Y Yo Sigo Aquí

"Y yo Sigo Aquí"
Single by Paulina Rubio
from the album Paulina
Released October 13, 2000
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2000
Genre Pop, dance-pop, house
Length 4:14
Label Universal
Writer(s) Estéfano
Producer(s) Estéfano
Paulina Rubio singles chronology
"El Último Adiós"
(2000)		 "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
(2000)		 "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer"
(2001)
Paulina Rubio North America singles chronology
"Baila Casanova"
(2002)		 "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)"
(2003)		 "Te Quise Tanto"
(2004)

"Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (English: "And I'm Still Right Here") is a song by Mexican recording artist Paulina Rubio, taken from her fifth studio album Paulina. It was released on October 13, 2001 by Universal Records as the third single from the album. The song was written and produced by Estéfano, and sees prominent usage of Auto-Tune. Upon its release, "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" attained significant success in European and Latin American markets, peaking atop the Finnish and Spanish Singles Chart. It additionally reached number one on the US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart for three successive weeks in 2001. The song received a nomination for the Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 2001 ceremony.[1] Its accompanying music video was filmed in Mexico by director Gustavo Garzón.[1]

In 2002, an English version of "Y Yo Sigo Aquí", titled "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" was included with Rubio's sixth studio album Border Girl. As part of the promotion for Border Girl, a second video for "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" was released in 2002 and was directed by Simon Brand. This second video is actually the Spanish version of the official music video for "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)", released prior in 2002 and also directed by Simon Brand.

The song and music video received Lo Nuestro Awards nominations in 2002.[2]

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Finnish Singles Chart[3] 1
Italian FIMI Singles Chart[4] 4
Spanish Singles Chart 1
US Billboard Hot Latin Songs[5] 3
US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay[5] 1
US Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay[5] 6

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). July 18, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Premios Lo Nuestro: Votación 2002". Univision. Univision Communications Inc. 2002. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ (English) Allcharts. „Y Yo Sigo Aqui” urcă pe locul 1 în Finlanda. Accesat la data de 16 martie 2001.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung (2002-01-31). "Italian charts portal". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (English) Allmusic. Clasările discurilor single lansate de Paulina Rubio în Canada şi S.U.A.. Accesat la data de 19 iulie 2009.