You Sang to Me

"You Sang to Me"
Single by Marc Anthony
from the album Marc Anthony
Released February 20, 2000
Format CD single
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 5:48 (Album Version)
4:18 (Radio Edit)
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Marc Anthony, Cory Rooney
Producer(s) Marc Anthony, Cory Rooney
Marc Anthony singles chronology
"Da La Vuelta"
(1999)		 "You Sang to Me/Muy Dentro de Mí"
(2000)		 "My Baby You"
(2000)

"You Sang to Me" is a 2000 hit song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the third single of his first English language album Marc Anthony.

Song information

The song was written and produced by Marc Anthony and Cory Rooney, and like the previous English single from Marc Anthony also a Spanish version was recorded, but wasn't included on the first edition of the album. Both versions of the track were very successful in the United States. The English version peaked at even higher than "I Need to Know", climbing to number 2 in the Billboard Hot 100, kept off from the top slot by "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B. It also spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. The Spanish version ("Muy Dentro de Mi") hit No. 1 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart for 3 consecutive weeks. According to Anthony, he wrote this song for his then-friend Jennifer Lopez, whom he married soon after. This version was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year, losing to "A Puro Dolor" by Son by Four.[1][2]

The English-language version of the track received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, the second year in a row for Marc Anthony, losing once again to Sting with "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)", a collaboration for the album A Love Affair: The music of Ivan Lins.[3]

"You Sang to Me" was included on the compilation album pLATINum rhythm, released on October 30, 2001 by Maverick Música.[4] It is also included on the movie soundtrack for the 1999 hit movie Runaway Bride, winning an ASCAP award in the field "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures" for this collaboration.[5]

Critical reception

On the Entertainment Weekly's Chart Flashback by Raymond Fiore, posted on May 23, 2006, analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 chart of May 27, 2000, he gave the single a "B+" grade:[6]

“ I'd argue that Anthony is this decade's Steve Perry — a technical, earnest, and highly emotive tenor who's always testing our schmaltz threshold. I'd also argue that until the salsero fully translates the passionate intensity of his Spanish work, this will remain his single most heartfelt English-language moment." ”

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Music video

The music video for this single was directed by Jeff Richter.

The girl in the video is Australian model Kristy Hinze.

Track listing

CD Single No. 1 (B00004TLLU) [7]
  1. You Sang to Me (Remix Radio Edit)
  2. You Sang to Me (Radio Edit)
  3. Muy Dentro de Mí (You Sang To Me) (Radio Edit No. 2)
  4. I Need to Know (Pablo Flores Miami Mix)
CD Single No. 2 (B00004TBX3) [8]
  1. You Sang to Me (Remix)
  2. You Sang to Me (Remix Radio Edit)
  3. You Sang to Me (Album Version)
  4. Muy Dentro de Mí (You Sang to Me) (Spanish)
  5. Muy Dentro de Mí (You Sang to Me) (Spanglish)

Chart performance

The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 77 in the week of February 26, 2000,[9] climbing to the Top Ten (at number 5) fourteen weeks later,[10] and peaking at number 2 for two weeks.[11] The single spent 6 weeks in the Top 10 and 32 weeks total in that chart and ranked at number 22 on the Year-End Chart of 2000,[12] while his own single "I Need to Know" ranked at number 23.

"Muy Dentro de Mí", the Spanish version of the song, debuted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on April 22, 2000 at number 37,[13] climbing to Top Ten eight weeks later and to pole position from July 1, 2000 to July 15, 2000.[14] The single became his fourth chart topper in the Latin Market and spent 16 weeks within the Top 10 and 26 weeks total in the chart.

Peak positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart [15] 3
Belgium Flanders Singles Chart [15] 6
Dutch Singles Chart [15] 2
Finnish Singles Chart [15] 15
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart [15] 10
Norwegian Singles Chart [15] 3
Swedish Singles Chart [15] 11
Swiss Singles Chart [15] 21
US Billboard Hot 100 [16] 2
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks [16] 1
US Billboard Tropical Songs [16] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales [16] 7
US Billboard Top 40 Tracks [16] 11
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks [16] 18
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [16] 1

Cerftications

Region Certification
Austria (IFPI Austria)[17] Gold
Netherlands (NVPI)[18] Gold
Norway (IFPI Norway)[19] Gold
Sweden (GLF)[20] Gold

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[21] 22

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Premios Lo Nuestro: Votación 2001". Univision. Univision Communications Inc. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Premios Lo Nuestro: Alfombra Roja: Lista completa de los ganadores de Premio Lo Nuestro 2001". Univision. Univision Communications Inc. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ ""Grammy Awards" on Rock On The Net.com". Retrieved 2001-02-23.
  4. ↑ ""'N Sync, Madonna, Backstreet Go Latin" by Troy Carpenter on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2001-10-09.
  5. ↑ ""I Need to Know" on Superiorpics.com". Retrieved 2000-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Chart Flashback" by Raymond Fiore, posted May 23, 2006
  7. ↑ ""You Sang to Me" on Amazon.com". Retrieved 2000-08-18.
  8. ↑ ""You Sang to Me" on Amazon.com". Retrieved 2000-05-09.
  9. ↑ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2000-02-26.
  10. ↑ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2000-05-27.
  11. ↑ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2000-06-10.
  12. ↑ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2000-12-31.
  13. ↑ ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2000-04-22.
  14. ↑ ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 2000-07-15.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Marc+Anthony&titel=You+Sang+To+Me&cat=s
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 "Marc Anthony: Billboard Singles". Retrieved 2000-06-10.
  17. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Marc Anthony – You Sang To Me" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Marc Anthony in the field Interpret. Enter You Sang To Me in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  18. ↑ "Top 40 - Jaargang nummer 32" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Norwegian single certifications – Marc Anthony – You Sang To Me" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  20. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  21. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Retrieved 2010-08-31.

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