"No Me Digas Que No" ( en, Don't Tell Me No) is a song performed 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 ...
taken from his first
bilingual
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studio album, ''
Euphoria
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''. It was produced by Carlos Paucar and Reggaeton producers Nesty "La Mente Maestra" and Victor "El Nasi". It featured Reggaeton Duó
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
. It was released digitally on 22 June 2010 as the second promotional Spanish single. The song hit the radio stations officially on 19 October 2010.
[Enrique Iglesias y Wisin & Yandel: No me digas que no]
RTU. Retrieved 22 November 2010 It is the third collaborations between the artists after the remix versions of
Lloro Por Tí and
Gracias a Ti. The song peaked at number-one on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs, becoming Enrique's twenty-second song to peak at number-one on the chart.
Background
On the album, two versions of the song were included, a version with Iglesias alone, and a remixed version with
the duo
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with whom Iglesias has collaborated on another two songs. Both versions have a completely different beat. The song was written by himself and
Descemer Bueno
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Early career
Bueno studied music and became a music teacher before formi ...
, and the remixed version has additional lyrics from
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
, Ernesto Padilla better known as
Nesty "La Mente Maestra"
Nesty "La Mente Maestra" (born Ernesto F. Padilla on September 5, 1973) is a Puerto Rican reggaeton music producer. He was closely associated with reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel and reggaeton producer Víctor "El Nasi".
Music career
Nesty began ...
and Victor Martinez. A merengue remix was made replacing Wisin & Yandel with
Omega "El Fuerte". Leila Cobo from
Billboard
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said in relation to the song that "he (Iglesias) jumps into dance with both feet and eschews the duo's reggaetón in favor of uptempo club beats".
Live performance
Iglesias performed the song with a two-song medley, starting with "No Me Digas Que No" alongside
the duó, and ending with his smash-hit "
I Like It", during the
11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
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at the
Mandalay Bay Events Center
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on 11 November 2010 in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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.
Chart performance
On the week of 4 December 2010 the song debuted at number 34 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Latin Pop Airplay
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, peaking at number 2, making his 28th entry to the Latin Pop Airplay chart. On the week of 18 December 2010 the song debuted at number #40 on the ''Billboard''
Latin Songs
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, peaking at number 8, it also entered the top twenty on the ''Billboard'' Tropical Songs and on the
Mexican Top 20.
[Top 20 General]
Monitor Latino. Retrieved 18 January 2010. The week of 19 March 2011 the song peaked at number #1 on the US Latin Songs, becoming his 22nd song to peak #1 on the chart, more than any other Latin artist.
Music video
Development
The
music video
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for the song was filmed in
Los Angeles
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, directed by long-time collaborator
Jessy Terrero
Jessy Terrero (born October 7, 1972) is a List of people from the Dominican Republic, Dominican Film director, film and music video director.
Career
Terrero appeared as an extra on the 1992 film ''Juice (1992 film), Juice'' starring Tupac Shakur ...
and produced by Josh Goldstein. Two versions of the video were filmed, one for the version featured
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
, and another for the alternate version with Iglesias only. It was premiered through his website on 18 November 2010.
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FEAT. WISIN & YANDEL - NO ME DIGAS QUE NO - OFFICIAL VIDEO !
EnriqueIglesias.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010
Synopsis
The video begins with Iglesias into a car for the streets, while a woman (portrayed by Amra Silajdžić) drives. As the first hook of the song begins, it shows Iglesias alongside Wisin & Yandel in a dark room with bright lights. When the chorus of the song begins, Iglesias, is having a drink sitting in a chair in a nightclub, while it shows Wisin raps his verses into the nightclub. Through the video, he and Wisin & Yandel sing the song into different camera takes. At the last part of the video, Iglesias is reconnects with the woman who was driving the car, and Yandel's last verse ends the video.
Track listing
# "No Me Digas Que No" (featuring Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
) – 4:30
# "No Me Digas Que No" – 4:08
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Notes
*The chartings are from the remixed version, with the exception of Mexico, which are chartings of the Iglesias only version.
See also
*List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 2011
The ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Airplay chart ranks the best-performing Spanish-language pop music singles in the United States. Published by ''Billboard'' magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on the audience impressions of each ...
*List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs of 2011
The ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart ranks the best-performing Spanish-language singles in the United States. Published by ''Billboard'' magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical a ...
References
External links
No Me Digas Que No (music video)
EnriqueIglesias.com
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2010 singles
Enrique Iglesias songs
Wisin & Yandel songs
Songs written by Enrique Iglesias
Spanish-language songs
Music videos directed by Jessy Terrero
Songs written by Descemer Bueno
2010 songs
Universal Republic Records singles
Songs written by Wisin
Songs written by Yandel
Songs written by Nesty (producer)