"Vuélveme a Querer" (English: "Love Me Again") is a song written and produced by

Jorge Avendaño Lührs Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

and performed by Mexican recording artist

Cristian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...

for the compilation album ''Boleros: Por Amor y Desamor'' (1995). The song speaks of a protagonist who yearns for his lover to return. In the United States, the song peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs and number one on the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Songs chart. It received a ''Billboard'' Latin Music Award and a

Lo Nuestro The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Our Thing") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in ...

nomination for Pop Song of the Year the following year. Avendaño received an award in the Pop/Rock category at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards of 1997

Background and lyrics

''Boleros Por Amor y Desamor'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...

released by Fonovisa in 1995, which features various artists performing

boleros Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...

written and produced by Mexican songwriter

. Mexican singer-songwriter

was among the selected artists to record a song for the album. Avendaño had previously composed the song "Morelia" for Castro for the telenovela of the same name. In the song, the protagonist yearns for his lover to return. In 2012, Castro re-recorded the song for his first

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

''En Primera Fila: Día 1 which released in 2013''. The new version was recorded live in Los Angeles, California which arranged by Matt Rolling and produced Aureo Baqueiro.

Reception

"Vuélveme a Querer" debuted at number fifteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart for the week of 9 September 1995. The song climbed to the top ten on the week of 30 September 1995 and peaked at number two nine weeks later with the number-one spot being held by

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...

's song " Si Tú Te Vas". The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Songs chart at number thirteen. It reached number-one on the chart on the week of 23 September 1995 replacing "La Tierra del Olvido" by

Carlos Vives Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...

and was succeeded by

Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan (; born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been ...

's song " Más Allá" fourteen weeks later. The song reached number two in Mexico City. In 1996, "Vuélveme a Querer" received a ''Billboard'' Latin Music Award for Pop Song of the Year. It was also nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 8th Lo Nuestro Awards which went to Enrique Iglesias for his song "Si Tú Te Vas". Avendaño was awarded at the 1997

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers 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 ...

in the Pop/Rock category for the song.

Charts

Weekly charts

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All-time charts

References

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