"El presente" (English: ''"The Present"'') is a song by Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her album MTV Unplugged Julieta Venegas. Released on April 15, 2008. It is categorized as "A Worldwide Hit". The next song was placed in the top of Mexican radio, and Latin America and spent 11 weeks in the first place. The song was nominated for the

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for

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and Song of the Year in 2008.

Song information

It was written by Julieta Venegas for her MTV Unplugged. "The song is about having only this time with a bit of nostalgia because it is short time, but at the same time enjoying it with someone who makes it worthwhile ... it is both sad and happy" Julieta said this in her Myspace page.

Live performances

The singer has taken her hit to several parts of the world. Apart from the acoustic presentation of her tour of the same name (El Presente Tour) include: at

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in Guadalajara, Mexico with the collaboration of the group

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in a version Electro/ranchera and Mariachi music typical of that state. At the

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Awards in

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, after a presentation of various accordions in Latin music that touched it with her song. In the

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in 2008 in

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, Norway with American actress

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and

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actor Michael Caineas, well as performing " Algún Día". “It's an occasion to celebrate the good aspects of human beings, the former Finnish president helped negotiate peace in some conflicts in the world, is a very important to me is very exciting to participate” Julieta express. Being a very important presentation by the artist.

Track listing

;CD Single #"El Presente (Unplugged)" — 3:41

Charts

Awards and nominations

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