"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (;
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: "Oh, If I Catch You") is a 2008
Brazilian song by Sharon Acioly and Antônio Dyggs, with co-authorship by Aline da Fonseca, Amanda Teixeira and Karine Assis Vinagre
and first performed by Os Meninos de Seu Zeh, directed by Dyggs himself.
It was recorded by Brazilian band
Cangaia de Jegue and then covered by many other regional Brazilian bands like Garota Safada, Arreio de Ouro, Estakazero, Forró Sacode, and Saia Rodada. In 2011, it was popularized by Brazilian singer
Michel Teló
Michel Teló () (born 21 January 1981) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter and actor. Before his solo act, he was a lead singer in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit "Ai Se Eu Te Peg ...
, becoming an international hit. Teló also released an English-language version, "If I Catch You".
Lyrics
The lyrics begin with two cries of "Nossa! Nossa!" short for "nossa senhora" - Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, an equivalent of "Wow!" in Brazilian Portuguese. Then ''Assim você me mata'', "You kill me," a common exclamation. Then "ai, se eu te pego, ai, ai, se eu te pego." - "Ooh, if I catch you." The verse then repeats with "Delícia, delícia" instead of "Nossa, nossa." The third verse of the song is the only verse with a narrative text: describing a Saturday night, a crowd beginning to dance, and summoning courage to speak to the most beautiful girl. Verses 4 and 5 repeat the simple exclamations of verses 1 and 2.
Michel Teló version
Antônio Dyggs, who co-wrote the song, realized it could become a national hit in Brazil and offered it for a release by Brazilian singer
Michel Teló
Michel Teló () (born 21 January 1981) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter and actor. Before his solo act, he was a lead singer in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit "Ai Se Eu Te Peg ...
. The result was a hit in Brazil, Latin America and Europe.
Teló's version of the song became a hit in Brazil, reaching No. 1. Later, the song also reached No. 1 in 23 countries in Europe and Latin America. In the United States, the single topped both the
''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs and
Latin Pop Songs
Latin Pop Airplay (also referred to as Latin Pop Songs) is a record chart published on ''Billboard'' magazine and a subchart of the Latin Airplay chart. The chart focuses on Latin pop music, namely Spanish-language pop music. It was established ...
and peaked at No. 81 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, making Michel Teló the fourth Brazilian solo act to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, following
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
Biography
Astrud Gilbert ...
,
Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Santos Mendes (; born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his group Brasil '66. He has over 55 releases and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for ...
and
Morris Albert
Maurício Alberto Kaisermann (born 7 September 1951), better known by his stage name Morris Albert, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter best known for his 1974 single "Feelings".
Biography
Albert was born into an Austrian immigrant family. At ...
.
"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was the sixth best-selling single of 2012 worldwide with over 7.2 million in sales that year, placing it on the
list of best-selling singles of all time.
The single has become the most downloaded digital track in Germany since 2006.
As of July 2014, it is the 90th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 308,000 units sold. The official YouTube video has over a billion views as of April 2022.
This version was nominated for
Best Brazilian Song at the
2012 Latin Grammy Awards, but lost out to "Querido Diário" by
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...
.
This song also featured as soundtrack in
Konami
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football video game, ''
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
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''.
Track listing
; Digital download
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – 2:46
; CD single
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – 2:46
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Music Video) – 2:46
; "If I Catch You" (Remixes) - EP
# "If I Catch You" (Original Mix) – 2:47
# "If I Catch You" (Live Mix) – 2:47
# "If I Catch You" (Chill Version 1) – 2:51
# "If I Catch You" (Chill Version 2) – 2:43
; German Digital EP
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – 2:46
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (A Class Edit) – 3:04
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (A Class Floor Mix) – 3:39
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Rudeejay Remix) – 5:57
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Sagi Abitbul Remix) – 3:36
; UK Digital EP
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (feat.
Becky G
Rebbeca Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known professionally as Becky G, is an American singer and actress. She first gained recognition in 2011 when she began posting videos of herself covering popular songs online. One of her videos caught t ...
) – 3:18
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Ao Vivo) – 2:52
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (If I Get Ya)
Pitbull
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] – 4:07
# "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Cahill (band), Cahill Remix) – 3:13
; Other versions
* "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (If I Get Ya) (Worldwide Remix) [feat. Pitbull] – 4:06
* "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Spanish Version) – 2:45
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Release history
Other versions
There are many translated versions of "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", such as:
*Dutch singer
Gerard Joling
Gerard Jan Joling (born 29 April 1960) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Known for his high tenor voice, he rose to fame in the late 1980s and released a string of singles including "Ticket to the Tropics" and "Love Is in Your Eyes". H ...
released "Dan voel je me beter" (
English
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** English national ide ...
