"Si Te Vas" (''"If You Go"'') is a song written and performed by
Mexican singer-songwriter
Pedro Fernández. The song was released in 1995 as the second single from his album ''
Mi Forma De Sentir'' (1994). The song was recognized by
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is a performance rights organization in the United States. It collects blanket license fees from businesses that use music, entitling those businesses to play or sync any songs from BMI's repertoire of over 20.6 milli ...
as one of the award winnings at the 1997 BMI Latin Awards.
Grupo Cañaveral with Pedro Fernández duet version
In September 2016, Pedro Fernández collaborated with Grupo Cañaveral for their upcoming 20-year anniversary album. The recording took place at the well-known Ragga Primitive Freedom bar in Plaza Antara, in
Polanco, where the group, led by Humberto and Emir Pabón, accompanied by Pedro Fernández, recorded the song "Si Te Vas", authored by Pedro and now with a
cumbia
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans during colonial times, and Europeans. Examples include:
...
twist.
The album was released 27 January 2017 and is titled ''Fiesta Total'' by Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón and features the latest version of "Si Te Vas" by Pedro Fernández.
Weekly charts
Marc Anthony version
In 1997, American singer
Marc Anthony covered "Si Te Vas" on his third studio album ''
Contra la Corriente''. The song became his ninth number-one song on the
Latin Tropical Airplay
The Tropical Airplay chart (formerly known as Tropical/Salsa and Tropical Songs) is a record chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine introduced in 1994. The first number-one song on the chart was " Quien Eres Tu" by Luis Enrique. Originally, ra ...
chart. Fernández received another BMI Latin Award in 1999 for Anthony's version of the song.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
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List of ''Billboard'' Tropical Airplay number ones of 1998
References
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1994 songs
1995 singles
1998 singles
Pedro Fernández (singer) songs
Marc Anthony songs
Songs written by Pedro Fernández (singer)
RMM Records singles