You Sang to Me

"You Sang to Me"
Single by Marc Anthony
from the album Marc Anthony
Released	February 20, 2000
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998-1999
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	5:48 (Album Version) 4:18 (Radio Edit)
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Marc Anthony, Cory Rooney
Producer	Marc Anthony Cory Rooney
Marc Anthony singles chronology
"Da La Vuelta" (1999) "You Sang to Me/Muy Dentro de Mí" (2000) "My Baby You" (2000)

"You Sang to Me" is a 2000 hit song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the third single of his first English language album Marc Anthony.

Song information

The song was written and produced by Marc Anthony and Cory Rooney, and like the previous English single from Marc Anthony also a Spanish version was recorded, but wasn't included on the first edition of the album. Both versions of the track were very successful in the United States. The English version peaked at even higher than "I Need to Know", climbing to number 2 in the Billboard Hot 100, kept off from the top slot by "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B. It also spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. The Spanish version ("Muy Dentro de Mi") hit #1 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart for 3 consecutive weeks. According to Anthony, he wrote this song for his then-friend Jennifer Lopez, whom he married soon after.

This track received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, the second year in a row for Marc Anthony, losing once again to Sting with "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)", a collaboration for the album A Love Affair: The music of Ivan Lins^[1].

"You Sang to Me" was included on the compilation album pLATINum rhythm, released on October 30, 2001 by Maverick Música^[2]. It is also included on the movie soundtrack for the 1999 hit movie Runaway Bride, winning an ASCAP award in the field "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures" for this collaboration ^[3].

Critical reception

On the Entertainment Weekly's Chart Flashback by Raymond Fiore, posted on May 23, 2006, analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 chart of May 27, 2000, he gave the single a "B+" grade^[4]:

“

I'd argue that Anthony is this decade's Steve Perry — a technical, earnest, and highly emotive tenor who's always testing our schmaltz threshold. I'd also argue that until the salsero fully translates the passionate intensity of his Spanish work, this will remain his single most heartfelt English-language moment."

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Music video

The music video for this single was directed by Jeff Richter, and can be seen in YouTube following this link.

The girl in the video is Australian model Kristy Hinze.

Track listing

CD Single #1 (B00004TLLU) [5] You Sang to Me (Remix Radio Edit) You Sang to Me (Radio Edit) Muy Dentro de Mí (You Sang To Me) (Radio Edit #2) I Need to Know (Pablo Flores Miami Mix)

CD Single #2 (B00004TBX3) [6] You Sang to Me (Remix) You Sang to Me (Remix Radio Edit) You Sang to Me (Album Version) Muy Dentro de Mí (You Sang to Me) (Spanish) Muy Dentro de Mí (You Sang to Me) (Spanglish)

Chart performance

The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 77 in the week of February 26, 2000^[7], climbing to the Top Ten (at number 5) fourteen weeks later^[8], and peaking at number 2 for two weeks ^[9]. The single spent 6 weeks in the Top 10 and 32 weeks total in that chart and ranked at number 22 on the Year-End Chart of 2000^[10], while his own single "I Need to Know" ranked at number 23.

"Muy Dentro de Mí", the Spanish version of the song, debuted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on April 22, 2000 at number 37 ^[11], climbing to Top Ten eight weeks later and to pole position from July 1, 2000 to July 15, 2000 ^[12]. The single became his fourth chart topper in the Latin Market and spent 16 weeks within the Top 10 and 26 weeks total in the chart.

Peak positions Chart (2000) Peak position Austrian Singles Chart [13] 3 Belgium Flanders Singles Chart [13] 6 Dutch Singles Chart [13] 2 Finnish Singles Chart [13] 15 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart [13] 10 Norwegian Singles Chart [13] 3 Swedish Singles Chart [13] 11 Swiss Singles Chart [13] 21 US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 2 US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks [14] 1 US Billboard Tropical Songs [14] 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales [14] 7 US Billboard Top 40 Tracks [14] 11 US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks [14] 18 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [14] 1

Cerftications Region Certification Austria (IFPI Austria)[15] Gold Norway (IFPI Norway)[16] Gold Sweden (IFPI Sweden)[17] Gold Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[18] 22

Preceded by "A Puro Dolor" by Son By Four	U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single July 1, 2000 - July 15, 2000	Succeeded by "A Puro Dolor" by Son By Four
Preceded by "Breathe" by Faith Hill	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single July 22, 2000 August 12, 2000 – August 19, 2000 September 2, 2000 – September 23, 2000	Succeeded by "Breathe" by Faith Hill

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2000

References

1. ^ ""Grammy Awards" on Rock On The Net.com". http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popmale.htm. Retrieved 2001-02-23. 
2. ^ ""'N Sync, Madonna, Backstreet Go Latin" by Troy Carpenter on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1075964. Retrieved 2001-10-09. 
3. ^ ""I Need to Know" on Superiorpics.com". http://www.superiorpics.com/marc_anthony/. Retrieved 2000-02-23. 
4. ^ [1] "Chart Flashback" by Raymond Fiore, posted May 23, 2006
5. ^ ""You Sang to Me" on Amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004TLLU. Retrieved 2000-08-18. 
6. ^ ""You Sang to Me" on Amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004TBX3. Retrieved 2000-05-09. 
7. ^ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3036877&cdi=7544869&cid=02%2F26%2F2000. Retrieved 2000-02-26. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3037800&cdi=7578352&cid=05%2F27%2F2000. Retrieved 2000-05-27. ^{[dead link]}
9. ^ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3038081&cdi=7588330&cid=06%2F10%2F2000. Retrieved 2000-06-10. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ ""The Billboard Hot 100" on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=411&cfgn=Year-end+Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3077257&cdi=9016398&cid=12%2F31%2F2000. Retrieved 2000-12-31. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=363&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Latin+Songs&ci=3037481&cdi=7567169&cid=04%2F22%2F2000. Retrieved 2000-04-22. ^{[dead link]}
12. ^ ""Hot Latin Tracks" on Billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=363&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Latin+Songs&ci=3038360&cdi=7598328&cid=07%2F15%2F2000. Retrieved 2000-07-15. ^{[dead link]}
13. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Marc+Anthony&titel=You+Sang+To+Me&cat=s
14. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Marc Anthony: Billboard Singles". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p37072. Retrieved 2000-06-10. 
15. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Marc Anthony – You Sang To Me" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Marc Anthony in the field Interpret. Enter You Sang To Me in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
16. ^ "Norwegian single certifications – Marc Anthony – You Sang To Me" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. 
17. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20002.pdf. 
18. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000. Retrieved 2010-08-31.