"Ven Junto a Mi" ("Come Next to Me") is a written and performed by Mexican singer
Claudio Bermúdez
Claudio Bermúdez (born 31 December 1971, Mexico City) is a Mexican songwriter, musician, songwriter, producer, arranger, engineer and actor.
He started his acting career at 12 years old. He studied piano with his father, the concert pianist Jo ...
on his 1994 debut album ''Como Aire Fresco'' The album marked his career as a soloist following his departure from
Timbiriche
''Timbiriche'' (also known for a brief time as ''La Banda Timbiriche'') is a Mexican pop music group. The group started as a children's group in 1981 and managed to evolve successfully into adulthood.
Timbiriche is considered one of the most ic ...
in 1991. It was produced by Spanish composer Rafael Pérez-Botija and released as a single in 1994. The song became a number one hit on the ''Billboard''
Latin Pop Airplay
Latin Pop Airplay (also referred to as Latin Pop Songs) is a record chart published on ''Billboard'' magazine and a subchart of the Latin Airplay chart. The chart focuses on Latin pop music, namely Spanish-language pop music. It was established b ...
chart in 1995 where it spent seven weeks on top of the chart.
It was recognized as one of best-performing songs of the year at the 1996
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
Latin Awards. Despite its success, it became his only number one song on the chart and Bermúdez later became a composer and record producer for other artists.
The song has been covered by Victor Roque y su Gran Manzana,
Johnny Rivera
Johnny Rivera is an American salsa singer of Puerto Rican descent.
Rivera was born in the Bronx, NY, and attended high school at Benjamin Franklin High School. He moved briefly to Puerto Rico before returning to New York City to begin a care ...
, and Encadenado.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
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List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Airplay songs of 1995
In October 1994, '' Billboard'' magazine established Latin Pop Airplay, a chart that ranks the top-performing songs played on Latin pop radio stations in the United States based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Sys ...
References
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Claudio Bermúdez songs
1994 debut singles
1994 songs
Rodven Records singles
1990s ballads
Pop ballads
Songs in Spanish