Te Busqué

Infobox Single
Name = Te Busqué
Artist = Nelly Furtado featuring Juanes
from Album = Loose


Released = July 2006 (Spain)
July 20, 2007 (Germany)
Format = Digital download
Writer = Nelly Furtado, Juanes, Lester Mendez
Recorded = Cubejam, Miami, FL; The Orange Lounge, Toronto, ON; The Hit Factory, Miami, FL
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length = 3:38
Label = Geffen
Producer = Lester Mendez
Chronology = Nelly Furtado singles
Last single = "Maneater"
(2006)
This single = "Te Busqué"
(2006)
Next single = "Say It Right"
(2006)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Juanes
Type = singles
Last single = "No Siento Penas"
(2006)
This single = "Te Busqué"
(2006)
Next single = "El Burrito de Belén"
(2006)Extra track listing
Album = Loose
Type = single
prev_track = "No Hay Igual"
prev_no = 6
this_track = "Te Busqué"
track_no = 7
next_track = "Say It Right"
next_no = 8Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = CD Maxi cover

"Te Busqué" (English: "(I) Searched for You") is a song written by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado and Colombian musicians Juanes and Lester Mendez for Furtado's third album, "Loose" (2006). It features Juanes and was released as the album's first single in Spain, and as the fourth in Latin America (see 2006 in music). On July 20, 2007, the song was released as the album's fifth single in the Netherlandscite web|title= Tip Parade |work=Radio 538| url=http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44783|accessdate=2007-06-21] and Germany.cite web|title="Nelly Furtados neue Single featuring Juanes"|work=Zoolamar| url=http://www.zoolamar.com/2007/05/02/nelly-furtados-neue-single-featuring-juanes-kommt-am-15-juni/|accessdate=2007-05-02] In the Netherlands, the song was Alarmschijf of the week. [ [http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=85913/selectedid=25038 Radio 538 = 102 FM - Alarmschijf ] ]

History

Furtado originally wrote the song in mid-2006 to a beat that Lester Mendez had created, with the verses in English and the choruses in Spanish. She disliked the chorus and discussed it with Juanes, who had collaborated with Furtado on his single "Fotografía" (2003) and who had played at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, where Furtado and Mendez were working. Juanes agreed to co-write a duet with Furtado for the album, and he flew from Mexico to Toronto, Ontario, where they wrote the song in two days. Juanes played electric and acoustic guitar on the track. [Moreno, Luis. [http://lamusica.com/nellyfurtado_juanes.html "Nelly Furtado"] . lamusica.com. Retrieved January 1 2007; [http://www.burninthespotlight.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5699&page=3&highlight=busque+sad transcript at burninthespotlight.com] .]

It was released on July 8 to the iTunes Music Store in Spain, where it was released as the first single from the album. The main reason for the single's release in Spain was the limited success that hip-hop/R&B-influenced songs in the style of "Promiscuous" and "Maneater", the album's lead singles in North America and the rest of Europe, respectively, achieved in the country.Iglesias, Gustavo. [http://www.los40.com/articulo/entrevistas/considero/artista/latina/l40actn01/20060718l40l40ent_1/Tes/ "Yo también me considero una artista latina"] . Los 40 Principales. July 18 2006. Retrieved December 5 2006.] "Te Busqué" was the album's second single in Chile, where it reached the top twenty. [http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=18052&sort=chartid&string=Nelly "Nelly Furtado - Te Busque"] . top40-charts.com. Retrieved November 14 2006.] The song became Furtado's only top ten single in Latin America since the creation of the Latin America Top 40 in May 2004.

A music video was scheduled to be shot in November/December 2006, but the video shoot was cancelled. There are no plans for a music video. The song was not officially released in the United States, but it was given airplay on Latin music radio stations and reached number twenty four on "Billboard"'s Latin Pop Airplay chart. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jcfexqlkldae~T51 "Nelly Furtado - Billboard Singles"] . "Billboard" and Allmusic. Retrieved November 14 2006.]

Remixes

* Te Busque (DJ Pupi Reggaeton 2006 Remix) (3:30)
* Te Busque (DJ Bee Cente Reggaeton Mix) (4:02)
* Te Busque (DJ Felipe Remix) (3:48)
* Te Busque (DJ Javi Max Remix) (4:30)
* Te Busque (DJ Markos Remix) (3:17)
* Te Busque (Deejey 1000 Remix) (4:33)
* Te Busque (House & Fruit RGTN Radio Mix) (3:59)
* Te Busque (Kook Oh Dance Mix) (3:25)

Other versions

* Te Busque (Full Spanish Version) (3:40)

Credits

*Instrumentation by Lester Mendez
*Electric and acoustic guitars by Juanes and Ramon Stagnaro
*Percussion by Daniel Stone and Luis Orbegoso
*Featured vocal by Juanes
*Recorded and engineered by Joe Wohlmuth and João R. Názario
*Mixed by Dave Pensado
*Recorded at Cubejam, Miami, Florida; The Orange Lounge, Toronto, Ontario; The Hit Factory, Miami
*Mixed at Larrabee North Studios, North Hollywood, California

Charts

Formats and track listings

;Germany two-track CD single

# "Te Busqué"
# "Te Busqué" (full Spanish version)

;Germany four-track CD single

# "Te Busqué"
# "Te Busqué" (full Spanish version)
# "Runaway"
# "Say It Right" (reggae remix)

Notes

References

*Unknown (2006). In "Loose" [CD liner notes] . United States: Geffen Records.