"Cuando Me Enamoro" ( English: "When I Fall in Love") is a

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song written and performed by

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pop singer-songwriter

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican label Fonovisa where he released three Spanish albums ''Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique ...

and featuring Dominican singer-songwriter

Juan Luis Guerra Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 28 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, ...

released on 26 April 2010, as the first single from his ninth studio album.ENRIQUE IGLESIAS PRESENTS HIS NEW SINGLE CUANDO ME ENAMORO
UniversalMusica.com/EnriqueIglesias The song is the main-theme of the Mexican

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of the same title starring

Silvia Navarro Silvia Angélica Navarro Barba (born September 14, 1978) is a Mexicans, Mexican actor, actress. She debuted as actress in 1997, in the lead role in the telenovela ''Perla (TV series), Perla''. Since then, she continued to work for Mexican TV n ...

and Juan Soler. This is the second time since " Nunca Te Olvidaré" that a song of Enrique Iglesias was chosen as the main-theme of a

. "Cuando Me Enamoro" became a contender for

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. The single has sold around a million digital downloads worldwide to the date. This song was dedicated for K,O,M.

Music video

Development

The music video, directed by

Jessy Terrero Jessy Terrero (born October 7, 1972) is a List of people from the Dominican Republic, Dominican Film director, film and music video director. Career Terrero appeared as an extra on the 1992 film ''Juice (1992 film), Juice'' starring Tupac Shakur ...

, was filmed along with Guerra in the elementary school St. Patrick & Assumption/All Saints, in

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.''UniversalMusic.es'
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS: Estrena su nuevo video "Cuando me enamoro"
Retrieved May–21-10 The full music video premiered on Iglesias'

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account on 21 May 2010. , the video has been viewed more than 620 million times on YouTube.EXCLUSIVA POR VEVO.COM MAÑANA VIERNES 21 DE MAYO SE ESTRENA CUANDO ME ENAMORO
Retrieved May–21-10

Synopsis

In the story of the video, Iglesias and Guerra are guest stars invited to sing at a school. The music video simply starts when the school principal presents them to the students and they begin to sing. The video alternates between the stage performance and three vignettes that exemplify falling in love: a student in class contrives to get his friend in trouble so he can move into his friend's seat, which is next to his crush and allows him to pass her a "Do you like me," note; an un-athletic student is pummeled at dodge ball and then rescued by a girl who likes him and has a killer throw; a straight-A student who contrives to get sent to the principal's office because he is infatuated by her. The video has the participation of

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actress Ana Ortiz as the principal Michelle Gomez.

Awards and nominations

Chart performance

The song debuted on number #22 on the ''

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, on the

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the song debuted at number #19 and number #8 on the

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. On Spain the song is charted at number #35. It is the twenty-first time that a song by Iglesias topped on the ''

CUANDO ME ENAMORO#1 BILLBOARD ;ENRIQUE ROMPE SU RECORD CON 21 CANCIONES EN EL PRIMER LUGAR
EnriqueIglesias.com Retrieved 16 June 2010 since Gracias a Tí (Remix) featuring

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in 2009 as well as Juan Luis Guerra's seventh time to reach #1 on Hot Latin Tracks. This is also the third time a self-replacement happened in the history of the Hot Latin Tracks. The track spent 17 non-consecutive weeks at No # 1 at Hot Latin Track. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the song peaked at number #89 and was Iglesias' highest-charting Spanish single of his career at the time, surpassing " Lloro Por Ti", which reached #91.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

References

External links

"Cuando Me Enamoro" music videoEnrique Iglesias official website
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