Hermanita

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"Hermanita"
Aventura - Hermanita.jpg
Single by Aventura
from the album Love & Hate
Released2003
Recorded2003
Genre Tropical
Length4:35
Label Premium Latin Music
Songwriter(s) Anthony "Romeo" Santos
Producer(s) Lenny Santos, Anthony Santos, Henry Santos Jeter
Aventura singles chronology
"Obsesión"
(2002)
"Hermanita"
(2003)
"Llorar"
(2004)
Music video
"Hermanita" on YouTube

"Hermanita" is a song recorded by bachata group Aventura. It served as the group's main single from their third studio album Love & Hate . The song reached big recognition in many Spanish-speaking countries and reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart while peaking at number three on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart. It also peaked at number twelve in Switzerland and remained charted for twenty-four weeks. This is Aventura's second real-life situation song.

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Music video

The music video for "Hermanita" is about Romeo's older sister whose husband abuses her physically and emotionally and "Romeo" shows up to help her after she calls him. She ends up murdering her husband with the gun her brother gave her (Romeo).

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