Lento (Julieta Venegas song)

"Lento"
Single by Julieta Venegas
from the album
Released 2004
Format CD single
Recorded Una Casa Con Tres Pinos & Soul Records, Madrid, Spain
Genre Latin pop, Pop rock
Length 4:05
Label RCA Internacional
Writer(s) Julieta Venegas, Coti Sorokin
Producer Cori Sorokin, Julieta Venegas
Julieta Venegas singles chronology
"Andar Conmigo"
(2003)
"Lento"
(2004)
"Algo Está Cambiando"
(2005)

"Lento" (English: "Slow") is the second single from the third album by Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, called

Contents

Song information

The song was written by Coti Sorokin and Julieta Venegas. Julieta plays the accordion, drum machine and keyboards on the track. It made the Billboard chart, and reached positions 31 and 13 on the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay respectively. Julieta performed a new version on piano for her MTV Unplugged in 2008. Erika Martins brazilian singer performed a cover of this song in Portuguese in 2009, and sings a few bars of the song in Spanish position in the lists of popularity in Brazil.

Live preformand

The performance of the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004 in Miami, Florida does duet with the group Hip-Hop mexican Cartel de Santa in a hip-hop version, singing and playing her accordion and vocalist of the band rapping to Juliet.[1]

Music video

The music video was filmed in Japan, and featured her twin sister Ivonne.

The video begins with Julieta Venegas walking the streets of Japan and following her sister Yvonne. The two are dressed in the same clothes and have the same hairstyle (except that Yvonne has shorter hair). Animated flowers and plants begin to grow each time Julieta goes through a street and on anything she touches. The video ends with the sisters playing a crane game.

Track listing

CD Single[2]
  1. "Lento" — 4:03

Official versions

  1. "Lento (Mijangos Bootleg Mix)" — 4:51
  2. "Lento (Portugués)" featuring Érika Martins — 4:00
  3. "Lento (MTV Unplugged)" — 4:26

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Mexican Airplay Chart 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE) 2
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[3] 31
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[4] 13
Venezuela Singles Chart[5] 9

References