"Addicted" is a song by Spanish singer

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...

. It was the first single released from his seventh studio album, '' 7''. It was a modest hit in the UK, where it charted within the top 20, though it failed to chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The Spanish version, titled "Adicto", peaked inside the top 10 on the

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chart and is included on several formats of the single release.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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through Mars Media and cinematographed by Tobias Schliessler. It features actress

Mischa Barton Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's ''Slavs!'' and took the lead in James Lapine's '' Twelve Dreams'' at Ne ...

as Iglesias's love interest. In a radio interview with

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Iglesias claimed that the idea for the video was inspired by the movie '' Midnight Express''. In the video, Iglesias is depicted as a jail prisoner who receives limited visitations with restricted contact from Barton, implying he is addicted to her, and cannot have as much of her as he wants. At the end of the video it is realized that there is no prison, and he simply is addicted to her. Two versions of the music video have been released, one US version and one UK version, using different shots during the fight scene (3:15–3:25).

Track listings

European CD single # "Addicted" (radio edit) # "One Night Stand" (Boogieman remix) UK CD1 # "Addicted" (radio edit) # "

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" # "Adicto" (radio edit) # "Addicted" (video) UK CD2 # "Addicted" (radio edit) # "One Night Stand" (Boogieman remix) # "Addicted" (

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remix) Australian and Japanese CD single # "Addicted" (radio edit) # "One Night Stand" (Boogieman remix) # "Hero" (live from One and Only) # "Adicto"

Charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Addicted (Enrique Iglesias Song) 2003 singles 2003 songs Enrique Iglesias songs Interscope Records singles Music videos directed by Peter Berg Songs written by Enrique Iglesias Songs written by Paul Barry (songwriter)