Mentiroso (Enrique Iglesias song)

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"Mentiroso"
Enrique-Iglesias-Mentiroso.jpg
Single by Enrique Iglesias
from the album Quizás
Released22 July 2002 (2002-07-22)
RecordedFebruary–May 2002
Studio Nadir Studios
(Madrid, Spain)
South Point Studios
(Miami Beach, Florida)
Larrabee Studios
Westlake Studio
Westlake Audio
(Hollywood, California)
Compass Point Studios
The Hit Factory Critiera
(Miami, Florida)
Genre
Length4:00
Label Universal Music Latino
Songwriter(s)
  • Cheín García Alonso
  • Enrique Iglesias
Producer(s)
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
"Maybe"
(2002)
"Mentiroso"
(2002)
"Quizás"
(2002)

"Mentiroso" (English: Liar) is the first single released internationally by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his fourth full-Spanish album, Quizás (2002), It was released on 22 July 2002 (see 2002 in music).

Contents

Song information

The track was written by Cheín García-Alonso and Enrique Iglesias. It was released to U.S. radio outlets on 22 July 2002 [1] in two versions, ballad and mariachi, making the first time that any Iglesias single is released with mariachi.

Chart performance

The track debuted on the United States Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 6 on 10 August 2002, [2] and rose to number 1 six weeks later, [3] spending one week at the summit. The single spent 13 weeks in the top 10.[ citation needed ]

Chart (2002)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks [3] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay [4] 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay [5] 6
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay [6] 4
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles [7] 5

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