Released 1986 Recorded 1986 Length 3:30 | Format Airplay, Promo single Genre Latin Label EMI | |
"De Mí Enamórate" ("Fall in Love with Me") is a ballad written by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel, produced by Gian Pietro Felisatti and performed by Mexican singer Daniela Romo. It was released as the first single from her fourth studio album Mujer de todos, Mujer de nadie in late 1986. This song was featured as the main theme for the Mexican telenovela El Camino Secreto, starred by Romo and Salvador Pineda. This single became the first to spend 14 consecutive weeks at number one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, a record that was later tied by Mexican singer Ana Gabriel and later surpassed by fellow Mexican performer Yuri when her single "Qué Te Pasa" achieved sixteen weeks at the top.
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"De Mí Enamórate" is also recognized as Romo's signature song and has been performed by several singers, including Sergio George, Manoella Torres and Tito Nieves.
Song history
"De Mí Enamórate" was produced by musician Gian Pietro Felisatti and written by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel, who also wrote "Abuso", included on Romo's previous album Dueña de Mi Corazón. The song was featured as the main theme for the soap opera titled El Camino Secreto, starred by Romo and Mexican actor Salvador Pineda, which began airing on September 2, 1986. This telenovela broke rating records in México during its broadcast on Televisa and this main theme was also a success, leading its parent album Mujer de todos, Mujer de nadie to its peak at number two in the Billboard Latin Pop Albums, a platinum certification in México and approximate sales of two million and a half units in Latin America.
Romo performed this song on every live performance since then, including her appearances on the Mexican 'Festival Acapulco' in 1991, 1993 and 1997 and her promotional tours. She also recorded a new version of the song on her studio album Ave Fénix released in 2001. On the 2008 recap for the '100 Greatest Songs of the 80's in Spanish' by VH1 Latin America "De Mí Enamórate" ranked at number 74.
Chart performance
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 39 on October 25, 1986 and climbed to the top ten three weeks later. It reached the top position of the chart on December 20, replacing "¿Y Quién Puede Ser?" by Mexican singer José José and being replaced fourteen weeks later by Emmanuel's "Es Mi Mujer". "De Mí Enamórate" was the third song written by Juan Gabriel that peaked at number one in 1986 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart, following "La Guirnalda" by Rocío Dúrcal and "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó", performed by Gabriel.
Only four female singers have achieved the same number of weeks (or more) at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks history: Ana Gabriel (14 weeks with "Ay Amor" in 1988), Yuri (16 weeks with "Qué Te Pasa" in 1988) and Shakira (25 weeks with "La Tortura" in 2005). "De Mí Enamórate" ranked 10th at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart.
Personnel
This information adopted from the album Mujer de todos, Mujer de nadie liner notes:
Cover versions
"De Mí Enamórate" has been recorded by several performers, including Tito Nieves who released it as a single from his album Déjame Vivir in 1991, peaking at number 19 in the Hot Latin Tracks. José A. Estévez Jr. of Allmusic named this version a 'highlight' of the album. The writer of the song Juan Gabriel, Myriam, Chon Arauza, Patricia Manterola, Sol Morena, Sergio George and Manoella Torres also recorded their own version of the track. On the 2008 Juan Gabriel Tribute album Amo al Divo de Júarez, Delux recorded a rock version of the song.