«Tenía tanto que darte» (I Had so much to give you) is a single by Spanish band Nena Daconte, released in September 13, 2008 through Universal Music España as the lead single for their second studio album Retales de carnaval (2008).
| Tenía tanto que darte | |
| Type: | Single |
| Artist: | Nena Daconte |
| Album: | Retales de carnaval |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Released: | September 13, 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2007 |
| Genre: | pop rock |
| Length: | 3:25 (single version) 3:39 (album version) |
| Label: | Universal Music Spain |
| Producer: | Kim Fanlo |
| Prev Title: | Marta |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | El Aleph |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
«Tenía tanto que darte» become an instant hit in Spain. It debuted at its peak position of 2 just behind the worldwide success «Colgando en tus manos» by David Bustamante and Marta Sánchez.[1] It stayed at the second spot of the PROMUSICAE Top 50 Songs for four weeks before it started to fall down the charts.[2] the song spent a total of 25 weeks on the chart and became the duo’s second top 10 after «En qué estrella estará» in 2006.[3] On the airplay charts, «Tenía tanto que darte» d more impactful. It reached number one in Los40 charts for two weeks.[4]
The song was written by Nena Daconte singer Mai Menesses. During an interview the singer had in a program radio in Cadena Ser, she affirmed all the songs from their second studio album was written in a really short amount of time and «Tenía tanto quedarte» wasn’t an exception affirming that she wrote in five minutes.[5]
During the time of the song release, rumors started to spread affirming the single was written about a miscarriage Menesses had. Rumors which she denied and said the song was about “It’s about taking the decision to keep all those good memories of a past [love] relationship”.[6]