"El Mar de Sus Ojos" ( en, "The Sea of her Eyes") is a song performed by Colombian recording artist

Carlos Vives Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...

featuring with the hip-hop group

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. Is the lead single from his upcoming album '' Más + Corazón Profundo'' (2014). At the

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, the song received a nomination for

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Chart performance

"El Mar de Sus Ojos", in Colombia debuted at number one on the

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chart on the week March 3, 2014, replacing "El Serrucho" by Mr Black. In the United States the song debuted at number eleven on the ''

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chart, logged 11.8 million audience detections in its opening week, according to

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. On the ''Billboard''

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chart, debuted at number fifteen and on the ''Billboard''

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at number nine, in both charts the song won the "Greatest Gainer", title that is given to records that have greatest airplay and sales that week.

Track listing

*Digital download # "El Mar de Sus Ojos" –

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the "El Mar de Sus Ojos" liner notes. ;Recording *Recorded at

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and The Groove Studios, Miami, USA. ;Personnel *

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– Carlos Vives and Hugo Huertas *

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– Hugo Huertas *Featured artists –

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– Carlos Vives and Andrés Castro *

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– Carlos Vives, Andrés Castro and Miguel Martínez "Mike" * Programming – Andrés Castrp and Miguel Martínez "Mike" * Mastering – Tom Coyne * Mixing – Curt Schneider

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 singles Carlos Vives songs ChocQuibTown songs Spanish-language songs Number-one singles in Colombia Record Report Top 100 number-one singles Record Report Top Latino number-one singles 2014 songs Sony Music Latin singles Songs written by Carlos Vives {{2014-single-stub