"Amárrame" is a song by Chilean singer

Mon Laferte Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983) is a Chilean musician, singer, composer and painter. She is known for her musical versatility, having composed songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cumbia and salsa. In ...

featuring Colombian singer

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. It released on February 10, 2017 through

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as part of Laferte's fifth studio album ''

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''. The song was written by Laferte, produced by herself and Manuel Soto. The song reached number two in Chile, only after

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's "

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", becoming her second best-ranking song after " El Beso", and also reached number two in Mexico, becoming her best-ranking song on that chart. It also became a success in Latin American pop charts. "Amárrame" won the

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in 2017. It was also nominated for

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and Song of the Year.

Background

The song originally was written in 2015 originally for her previous album '' Mon Laferte Vol. 1'', but she decided not to include it because she felt the album was complete. When she was recording her fifth studio album, ''

'', she decided to put "Amárrame" in it. and when Universal Music asked her if she wanted to sing it alone or with someone, Laferte said she would like to record the song with Juanes. Then, Laferte went to Miami to meet Juanes and they decided to record the song and music video in that city. The song was released as single on February 10, 2017, publishing the music video on

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and later on the platform VEVO. Simultaneously, the song "Yo Te Qui" was released, available on download format and streaming platforms. The single cover is featured on the first shots of the song's music video.

Composition

"Amárrame" is a song written by

and interpreted by herself featuring

, being described as a

cumbia Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans during colonial times, and Europeans. Examples include: ...

and

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song, with elements of

Andean music Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America. Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia), a ...

. The track runs at 180 BPM and is in the key of F minor. It runs at three minutes and 27 seconds.

Critical reception

Marisa Arbona-Ruiz of

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referred to "Amárrame" as a "crazy-sexy song", adding that it "barely reflects the full range of her voice or the diverse artistry that runs throughout this delicious album".

Commercial performance

On the day of its release the single debuted as the best-selling

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song in Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. In addition, prior to the release "Amárrame" became in a few hours on Trending Topic on the Twitter platform and then on YouTube Trend on her native country. "Amárrame" made her the first Chilean artist to place a single among the top five trends in Spotify World and parallel to this at number 1 in Spotify Mexico and Chile simultaneously, as well as number 1 and 4 on YouTube Chile and Mexico respectively with more than six million reproductions in less than two weeks. On April 14, 2017, the song was the most played Chilean song on radio stations in the country since its launch, with a total of 4,135 executions according to data from the SCD (Chilean Copyright Society). Moreover, from March to date, the song in collaboration with Juanes was in second place in the general ranking, which considers both Chilean and foreign music. "Amárrame" was the most listened to Chilean song both on the radio and on Spotify in Chile during 2017.

Accolades

Music video

A music video recorded in

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was uploaded on February 10, 2017, showing Laferte and Juanes interpreting the song in the city streets; it features choreographies and colorful landscapes from Miami. The music video reached over 300 million views on YouTube as February 2020.

Live performances

Laferte performed "Amárrame" for the first time on

2017 Viña del Mar International Song Festival The LVIII Edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: ''LVIII Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar 2017''), also known as Viña 2017, took place from February 20 to 25, 2017 at Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, ...

on February 25. Then she performed along with Juanes on the 2017 Vive Latino Festival on March 19.

Personnel

Credits adapted from ''

'' liner notes. Vocals *

–

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– lead vocals * Esván Lemus –

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* Jerry Velásquez – background vocals * René Mooi – background vocals Musicians * Fermín Fortiz –

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* Ram –

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* Enrique Lara –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Juanes – guitar * Manuel Soto – guitar,

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* Juan Molina –

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* Felipe Sanabria –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

* Erick Rodríguez –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

* Humberto Sanabria –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

Production *Manuel Soto –

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*Eduardo del Águila – mixing,

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*Alan Ortiz – recording *Chalo González – recording *Dave Poler – recording

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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