I Want You (Thalía song)

"I Want You"
Single by Thalía featuring Fat Joe
from the album Thalía
B-side	"It's My Party"
Released	July 12, 2003 (2003-07-12)
Format	CD single, airplay
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop, hip hop
Length	3:45
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Cory Rooney, Davy Deluge, Gregory Bruno, Fat Joe, Brenda Russell
Producer	Cory Rooney
Thalía chronology "Dance Dance (The Mexican)" (2003) "I Want You"/"Me Pones Sexy" (2003) "Baby, I'm in Love"/"Alguien Real" (2003) Fat Joe chronology "All I Need" (2003) "I Want You"/"Me Pones Sexy" (2003) "Lean Back" (2003)

"I Want You" / "Me Pones Sexy" is the first single from the Mexican Latin pop singer Thalía's 2003 crossover studio album Thalía. The track features Fat Joe. The song peaked at number twenty two in the U.S. charts. Both songs were written by Cory Rooney, Davy Deluge, Gregory Bruno, Fat Joe, Thalía, and Brenda Russell, and produced by Cory Rooney and Davy Deluge. It seems to sample some of Still Not a Player by Big Punisher. This single is her first fully promoted in english language single. It open new markets for Thalia as Japan. The most successful single on Billboard Hot 100, being their only single that reached the Top 30 to date.

Charts

"I Want You" became the only Thalia song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number twenty-two.^[1]

Track listings

CD single

1. "I Want You" [Radio Edit] – 3:34
2. "It's My Party" [English Version of "Arrasando"] – 3:57
3. "I Want You" [Pablo Flores Club Mix] – 8:21

Mexican 2-track promotional only CD

1. "Me Pones Sexy"
2. "I Want You" [Pop Edit] – 3:46

U.S. 4-track promo-only remix 12"

1. "I Want You" [Radio Edit] – 3:34
2. "I Want You" [Album Instrumental] 3:34
3. "I Want You" [Pablo Flores Import House Mix] 8:36
4. "I Want You" [Pablo Flores Club Mix] 8:21

Music video

The music video for "I Want You" was directed by Dave Meyers and shot in The Bronx, New York. The video aired in May 2003. It won an award for "Video of the year" on Los Premios Lo Nuestro in the next year in Latin America.

In the video, Thalía seduces some bricklayers and sings while some guys are playing basketball. Fat Joe appears in the video too.

Remixes

"I Want You"

• "A Cappella"
• "Instrumental Version"
• "Pop Edit"
• "Pablo Flores Import House Mix"
• "Pablo Flores Club Mix"

"Me Pones Sexy"

• "Radio Edit"
• "Instrumental Version"

References

1. ^ "Thalia Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/dido/56026#/artist/thalia/chart-history/25164. Retrieved April 26, 2010.