Me Abrace/Abrázame

Infobox Single
Name = Me Abrace/Abrázame


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Artist = Wanessa Camargo featuring Camila
Album = Total and Todo Cambió
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Released = July 2008
Format = CD Single, airplay
Recorded = March 2008
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:50 [duet version] 3:47 [solo version]
Label = SonyBMG
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Last single = Não Tô Pronta Para Perdoar (2008)
This single = Me Abrace/Abrázame (2008)
Next single = TBA
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"Me Abrace (Abrázame)" ("Hold Me", in English) is a song from Brazilian singer Wanessa Camargo, and released as the second official single from her fifth studio album, "Total" (2008).

The song was originally recorded by the Mexican band Camila for the album "Todo Cambió" (2006), and it was the group's debut single.

For the Brazilian single release, Wanessa joined the Mexican band to re-record the song as a duet. The duet version is available on the 2008 re-release of Camargo's album "Total" and also on the Brazilian version of Camila's CD "Todo Cambió", released on the same year.

Recording

Wanessa Camargo once listened the original song and decided to include a Portuguese version on her forthcoming CD. The singer herself wrote the Portuguese lyrics, and the title was rendered as "Me Abrace". This solo version is available on "Total" album CD.

In March 2008, Wanessa fled to Miami, USA, to meet Camila and record the duet version, in which Wanessa sings in Portuguese and Camila sings the original verses in Spanish. The bilingual version was titled "Me Abrace/Abrázame". The record sessions had place at The Hit Factory studio.

Although the song is only three-minutes long, the recording sessions took seven hours. "I barely could lunch", says Wanessa Camargo. "We ate a mozzarella pizza, in the American style. I love junkie food." About her singing, Camargo admits: "It was very complicated, since I needed to sing in a lower key than the one I'm used to".

A promo single CD was released to Brazilian radio stations and also leaked onto Internet, containing the duet version, Wanessa's solo version and three remixes. This is quite noticeable, since CD-Singles are not popular in Brazil and are not sold in stores, but they are made only for radio stations.

Tracklisting

#Me Abrace/Abrázame [Dueto com Camila]
#Me Abrace [Versão Álbum]
#Me Abrace [Morais Tribal Mix]
#Me Abrace [Lapetina Tribal Dub]
#Me Abrace [Morais Tribal Mix Radio Edit]

*Although the main track is the one featuring Camila, all the remixes were made using Wanessa Camargo's Solo Version.

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References

http://apareceuvoce.zip.net/arch2008-03-09_2008-03-15.htmlhttp://www.hot100brasil.com/chtsinglesb.htmlhttp://wanessacamargonews.blogger.com.br/2008_04_06_archive.html