Recorded 2009; Miami Length 3:12 | Genre Electropop, dance-pop Label EMI | |
Released August 14, 2009 (2009-08-14) Format CD single, digital download | ||
"Mi Delirio" (English: "My Delirium") is the lead single of Mexican actress, singer Anahí from her fifth studio album Mi Delirio (2009). The song has a mixture of Dance-pop and Electronic music. It was released on digital download on August 14, 2009 through EMI Music. It is a band of electropop genres, pop and dance-pop. Your Letter covers topics such as power, seduction and madness.
Contents
- Background
- Chart performance
- Music video
- Synopsis
- Controversy
- Track listing
- Remixes and versions
- References
The singer arrived to work the song on several occasions, even as part of the promotion of the album. The first presentation took place during the 2009 edition of Premios Juventud, on July 16 of that year. The song then was named to two award categories. having not won at all. In Brazil, with the Mi Delirio World Tour, the song was first performed on November 2, 2009 during the participation of the interpreter in the Programa do Jô.
The official video clip of the single, directed by Max Gutierrez, was issued on 15 November 2009. It features Anahí in a mental hospital where the singer appears wearing black lingerie. Soon after the release the video was censored in some countries of the world through YouTube for "inappropriate content." The video reached number one of the most requested videos of Brazil, by MTV, which no Mexican artist had achieved before. The impact the singer earned two nominations to targeted categories will videos, one for the Premios Juventud and one for Latin Orgullosamente.
Background
The song was written by herself, Gil Cerezo, Ulises Lozano members from Mexican band Kinky and Miguel Blas, it was produced by Gil Cerezo and Ulises Lozano and it's her first solo single since she released her last album Baby Blue in 2000 after almost ten years without a solo album, "Mi Delirio" was performed first time in Premios Juventud 2009 on July 16 in Miami, Florida and was used to close the show. Back later the song was included on her mini promotional tour Anahí Promo Tour started on August 7, 2009. The official remix features Ken-Y by reggaeton duo R.K.M & Ken-Y was leaked onto the internet and YouTube on December 1, 2009, this remix was produced by Myztiko . An acoustic version was also made on December, 2009, which was included in the album "Mi Delirio Deluxe". Another remix was leaked on January, 2010 called "The Kinky remix".
Chart performance
The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart at number forty, peaking at number twenty-nine. In Venezuelan, it has reached number twenty.
Music video
The video of the song was directed by Max Gutierrez, recorded the October 16, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA It was premiered on November 17, 2009. launch took place in the following November by the US Univision site. The story told in the video, and the song is about unrequited love that makes crazy Anahí, causing her to be admitted to a mental hospital. On November 30 of that year, through the Vevo service, the video was posted on their official YouTube account. But later it came to be blocked in some countries to present "inappropriate content." This clip video reached number one of the most requested videos in Brazil by MTV, which no Mexican interpreter had managed before. On January 11, 2010 was released the list of the best clips from the portal POPLine, where Anahí was in the first position, leaving behind singers like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Britney Spears.
Synopsis
Anahi is a patient in an insane asylum. During the day, she's inconspicuous while in the night she is seen dancing and having a good time. The video begins with Anahi wearing a straitjacket and pantyhose simulating a mentally broken down attack. It later shows her and the "patients", having neurological problems taking pills, As the chorus kicks off, she is seen wearing a black top showing her stomach and a black skirt dancing with her backup dancers. In the second verse, Anahí appears tied in a table, receiving electroshocks, and in a bed with red sheets wearing all black lingerie through the chorus again. Through the third verse, she is seen sitting in a swing and later disappearing. The video ends with Anahi having a party with her dancers and all of the patients.
Controversy
The music video caused controversy since it shows the supposed inside of a psychiatric clinic, to what many people felt offended, causing the possibility that the video had been banned from YouTube. The music video was later uploaded to YouTube by her record label.