"Yo Nací Para Amarte" (''"I Was Born to Love You"'') is a song written by

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and performed by Mexican recording artist

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. It was co-produced by Santander and

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and was released as the fourth and final single by

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from '' Me Estoy Enamorando'' in 1998. The song is a

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with

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influences and portrays the singer confessing his love which he admits "goes beyond reason". It reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States and spent five weeks at this position. The recording led to Fernández receiving a nomination for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Pop Hot Latin Track of the Year at the 1999 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards while Santander received a BMI Latin Award for the track in the same year.

Background and composition

Since 1992, Alejandro Fernández established his music career as a

singer like his father, iconic ranchera singer,

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. His previous albums, ''

'' (1992), ''

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'' (1993), ''

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'' (1994), ''

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'' (1995), and ''

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'' (1996), helped solidify Fernández as a ranchera singer. Although his last album, ''Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón'', was a success, Fernández did not want to simply record another ranchera album. "If I had released another album of just rancheras, people would have just expected the same thing, and then they would have begun to judge me by that one usicaltheme", Fernández explained. He also noted bolero's popularity on radio stations and cited his waning radio airplay. After listening to ''

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'' by

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, Fernández sought Estefan's husband

to have him produced Fernández's next album. After hearing Fernández's proposal, Emilio Estefan agreed on the idea to produce the album. Recording took place at Estefan's Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida. "Yo Nací Para Amarte", along with the other tracks in the album, is a

song with

influences. The song was written by Colombian songwriter

and co-produced by Santander and Estefan. The sound features the usage of strings, maracas, trumpets and percussion. In the lyrics, the protagonist declares his love and admits it "goes beyond reason".

Reception

"Yo Nací Para Amarte" was released as the fourth and final single from '' Me Estoy Enamorando''. In the United States, the single debuted at number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart on the week of 6 June 1998. It reached the top of the chart six weeks later succeeding "

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" by

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. The song spent five consecutive weeks in this position until it was replaced by "Una Fan Enamorada" by Servando & Florentino. The song ended 1998 as the seventh best-performing Latin song of the year in the US. The track also reached number two on the

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chart. In November 1999, "Yo Nací Para Amarte" was labeled as one of the "hottest tracks" for Sony Discos in a list including the most successful songs released by the label since the launch of the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1986. Eliseo Cardona of ''

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'' highlighted "Yo Nací Para Amarte" as one of the boleros where Fernández performs with "intensity and passion". At the 1999 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, "Yo Nací Para Amarte" was nominated for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Pop Hot Latin Track of the Year. Fernández lost the first award to "Por Mujeres Como Tu" by

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and the second to " Vuelve" by

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. The track also led to Santander receiving a BMI Latin Award in 1999 in recognition of the best-performing Latin songs in 1998.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Credits adapted from the ''Me Estoy Enamorando'' liner notes. * Alejandro Fernández – vocals * Kike Santander – songwriting, arranger, acoustic guitar,

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, keyboards *Nicky Orta – bass *René Toledo –

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– percussion *Archie Peña –

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*Teddy Mulet – trumpet

References

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