Acompañame A Estar Solo

"Acompañame A Estar Solo"
Single by Ricardo Arjona
from the album Adentro
ReleasedOctober 25, 2005
Recorded2005
GenreLatin pop
Length4:31
LabelSony BMG
Songwriter(s)Ricardo Arjona
Producer(s)Ricardo Arjona, Dan Warner, Lee Levin, Tommy Torres[1]
Ricardo Arjona singles chronology
"Duele Verte"
(2003) 		"Acompañame A Estar Solo"
(2005) 		"Pingüinos En La Cama"
(2006)

"Acompañame A Estar Solo" is a song written by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona for his tenth studio album, Adentro (2005). It was produced by Arjona, Dan Warner, Lee Levin and Tommy Torres and performed by Arjona.[1] The song was one of the two demos Arjona sent to Torres the "hookiest and darkest tracks" he had before working with him on the production of Adentro, the other being "Iluso". Torres heavily worked on them, finally grabbing the attention of Arjona.

"Acompañame A Estar Solo" was released as the album's lead single on October 25, 2005, and became Arjona's sixth top ten hit on the Billboard Latin Songs chart, reaching No.7. It became his first lead single not to reach No.1 position on that chart, after "Desnuda", "Cuándo" and "El Problema". The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006, losing on both categories to Shakira's song "La Tortura".[2]

Background and composition

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Adentro was the first time Arjona collaborated with Tommy Torres. Arjona commented that it was "a very representative and tremendously complete album," adding that "having different producers made it rich in possibilities."[3] Arjona proved new sounds in Adentro. Evan Gutierrez from Allmusic considered the instrumentation, performance, and overall sonic palette to be "minimalist" and "unassuming".[4] "Acompañame A Estar Solo" is a latin pop song written by Ricardo Arjona and produced by Arjona, Dan Warner, Lee Levin and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tommy Torres, who also arranged the song.[5] On an interview, the singer commented that he first "tested" Torres by sending him the "hookiest and darkest tracks" on the album, "Acompañame A Estar Solo" and "Iluso".[3] Torres said that he "went all out on the first demo, hiring a full band that included a string orchestra", which grabbed the attention of Arjona.[3]

Reception

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"Acompañame A Estar Solo" became Arjona's sixth top ten hit on the Billboard Latin Songs chart, reaching No.7. It became his first lead single not to reach No.1 position on that chart, after "Desnuda", "Cuándo" and "El Problema" doing so. On the Latin Pop Songs chart, the song reached No.1 on the week ending January 7, 2006,[6] and stayed at that position for three consecutive weeks. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006, losing on both categories to Shakira's song "La Tortura".[2]

Music video

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The music video for "Acompáñame A Estar Solo" was filmed on Mexico City in two days.[7] The video was released in a black-and-white fashion, and its protagonized by Arjona. In it, "the singer is appreciated in a moment of personal introspection, doing daily activities accompanied by his guard angel, a sweet woman."[7] The video starts with a panoramic view of Mexico City. Following, the singer is shown in the middle of an empty street singing the lyrics of the song as well as performing the music on a black piano. Then, rainy scenes of Arjona walking through a dark street, and then going inside a house are shown. Arjona lies on a bed, besides a white-dressed woman. The video progresses as Arjona is shown in several other scenes, accompanied in all of them by the aforementioned woman, who acts as his guard. The clip ends with the singer sitting in the piano, with the woman lying on his back.[8]

Trackslisting

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  • Digital Download
  1. "Acompañame A Estar Solo" – 4:31

Charts

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Release history

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Digital releases
Country Date Format Label
United States[12] October 25, 2005 Digital download Sony BMG Music Latin
Canada[13]
Mexico[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b Taken from the album booktlet.
  2. ^ a b "Shakira in lead with 5 Latin Grammy nods". USA Today. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Cobo, Leila (December 10, 2005). "Arjona Tries New Approach For 10th Album". Billboard. p. 42. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  4. ^ Gutierrez, Evan. "Adentro > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  5. ^ Adentro (liner notes). Ricardo Arjona. Norte: A division of Sony Music Entertainment. December 2005.
  6. ^ "Top Latin Pop Songs of the week". Billboard. January 7, 2006. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Ricardo Arjona presenta video" Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Agencia Federal de Noticias. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  8. ^ Arjona, Ricardo (December 2005). Acompañame A Estar Solo. Sony Norte (Music video) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Sony Music Entertainment.
  9. ^ "Ricardo Arjona Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Ricardo Arjona Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "2006 Latin Pop Songs – Year End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2006. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  12. ^ "Acompañame A Estar Solo – Single by Ricardo Arjona" Archived July 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. iTunes (United States). Apple, Inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  13. ^ "Acompañame A Estar Solo – Single by Ricardo Arjona". iTunes (Canada). Apple, Inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  14. ^ "Acompañame A Estar Solo – Single de Ricardo Arjona". iTunes (Mexico). Apple, Inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
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