Me Gustas Tú

"Me Gustas Tú"
Single by Manu Chao
from the album Próxima Estación: Esperanza
B-side "La Primavera"
Released 14 May 2001
Format CD single
Genre Latin music, reggae
Length 3:58
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) Manu Chao
Producer(s) Manu Chao & Renaud Letang
Certification Gold (SNEP)[1]
Manu Chao singles chronology
"Merry Blues"
(2001)		 "Me Gustas Tú"
(2001)		 "Mr. Bobby"
(2002)

"Me Gustas Tú" is the second single from Manu Chao's second solo album, Próxima Estación: Esperanza. It has proved to be one of the artist's most popular songs worldwide. Its lyrics show a simple but catchy structure, and it is primarily sung in Spanish but on the chorus French is also spoken. The song, as well as two other tracks from the same album, "La Primavera" and "Infinita Tristeza", feature the same background music. In fact, on the album, "La Primavera" fades and leads into "Me Gustas Tú".

Music video

A music video was produced for the song, featuring Manu Chao dancing and singing the lyrics while some spare words from it appear on the screen, always surrounded by a frame of colourful patterns. A blonde woman (Paz Gómez) dances beside him and sings at the end of the song.

Lyrics

Me Gustas Tú means I like you despite the conjugation of the verb gustar for "tu."

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Me gustas tu" – 3:58
  2. "La primavera" – 1:52
  3. "Infinita tristeza" – 3:56

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 29
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 8
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5] 3
France (SNEP)[6] 2
Italy (FIMI)[7] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 35
Poland (LP3)[10] 13
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[11] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[12] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 51
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 11
US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay[15] 27

Year-end charts

Chart (2001) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 66
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[17] 47
France (SNEP)[18] 22
Italy (FIMI)[19] 13
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[11] 44
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 41

Preceded by
"It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell		 Italian number-one single
17 May 2001 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz
Preceded by
"Dream On" by Depeche Mode		 Spanish number-one single
19 May 2001 – 9 June 2001 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Prohibida" by Raúl

References

  1. ↑ (French) Certifications Singles Or – année 2001 at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 September 2013). Snepmusique.com. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Me Gustas Tu – MANU CHAO" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 7 January 2014. Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 3
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Manu Chao - Me gustas tu search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "ME GUSTAS TU – Manu Chao". LP3. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 (Romanian) Top of the Year 2001 at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 June 2002). Romanian Top 100. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Manu Chao – Me gustas tu". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Manu Chao – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 2001" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "Rapports annuels 2001" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  18. ↑ (French) Classement Singles – année 2001 at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 December 2013). Snepmusique.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 2001" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2001" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2014.