No Me Dejes de Querer

"No Me Dejes de Querer" (Never Stop Loving Me) is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her third Spanish album Alma Caribeña. It reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] A dance remix reached number 8 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2]

"No Me Dejes de Querer"
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Alma Caribeña
ReleasedApril 2000 (2000-04)
GenreLatin, tropical
Length3:28
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Music of My Heart"
(1999)		 "No Me Dejes de Querer"
(2000)		 "Como Me Duele Perderte"
(2000)

Song history

Following the success of "Music of My Heart", "No Me Dejes De Querer" was a hit for Estefan and she won her first Latin Grammy Award in the category of Best Music Video at the first ceremony celebrated for these awards in September 2000.[3] "No Me Dejes de Querer" became her first Spanish language-song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, and is also her highest-charting Spanish-language song on that chart.[4]

Composition

For her album Alma Caribeña, Estefan, her husband Emilio Estefan Jr., and singer Robert Blades incorporated various Latin music styles from the islands of the Caribbean.[5] The song "No Me Dejes De Querer" brought together tropical music and Latin music to form "tropical Latin". The rhythm of the song switches between Afro-Cuban clave and non-clave Latin beats. The song carries a feeling of salsa and mambo dancing. The instruments include acoustic guitars, a horn section, and Latin percussion.[4]

Chart performance
Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles 77[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Airplay 70
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 8[2]
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 1[6]
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 1[6]
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Regional Mexican Airplay 31[6]
Netherlands 100
Japan 29
Spain 1
Spain (Remixes) 17
Switzerland Top 100 Singles Chart 76

References
  1. "Chart History: Gloria Estefan – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. "Chart History: Gloria Estefan – Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  3. Méndez-Méndez, Serafín; Cueto, Gail A.; Deynes, Neysa Rodríguez (2003). "Gloria Estefan". Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-313-31443-8. LCCN 2001033695.
  4. Campbell, Michael (2018). Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On (5 ed.). Cengage. p. 287. ISBN 9781337671965.
  5. Ruhlmann, William. "Gloria Estefan – Alma Caribeña". AllMusic. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  6. Companioni, Ricardo (June 10, 2000), "Latin Tracks A-Z", Billboard Magazine, New York City: Billboard Music Group, vol. 112, no. 24, p. 46, retrieved December 19, 2016
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