"Te Quise Tanto" ( en, I Loved You So Much) is a song written by

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, Andahí and A. Schinoff and produced by

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and recorded by Mexican

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, and was included on her

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'' (2004). The track was selected as the

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from the album, and was released in December 2003 in

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and

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(see

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). It reached the number one position in

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and in the ''

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chart in the

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for six non-consecutive weeks, the longest stay at the summit by the singer in that chart to date.

Promotion

Paulina performed the song at the 2004 Latin Billboard Awards.

Chart performance

In the United States, "Te Quise Tanto" becoming Rubio's first number one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart; it spent a total of six weeks at the top position, while also reaching number one on the Latin Pop Airplay. The song managed to peak at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Also, as of December 11 of 2009, "Te Quise Tanto" became the 72nd most played song of the past decade amongst the top 100 most popular songs from ''Billboard''s, Latin Pop Songs charts. The song peaked within the top 5 on singles charts of Colombia (2), Chile (5) and Venezuela (2).