"Acompañame A Estar Solo" is a song written by Guatemalan singer-songwriter

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

for his tenth studio album, ''

Adentro ''Adentro'' ( en, Inside) is the tenth studio album by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on December 6, 2005, by Sony Music Entertainment. Recorded in the United States and Mexico, the album was produced by Arjona himself, as w ...

'' (2005). It was produced by Arjona, Dan Warner, Lee Levin and Tommy Torres and performed by Arjona. The song was one of the two demos Arjona sent to Torres the "hookiest and darkest tracks" he had before working with him on the production of ''Adentro'', the other being "Iluso". Torres heavily worked on them, finally grabbing the attention of Arjona. "Acompañame A Estar Solo" was released as the album's

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on October 25, 2005, and became Arjona's sixth top ten hit on the ''

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chart, reaching No.7. It became his first lead single not to reach No.1 position on that chart, after "Desnuda", "Cuándo" and "

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". The song was nominated for

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and Song of the Year at the

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, losing on both categories to

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's song "

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"."Shakira in lead with 5 Latin Grammy nods"
''USA Today''. Retrieved May 1, 2012.

Background and composition

''Adentro'' was the first time Arjona collaborated with

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. Arjona commented that it was "a very representative and tremendously complete album," adding that "having different producers made it rich in possibilities." Arjona proved new sounds in ''Adentro''. Evan Gutierrez from

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considered the instrumentation, performance, and overall sonic palette to be "minimalist" and "unassuming".Gutierrez, Evan
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. Retrieved March 28, 2012. "Acompañame A Estar Solo" is a

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song written by Ricardo Arjona and produced by Arjona, Dan Warner, Lee Levin and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter

, who also arranged the song. On an interview, the singer commented that he first "tested" Torres by sending him the "hookiest and darkest tracks" on the album, "Acompañame A Estar Solo" and "Iluso". Torres said that he "went all out on the first demo, hiring a full band that included a string orchestra", which grabbed the attention of Arjona.

Reception

"Acompañame A Estar Solo" became Arjona's sixth top ten hit on the ''

chart, reaching No.7. It became his first

not to reach No.1 position on that chart, after "Desnuda", "Cuándo" and "

" doing so. On the

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chart, the song reached No.1 on the week ending January 7, 2006, and stayed at that position for three consecutive weeks. The song was nominated for

and Song of the Year at the

, losing on both categories to

's song "

Music video

The music video for "Acompáñame A Estar Solo" was filmed on

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in two days."Ricardo Arjona presenta video"
Agencia Federal de Noticias. Retrieved May 1, 2012. The video was released in a

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fashion, and its protagonized by Arjona. In it, "the singer is appreciated in a moment of personal introspection, doing daily activities accompanied by his guard angel, a sweet woman." The video starts with a panoramic view of Mexico City. Following, the singer is shown in the middle of an empty street singing the lyrics of the song as well as performing the music on a black piano. Then, rainy scenes of Arjona walking through a dark street, and then going inside a house are shown. Arjona lies on a bed, besides a white-dressed woman. The video progresses as Arjona is shown in several other scenes, accompanied in all of them by the aforementioned woman, who acts as his guard. The clip ends with the singer sitting in the piano, with the woman lying on his back.

Trackslisting

*Digital Download # "Acompañame A Estar Solo" – 4:31

Charts

Weekly charts

Yearly charts

Release history

References

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