: "''You will feel me better that way''"). This version reached the 9th position in the
Mega Single Top 100
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.
*Dutch singer Tom Haver also recorded a Dutch version of the song, called "Samen vanavond" ("''Together tonight''"). This version reached the 66th position in the Mega Single Top 100.
*Serbian singer
Dragan Kojić released "Kosa" (
English
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* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
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: "''Hair''"). This version was very popular in
Serbia
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,
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, as well in the
Republic of Macedonia
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.
In popular culture
Popularity in sport
The song is especially popular among footballers. It was first danced by Brazilian player
Neymar
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Sain ...
who initially appeared on a video dancing to the song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego". Many other videos of the same player emerged later leading to its huge popularity in Brazil.
The song became extremely popular in Spain and all over Europe after
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
players
Marcelo
Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to:
* Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
and
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
celebrated a goal dancing to the choreography of the song.
Playing in a
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...
match, the dance was performed by the two players after Ronaldo scored the first goal against
Málaga
Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...
on 22 October 2011. The popularity was such that on 12 January 2012, Michel Teló was invited to the Real Madrid training ground and posed for pictures with Marcelo and Ronaldo. The goal celebration has been performed by many other footballers across Europe.
Muay Thai kickboxer
Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee ( Thai: สุดสาคร ส.กลิ่นมี; born August 25, 1986) is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer and the reigning Lion Fight Middleweight Champion. He is a former Thai Fight Junior Middleweight Kard Chuek Champion ...
danced and sang along to "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" in the ring following his win over
Marco Piqué
Marco "The Sniper" Piqué (born January 9, 1980) is a Surinamese-Dutch welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Team Snipers in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the current World Full Contact Association Muay Thai middleweight world champion, WMC in ...
at ''Yokkao Extreme 2012'' in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
on 21 January 2012. The mixed martial artists
Fabrício Werdum and
Dave Herman have used the song as their entrance music. Werdum walked out to it before facing
Mike Russow
Michael Earl Russow (born November 9, 1976) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division. Having made his professional debut in 1998, Russow has formerly competed for the UFC, Adrenaline MMA ...
at ''
UFC 147
''UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II'' was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 23, 2012 at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Background
The finals in the featherweight and middlewei ...
'' in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
on 23 June 2012, while Herman entered to the song ahead of his match with
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (, born 2 June 1976), better known as Minotauro or Big Nog, is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Inter ...
at ''UFC 153'' on 13 October 2012, also in Rio.
See also
*
List of number-one hits of 2012 (Austria)
This is a list of the Austrian number-one singles and albums of 2012 as compiled by Ö3 Austria Top 40, the official chart provider of Austria.
References
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Number-one hits
Austria
2012
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List of Ultratop 40 number-one singles of 2012
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List of Ultratop 50 number-one singles of 2012
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Below is a list of hits that topped the Ultratop, Ultratop 50 in 2012.
;Ranking of most weeks at number 1
;Ranking of most weeks at number 1
See also
*2012 in music
References
{{Ultratop 50
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List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012 (Brazil)
This is a list of number one singles on the '' Billboard'' Brasil Hot 100 chart in 2012. Note that ''Billboard'' publishes a monthly chart.
Chart history
See also
*Billboard Brasil
* List of number-one pop hits of 2011 (Brazil)
*Crowley Broadca ...
*
List of number-one popular hits of 2012 (Brazil)
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List of number-one hits of 2012 (France)
This is a list of the French SNEP Top 100 Singles and Top 200 Albums number-ones of 2012.
Number ones by week Singles chart
Albums chart
As compiled by Charts in France including both digital and physical sales, not representing SNEP charts ...
*
List of number-one hits of 2012 (Germany)
*
List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2012
This is a list of the Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2012. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands. It is published every week by radio station Radio 538. The chart had 51 releases in 2012.
Ten ac ...
*
List of number-one singles of 2012 (Poland)
This is a list of the songs that reached number-one position in official Polish single chart in ZPAV in 2012.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
* Polish Music Charts
* List of number-one albums of 2012 (Poland)
References
...
*
List of number-one singles of 2012 (Spain)
This lists the singles that reached number one on the Spanish Promusicae sales and airplay charts in 2012. Total sales correspond to the data sent by regular contributors to sales volumes and by digital distributors. There is a two-day difference ...
*
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List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs of 2012
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List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 2012
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*
List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2010s
Founded in 1995, the Romanian Top 100 was the national music chart of Romania. It was compiled by broadcast monitoring services Body M Production A-V (1990s and 2000s) and by Media Forest (2010s), and measured the airplay of songs on radio statio ...
References
External links
Micheltelo.com – Official websiteMichel Telo BiographyCangaiaDeJegue.com.br – Official website
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