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Lento (Julieta Venegas song)
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Wikipedia article
'"Lento"' (English: "Slow") is the second single from the third album by Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, called 'S.' The song was named the 5th best song of the 2000s decade by Latin music website Club Fonograma.
Song information
The song was written by Coti Sorokin and Julieta Venegas. Julieta plays the accordion, drum machine and keyboards on the track. It made the 'Billboard' chart, and reached positions 31 and 13 on the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay respectively.
Julieta performed a new version on piano for her MTV Unplugged in 2008.
Erika Martins Brazilian singer performed a cover of this song in Portuguese in 2009, and sings a few bars of the song in Spanish position in the lists of popularity in Brazil.
Live performance
The performance of the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamrica 2004 in Miami, Florida performs with the Mexican hip hop group Cartel de Santahttp://de10.com.mx/5697.html
Music video
The music video was filmed in Japan, and featured her twin sister Yvonne. It was directed by Rogelio Sikander. It begins with Julieta walking the streets of Tokyo and following her sister Yvonne. The two are dressed in the same clothes and have the same hairstyle (except for Yvonne having shorter hair). Animated flowers and plants begin to grow each time Julieta goes through a street and on anything she touches. The video ends with the sisters playing a crane game.
Track listing
;CD Single
#"Lento" 4:03
Charts
Weekly charts
{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Chart (200304)
!align="left"|Peak
position
|-
|align="left"|Argentina (Top 20 Argentina)
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|Chile (Top 20 Chile)
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Mxico (Top 10 Mxico)
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|US Latin Songs ('Billboard')
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="left"|US Latin Pop Songs ('Billboard')
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|Venezuela Singles Chart[http://recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock Venezuela Singles Chart]
|align="center"|9
|-
|}
References
10. https://www.discogs.com/Julieta-Venegas-Lento/master/1049551
Category:Julieta Venegas songs
Category:Songs written by Julieta Venegas
Category:2004 singles
Category:Songs written by Coti
Category:2003 songs
Category:RCA Records singles
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