"Te Voy A Perder" (English: ''I Am Going To Lose You'') is a song written by Áureo Baqueiro and

Leonel García Sin Bandera is a romantic ballads duo consisting of Mexican singer-songwriter Leonel Garcia and Argentine singer-songwriter Noel Schajris. They formed in Mexico in 2000. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album ''Sin ...

, recorded by

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performer

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, and released as second single from '' Viento a Favor'' (2007), It was released on April 16, 2007 (see

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). A version Mexican singer

featuring American duo

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was released on August 20, 2013.

Song information

According to the singer's official websit

the song is "a love declaration about the imminent break-up from the person you love" . The track was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the "Oye Awards" in

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, which was awarded to "

Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No "Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No" (English: "Thank you, but no") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz and Colombian singer Shakira, for Sanz's eighth studio album ''El Tren de los Momentos'' (2006). It was released as the second single f ...

" by

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and

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Music video

The music video for this single was

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, who directed another two videos for the artist (" Me Dediqué a Perderte" and "

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"). The shooting took place in

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and

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, on May 12 to 14, 2007. The plot is about a love story (starred by Jaidy Michel) and also includes Fernández making a performance on a

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. The main performance of the song (with Alejandro and his band) is on the ship's

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. This ship was built in Russia in 1994 and originally was the

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'' Arktikshelf'' and starting in 2005 was reconstructed to the

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''Garzprom 2''. The

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captures the size of the ship. For this video a

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of 200 people was needed. Along with the performance, a couple is shown with romantic attitudes, but as the history develops it is also shown that he does not trust her and tries to find evidence of

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, only to find out that she was not cheating on him and loses her. The video received a nomination for the "Oye Award" for Video of the Year, losing to "

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" by Spanish band

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Chart performance

In the United States, on the ''Billboard''

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the single entered at number 49 in the week of June 9, 2007, climbing to number 24 the following week and eight weeks later (August 11) peaking at number 9. The track spent 20 weeks on this chart, and ranked at number 38 in the year-end chart of 2007.

Leonel García and Ha*Ash version

"Te Voy A Perder" is a song by Mexican singer

featuring American duo

. It was released on August 20, 2013 as the third single from his studio album Todas Mías (2013). A music video for "Te Voy A Perder" was released on August 20, 2013. It currently has over 24 million views. The track peaked at number 9 in the Mexico Airplay and at number 22 in the Mexico Espanol Airplay charts in the México. Chart performance

References

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Song information

Music video

Chart performance

Leonel García and Ha*Ash version

See also

References