"Tenerte Y Quererte" is a song recorded by Mexican pop-rock group RBD for their debut studio album Rebelde.[2] It was originally written in English by Amy Powers and Guy Roche with music from,under the title "Connected". American actress and singer Sara Paxton would later record the track for the film Aquamarine in 2006. The song appears on the soundtrack for the 2008 animated film Barbie &the Diamond Castle.[3]
Songwriter Amy Powers wrote "Connected" with music by Guy Roche in the early 2000s,searching for an English-speaking singer to record the track.[4] Following unsuccessful results,the song was bought by EMI,who gave the song to the producers of RBD for inclusion on their debut album. The song was adapted to Spanish by songwriter and producer Michkin Boyzo. It was titled "Tenerte y Quererte" (English:"Have You and Love You") and released alongside the group's first album on 30 November 2004 as the seventh track.
Following the RBD's success alongside their telenovela Rebelde in Brazil in 2005,the group recorded a Brazilian Portuguese version of the album,released on 1 November 2005. One of the seven tracks adapted to the language was "Tenerte y Quererte",retitled solely to "Querer-te",being the fifth track on the album.[5] This version was also included on the Diamond Edition of the album's original Spanish version as the fourteenth track,released on 2 March 2006.
In 2006,the group began recording their third Spanish album and first English-language album. The former,titled Celestial,was released in November. It was followed by Rebels,released on 19 December. The album included English versions of their previous original Spanish songs,as well as the original English versions of songs they adapted to Spanish:"Connected","Happy Worst Day" and "Gone" ("Feliz Cumpleaños" and "Me Voy" on Nuestro Amor).[6]
Live performances
Following the release of their debut album,RBD began their first national and later international tour,Tour Generación RBD,in May 2005. "Tenerte Y Quererte" was the fourteenth song on the setlist during the year,later rising one spot during the second leg in 2006 and 2007. The band's first live CD Tour Generación RBD En Vivo was released in July 2005,and included the audio from "Tenerte Y Quererte";its DVD counterpart shows the performance for the song.[7]
During their shows in Brazil,RBD performed a mash-up of "Tenerte Y Quererte" and "Querer-te",with the first verse and second pre-chorus being performed in Portuguese by Dulce María and Maite,and the band,respectively. RBD's third live album Live in Rio was recorded in 2006 and released the following year,and includes an example of the aforementioned version of the song.[8]
During their Celestial and Empezar Desde Cero Tours,the band performed the track as part of the "Medley Rebelde",which was included on their fourth and fifth DVD albums.[9] The song was later included on the setlist as part of the "Medley Eras" section for the group's reunion Soy Rebelde Tour in 2023.[10]
American actress and singer Sara Paxton recorded "Connected" in its orignal language for the 2006 teenfantasyromantic comedy film Aquamarine directed by Elizabeth Allen and released on March 3. Paxton's version of the song was released a week earlier on February 21 by Epic Records as part of the film's soundtrack.[12]
The singer's recording of the song was seen as a "trade-off" with RBD due to the group recording and releasing "Bésame Sin Miedo",a Spanish-cover version of Paxton's song "Kiss Me Like You Mean It",included on their third studio album later in the year.[13]
The song was covered in English by Cassidy Ladden and Melissa Lyons for the direct-to-videoanimatedmusical filmBarbie &the Diamond Castle,released on September 9,2008. Included in the soundtrack for the film is the version performed by Katharine McPhee.[15] A third version was released by Suzanne Shaw in the same year.[16]
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