Labios Compartidos
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| Single by Maná from the album Amar es Combatir |
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| Released | July 10, 2006 | ||||
| Format | Digital download, Radio airplay | ||||
| Recorded | at The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida | ||||
| Genre | Latin | ||||
| Length | 5:18 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Fher Olvera | ||||
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"Labios Compartidos" ( English: Shared Lips ) is the first single released from Maná's seventh studio album, Amar es Combatir (2006). It became one of the band's most recognized songs, topping the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for eight consecutive weeks.
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[edit] Song information
The song deals with the theme of falling in love with someone else's lover; that's where the title of the song comes from. The music video for the song also has this concept.
[edit] Chart success
"Labios Compartidos" became a major hit in a dozen of countries, topping the Mexican charts for a total of 13 weeks [1], the Ibero-America chart for 12 weeks [2], the Colombian charts for 4 weeks [3], and the Spanish charts for 3 weeks. It also topped the charts in Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and Paraguay.
The song has also enjoyed some moderate success in the United States. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart and on the Latin Pop Tracks chart.
"Labios Compartidos" stayed on the top of the Hot Latin Tracks chart for nine weeks, becoming the band's first number one on that chart since "Mariposa Traicionera" (2003). The song was also able to perform a minor crossover into maintream radio stations and peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's biggest hit on the United States to this date. It also charted on the Hot Ringtones chart, peaking at #12.
[edit] Music Video
The music video for the song, which was directed by Pablo Croce, shows a girl taking advantage of a guy, then disappearing and making him suffer through the knowledge that she betrays him. This fits in with the idea that he's sharing her with another but is unable to leave her because he always falls for her when she returns. When the song entered on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, MTV Hits started to air the music video.
[edit] Awards
On August 29, 2007 Fher Olvera received a Latin Grammy nomination for this song in Song of the Year category. Also the video was nominated for Best Music Video, winning none.
[edit] Charts
[edit] References
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