"Celestial" (

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: "Heavenly") is a

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song written by Carlos Lara and

Pedro Damián Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, executive producer of popular teen telenovelas, ''Clase 406, Lola, Erase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebelde, Like La Leyenda ...

and recorded by the Mexican pop group

RBD RBD is a Mexican Latin pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's telenovela ''Rebelde''. The group achieved international success from 2004 until their separation in 2009 and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of ...

for their third Spanish studio album of the same name (2006).

Release

It was confirmed the single to be the second single from the album in January 2007 in Mexico. Originally, in 2006, "

Bésame Sin Miedo "Bésame sin miedo" (English: "Kiss me like you mean it") is a song recorded by Mexican pop group RBD for their third studio album ''Celestial'' (2006). The Portuguese version of the song appears on ''Celestial (Versão Brasil)'' (2006). Release ...

" was to be released as the second single. Instead, plans were made to release "Bésame Sin miedo" in the rest of Latin America and release "Celestial" only in Mexico. Due to the band being too busy recording '' RBD: La Familia'', promoting both albums (''Celestial'' and ''

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'') and touring around the world, plans to release "Bésame sin miedo" were postponed. Therefore, "Celestial" was released in Mexico in March 2007 and in the rest of Latin America the song was sent to radio at the end of April.

Music video

On February 11, 2007, RBD recorded the music video for "Celestial" nearby the

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and

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volcanos in

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. The video was directed by Esteban Madrazo, who also directed former Spanish single "

Ser o Parecer "Ser o Parecer" (English: "To Be or to Seem") is a song by Mexican Latin pop group RBD from their third studio album ''Celestial'' (2006). The group also recorded a Portuguese version of the song for ''Celestial (Versão Brasil)'' (2006). It was ...

". The group members wear hippie outfits in the video. On February 27, the music video premiered on 'Ritmoson Latino', a

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music channel in Mexico.

Chart performance

Awards

Charts

References

{{RBD (band) 2007 singles RBD songs Spanish-language songs 2006 songs EMI Records singles Songs written by Pedro Damián Songs written by Carlos Lara (songwriter)