1. Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler 3am Extended Mix) – 6:26
  2. Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler Trance Extended Mix) – 5:06
  3. Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler 4am Disco Extended Mix) – 6:26
  4. Te Quise Tanto (D'Menace Club Mix) – 6:10
  5. Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler 3am Disco Radio Mix) – 3:53
  6. Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler Trance Radio Mix) – 3:31
  7. Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler 4am Disco Radio Mix) – 3:52
  8. Te Quise Tanto (D'Menace Radio Mix) – 3:47
  9. Te Quise Tanto (Salsa Mix) – 3:13
  10. Te Quise Tanto (Original Version) – 4:05
US 12" promo vinyl[8]
  1. A1 Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler 3am Extended Mix) – 6:26
  2. A2 Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler 4am Disco Extended Mix) – 6:26
  3. A3 Te Quise Tanto (DJ Hessler Trance Extended Mix) – 5:06
  4. B1 Te Quise Tanto (D'Menace Club Mix) – 6:02
  5. B2 Te Quise Tanto (Salsa Mix) – 3:47

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Colombia (Notimex)[9] 3
Mexico (Reforma)[10] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs[11] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay[12] 1
U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs[13] 3
U.S. Billboard Regional Mexican Songs[14] 23
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[15] 5
Venezuela (Notimex)[9] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Tracks (Billboard)[16] 2
US Billboard Latin Pop Songs[17] 2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cantará Paulina tema del "Buki" en nuevo disco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Paulina Rubio y Alex Ubago, en primeros lugares" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Paulina Rubio, más seductora que nunca" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Sumados a Paulina Rubio" (in Spanish). La Nación. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Paulina Rubio Turns 44: Which of Her Music Video Looks is Your Favorite?". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ Te Quise Tanto (CD Single liner notes). Paulina Rubio. Universal Music Latino. 2003. 201430.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Te Quise Tanto (Remixes) (Remixes liner notes). Paulina Rubio. Universal Music Latino. 2004. 03491-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Te Quise Tanto (Vinyl) (12" vinyl liner notes). Paulina Rubio. Universal Music Latino. 2004. 03492-1.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ a b "Belinda aumenta su popularidad" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. May 24, 2004. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  10. ^ "Dame esos 5 Música" (in Spanish). Reforma. April 10, 2004. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "Top Music Charts - Hot Latin Songs"
  12. ^ "Top Music Charts - Latin Pop Airplay"
  13. ^ "PAULINA RUBIO - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  14. ^ "PAULINA RUBIO - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Te Quise Tanto History on US Charts"
  16. ^ "Billboard Year-End Charts 2004: Hot Latin Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 25 December 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  17. ^ "2004 Year End Charts". Billboard. 2004-12-25. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
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