Manu Chao
Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mus ...
's second solo album, '' Próxima Estación: Esperanza''. It has proved to be one of the artist's most popular songs worldwide. Its lyrics have a simple but catchy structure and it is mostly in Spanish with part of the chorus in French. The song, as well as two other tracks from the same album, "La primavera" and "Infinita tristeza", feature the same background music. In fact, on the album, "La primavera" fades and leads into "Me Gustas Tú".
Music video
A music video was produced for the song in
Urrao
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Colombia
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, featuring Manu Chao dancing and singing the lyrics while some spare words from it appear on the screen, always surrounded by a frame of colourful patterns. A blonde woman (Spanish actress Paz Gómez) dances beside him and sings at the end of the song.
Lyrics
"" means "I like you" in Spanish (literally, "You are pleasing to me"). The text "" is a tribute to the radio station
Radio Reloj
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.
Track listing
; CD single
# "Me Gustas Tú" – 3:58
# "La primavera" – 1:52
# "Infinita tristeza" – 3:56