| Te Quise Tanto | |
| Cover: | Te Quise Tanto.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Paulina Rubio |
| Album: | Pau-Latina |
| Released: | December 22, 2003[1] |
| Recorded: | 2003 |
| Genre: | Latin pop |
| Length: | 4:05 |
| Label: | Universal Latino |
| Producer: | Emilio Estefan |
| Prev Title: | When You Say Nothing At All |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Algo Tienes |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"Te Quise Tanto" (English: I Loved You So Much) is a song by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio from her seventh studio album Pau-Latina (2004). It was released as the lead single from the album by Universal Latino on December 22, 2003. The song was written by Coti Sorokin, Andahí and Adrian Schinoff, and produced by Emilio Estefan Jr.. "The Quise Tanto" is a Latin pop and pop rock song in which Rubio expresses how difficult it is to forget a lover.
Upon its release, "Te Quise Tanto" received positive reviews from music critics. At the 13th ASCAP Awards, the song winner in the category of "Latin Pop-Ballad". Commercially, it was a success and peaked on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks in the United States for six non-consecutive weeks, the longest stay at the summit by the singer in that chart to date.
In 2024, Cadena Dial included it in its list of "the 20 best songs released in 2004".[2]
Paulina performed the song at the 2004 Latin Billboard Awards.
In the United States, "Te Quise Tanto" becoming Rubio's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart; it spent a total of six weeks at the top position, while also reaching number one on the Latin Pop Airplay. The song managed to peak at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Also, as of December 11 of 2009, "Te Quise Tanto" became the 72nd most played song of the past decade amongst the top 100 most popular songs from Billboards, Latin Pop Songs charts. The song peaked within the top 5 on singles charts of Colombia (2), Chile (5) and Venezuela (2).[3]
A music video was shot by Gustavo Garzón,[4] and it was filmed in December 2003 in Los Angeles.[5] The clip has a cartoonish aesthetic, psychedelic figures and Rubio's timeless glamor.[6]
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Colombia (Notimex)[10] | 3 |
| Mexico (Reforma)[11] | 2 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[12] | 5 |
| US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) [13] | 1 |
| US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[14] | 1 |
| US Tropical Songs (Billboard)[15] | 3 |
| US Regional Mexican Songs (Billboard)[16] | 23 |
| Venezuela (Notimex) | 3 |
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[17] | 2 |
| US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[18] | 2 |