Amarte a Ti

1996 single by Cristian Castro

"Amarte a Ti"

Single by Cristian

from the album El Deseo de Oír Tu Voz

Released

1996 (1996)

Recorded

1995

Studio

Old House Studios
(New York City)

Genre

Latin pop

Length

3:24

Label

Melody

Songwriter(s)

Walter Arenzon · Daniel Freiberg

Producer(s)

Daniel Freiberg

Cristian singles chronology

"Amor"
(1995)

"Amarte a Ti"
(1996)

"No Puedo Arrancarte de Mi"
(1996)

"Amarte a Ti" (English: Loving You) is a song written by Walter Arenzon and co-written and produced by Daniel Freiberg and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Cristian Castro from his fourth studio El Deseo de Oír Tu Voz (1996).^[1] It was released as the second single from the album.^[2] It became his third number-one song on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart and his sixth number-one on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. It was recognized as on the best-performing songs of the year at the 1997 BMI Awards.^[3] The song was later covered by Dominican Republic merengue band Sin Fronteras on their album Abriendo Caminos (1996) and recorded a music video for it.^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[7]	8
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)^[7]	2

References

^ "El Deseo de Oir Tu Voz – Cristian Castro | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ Resendez, Hector (June 22, 1996). "The Latin Lockdown" (PDF). Cashbox: 19. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ "Los Premios Latino de BMI". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 13, 1997. p. 85. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
^ "Abriendo Camino – Sin Fronteras | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ "Cristian Castro Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Cristian Castro Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "1996: The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media. December 28, 1996. p. YE-64, 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved September 26, 2016.