"Quédate conmigo" (, "") is a song recorded by

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singer

Pastora Soler María del Pilar Sánchez Luque (born 28 September 1978 in Coria del Río, Seville), better known by her stage name Pastora Soler, is a Spanish singer. She is also a songwriter and her compositions usually mix copla or flamenco with pop or elect ...

. The song was written by Thomas G:son,

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and Erik Bernholm. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the

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, in Baku.

Background

On 21 December 2011, Soler was announced by

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as the Spanish representative in the

. Soler and her team picked four songs to be in contention for the Eurovision Song Contest, and she sang three of these at the Spanish national final. "Quédate conmigo", together with "Tu vida es tu vida", was selected directly by Soler for the national final, whereas "Ahora o nunca" was selected through an online vote over "Me despido de ti". Unlike "Tu vida es tu vida", "Quédate conmigo" was not a song from Soler's latest album ''Una mujer como yo'', she chose it from over 200 proposals she received through her record company. According to Soler, it became her favourite the moment she listened to it. At the national final, which took place on 3 March 2012, the winning song was determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury vote. "Quédate conmigo" got the highest score by both the juries and televote, and thus was chosen to represent Spain in the

Release

The song was released in its first version in

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on digital platforms on 28 February 2012, both as a single and as part of a 4-track EP, ''Especial Eurovisión'', containing her candidate songs for Eurovision. The final Eurovision version of the song, with polished production, was included in a special reissue of ''Una mujer como yo'', Soler's latest album, which was re-released on 27 March 2012. This version was also released as a single on digital platforms on 30 March 2012 as "Quédate conmigo (Versión Bakú)". Soler recorded an English-language version of the song, "Stay With Me", which was released on digital platforms on 24 July 2012.

Music video

The official music video of the song premiered on 19 March 2012. The video focuses on Pastora Soler, with medium shots and close-ups of her against a black backdrop. These images are alternated with a couple of dancers. The music video served to introduce the final version of the song for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision Song Contest

"Quédate conmigo" was Spain's entry for the

. By representing a "big five" country, it automatically qualified for the final on 26 May 2012. Spain was drawn in position 19 out of the 26 available spots during the running order draw. In the end the song managed to reach 10th place with 97 points, achieving the first top 10 result for Spain since 2004.

Other versions

In 2013, Rafa Blas, known for winning

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'', included a cover of the song in his debut studio album ''Mi Voz''. In July 2016, María Jimena sang "Quédate conmigo" in the Knockout stage of season five of '' La Voz... México''. On 4 December 2017, Nerea performed the song on Gala 6 of

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of Spanish reality television talent competition '' Operación Triunfo'' in the presence of the original singer of this song Pastora Soler. In March 2019,

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performed the song during the gala dedicated to the music of the 2010s of the TVE show ''La mejor canción jamás cantada'', where it was voted by the audience as the best Spanish song from this decade. During the finale of the show, it was performed by Gerónimo Rauch.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Official music video
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