Me Gustas Tú

"Me Gustas Tú"
Single by Manu Chao
from the album Próxima Estación: Esperanza
B-side	"La Primavera"
Released	2001
Format	CD single
Genre	World
Length	3:58
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Manu Chao
Producer	Manu Chao & Renaud Letang
Manu Chao singles chronology
"Merry Blues" (2001) "Me Gustas Tú" (2001) "Mr. Bobby" (2002)

"Me Gustas Tú" is the second single from Manu Chao's second solo album, Próxima Estación: Esperanza. It has proved to be one of the artist's most popular songs worldwide. Its lyrics show a simple but catchy structure, and it is primarily sung in Spanish but on the chorus French is also spoken. The song, as well as two other tracks from the same album, "La Primavera" and "Infinita Tristeza", feature the same background music. In fact, on the album, "La Primavera" fades and leads into "Me Gustas Tú".

The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

It has been covered by La Sonora Dinamita, a Colombian cumbia group. It is featured on their album, Yo Soy la Cumbia.

Music video

A music video was produced for the song, featuring Manu Chao dancing and singing the lyrics while some spare words from it appear on the screen, always surrounded by a frame of colourful patterns. A blonde woman (Paz Gómez) dances beside him and sings at the end of the song.

Track listing

CD single

1. "Me gustas tu" — 3:58
2. "La primavera" — 1:52
3. "Infinita tristeza" — 3:56

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France[1]	Gold	December 19, 2001	250,000

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak position U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay[2] 27 Austrian Singles Chart[3] 29 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[3] 11 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 8 Dutch Singles Chart[3] 35 French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 2 Italian Singles Chart[3] 1 Spanish Los 40 Principales Chart[4] 1 Swedish Singles Chart[3] 51 Swiss Singles Chart[3] 11

End of year chart (2001) Position Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[5] 66 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[6] 47 French Singles Chart[7] 22 Swiss Singles Chart[8] 41

Preceded by "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell

Italian FIMI number-one single May 17, 2001 (1 week)

Succeeded by "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz

References

1. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved August 28, 2008)
2. ^ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Me gustas tu", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
4. ^ List of Los 40 Principales historic Number Ones es. wikipedia.org
5. ^ 2001 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 28, 2008)
6. ^ 2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 28, 2008)
7. ^ 2001 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved August 28, 2008)
8. ^ 2001 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 28, 2008)