No Te Pido Flores

"No Te Pido Flores"
Single by Fanny Lú
from the album Lágrimas Cálidas
Genre Tropipop, Vallenato, Latin pop
Length 4:03
Label Universal Music Latino
Writer(s) José Gaviria
Fanny Lú singles chronology
"No Te Pido Flores"
(2006)		 "Te Arrepentirás"
(2006)
Music sample
"No Te Pido Flores"

No Te Pido Flores (English: I'm Not Requesting Flowers) is the debut song by Colombian singer Fanny Lú on her first studio album Lágrimas Cálidas (2005). The song received a Billboard Music Latin nomination for "Tropical Airplay of the Year"[1] and a Latin Grammy nomination for "Best Tropical Song".[2]

Song information

The song was written by the Colombian producer José Gaviria, who defined to Fanny Lú as the only female voice with success within the called Tropipop. "No Te Pido Flores" is a mix of tropical rhythms with vallenato and Latin pop. The lyrics of the song tells loving disappointment and her call to the love that one day lost itself. In the chorus "No te pido que traigas flores tampoco que me des bombones, yo solo quiero una caricia que me digas que tu me quieres" (I'm not asking you to bring me flowers either give me chocolates, I just wanna a caress that say me that you love me), means that the love is about results and not gifts, and Lú is decided to forget him because she suffers a lot and her love already has a price and owner.

Music video

First version

The first music video was shot in the Guatavita lagoon (to 16 km from Bogotá) this lagoon was the same that gave rise to the famous leyendo El Dorado. The director of the video was Mauricio Pardo and the recording of the music video lasted for 22 hours of continuous work. The video show a Fanny Lú on an canoe, likewise surrounded by flowers and with an accordionist that accompany her when she sings the chorus.

International version

The music video has a second version that was shot in the Plaza Moreno on the city of La Plata, Argentina. The director for this version, was Mauricio Pardo too. Fanny released the music video on his VEVO and YouTube channel on June 16, 2009 when she created her VEVO account.The video starts with Fanny Lú singing in a boring city with a black raincoat and after when the chorus starts, the people take off their black clothes and begin to dance the tropical rhythm of the song. And the final of the music video, appears a man who comes to ask forgiveness to Fanny and suddendly appears a little girl in a bike that removes the his clothes and leaves him naked. And Fanny Lú laughts at him.[3] As of May 3, 2013 the video has reached 5.92 million views on YouTube.[3]

Track listing

  1. "No Te Pido Flores" – 4:04

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[5] 16
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[6] 14
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[7] 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2008 Billboard Latin Music Award Winner About.com
  2. ↑ "Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2007" (in Spanish). Mujer Activa. August 31, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "No Te Pido Flores - Fanny Lu - Vevo". VEVO. June 16, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Lágrimas Cálidas - Fanny Lu". Universal Music Colombia S.A.. iTunes Store. August 8, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Fanny Lu Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Latin Songs for Fanny Lu. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Fanny Lu Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Latin Pop Songs for Fanny Lu. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  7. ↑ "Fanny Lu Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Tropical Airplay for Fanny Lu. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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