"Qué Te Pasa" (''"What's Up With You"'') is a
dance song written by
J.R. Florez and Gian Pietro DiFelissati, produced by Felissatti and performed by
Mexican singer
Yuri. It was released in 1987 as the first single from her seventh
studio album
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''
Aire'' (1987), and became her first number-one single in the
''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart and won the
Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year in 1989.
This song was a success in
Mexico
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and
United States
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, leading the parent album to its peak at number eight in the
''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums and approximate sales of one and a half million units in
Latin America
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.
Background
In 1987, after her third participation on the
OTI Festival,
Yuri did a special appearance in the
Miss México contest, along with fellow Mexican singer
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (; born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as Honorific nicknames in popular music, ''El Sol de Mexico'' ...
, and this would be one of her last performances that year, since she decided to marry Fernando Iriarte. She recorded in late 1987 ''
Aire'', under the guidance of
DiFelisatti and
J.R. Florez. This was her last album with
EMI, since she signed with
Sony Music
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in 1988. The first single released from this album was "Qué Te Pasa", a song that was included twenty years later on Yuri's first live album ''
Vive la Historia''. The song was also featured in the film ''
Selena'' (1997), starred by
Jennifer López.
Chart performance
"Qué Te Pasa" spent sixteen weeks at number one, surpassing the records held by fellow Mexican singers
Daniela Romo and
Ana Gabriel, when their singles "
De Mí Enamórate" and "
Ay Amor", respectively, spent fourteen weeks at the top of the chart, becoming the song with most weeks at number one in the 1980s.
Yuri held this record for twelve years, until
Son By Four with "
A Puro Dolor", which spent 20 weeks at number-one in 2000. Currently the song ranks twelfth for songs with most weeks at the top of the chart.
The song debuted on the ''Billboard''
Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 36 on April 9, 1988, and climbed to the top ten three weeks later. It reached the top position of the chart on May 5, 1988.
The song ended the year as the
second best-performing single of 1988.
See also
*
List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs from the 1980s
References
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1987 singles
1987 songs
Yuri (Mexican singer) songs
Songs in Spanish
EMI Records singles
Songs written by José Ramón Florez