En la Obscuridad

For the Yandel song, "En la Oscuridad", see De Líder a Leyenda.
"En la Obscuridad"
Single by Belinda
from the album Catarsis
Released November 12, 2012 (Airplay)[1]
January 8, 2013 (Digital)[2]
Format Promo, digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre Electropop, dance-pop
Length 3:30
Label Capitol Latin
Writer(s) Belinda, Nacho Peregrín, Joan M. Ortíz Espada, Víctor "El Nasi" Martínez
Producer(s) Víctor "El Nasi"
Belinda singles chronology
"Te Voy A Esperar"
(2012)		 "En la Obscuridad"
(2012)		 "Constantemente Mía"
(2013)
Music video
"En la Obscuridad" on YouTube
Catarsis track listing

"En la Obscuridad" (English: "In the Darkness") is the second single from the Spanish born-Mexican singer Belinda's fourth studio album Catarsis; it was released on iTunes in Mexico on January 8, 2013 by Capitol Latin.

Background and composition

Due to the success of the single "Egoísta" featuring Pitbull from Belinda's third studio album,Carpe Diem, Belinda announced in an interview for a Mexican local radio station, that she would be collaborating with Pitbull again for the second single from her album Catarsis, on a song entitled "I Love You, Te Quiero". However, for unknown reasons, the single release was cancelled, and her record label opted to release "En La Oscuridad" instead, which was released to Latin radio stations on November 12, 2012.[1]

The single was released on iTunes on January 8, 2013.[3][2]

Music video

The video was shot on the 18th and 20 December 2012 and was directed by Daniel Shain.[4] It is inspired by the movie, Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan.[5] According to magazine TVNotas, the music video was shot in various locations around the Historic center of Mexico City, as well as at Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. This is the most expensive music video in Belinda's career to date, at a cost of US$2 million.[6]

The scenery is an 8 tons revolving structure; also there was used a hot air balloon which flew over the streets of the first shots of the city. The scenery was created by Belinda's father, Ignacio Peregrín, and it took two days of construction.[6] For the wardrobe, Belinda was inspired by several important figures in the Mexican culture like the Virgin of Guadalupe and Frida Kahlo, but with a sophisticated touch. Gustavo Matta participated in the creation of the look called "Mexican chic", which was originally Belinda's mother, Belinda Schüll's idea. Her romantic interest is the Brazilian model Pedro Arnon.[6]

On February 21, her official video for "En La Obscuridad" was released and featured on the Billboard site's homepage, which boosted the video past 8 million total views in just one week. With just 2 days, the video broke the Latin record on VEVO, with more than 3 million views.[7] The exposure caused a 153% growth in weekly fan acquisition with the addition of 5,000 new Facebook fans (up 17%) and 211,000 new Twitter followers. The video's popularity contributed to over 12 million plays to her channel for the week of the release (up 32%) and the overall exposure contributed to 16% rise in weekly visits to her Wikipedia page. Belinda debuted at 45 on the Social 50 chart.[8] The music video has over 226 million views on VEVO, but the video has been removed because it violated YouTube's Terms of Service although the video is still available on VEVO only in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and the Netherlands.[9]

Promotion

She performed "En La Obscuridad" at the Premios Telehit 2012, Tour Positivo and Mexico Sueña. She has made many interviews around Europe, Latin America and United States to promote the single, she also has been on a promo tour across United States, Spain and Mexico.

Track listing

Digital download[10]

  1. "En La Obscuridad" (Belinda, Nacho Peregrín, Joan M. Ortíz Espada, Víctor "El Nasi" Martínez) — 3:30

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Mexico Airplay (Billboard) 32[11]
Mexico Español Airplay (Billboard) 9[12]
Mexico (Monitor Latino) 10[13]
Mexico Spanish-AC-Pop (Monitor Latino) 2[14]
South Korea (GAON) 65[15]
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[16] 25[17]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18] 39
France Singles Chart (SNEP) 88[19]
Costa Rica Top 40 (IFPI) 19[20]
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[21] 33
US Latin Streaming Songs (Billboard) 9[22]
Venezuela Top 200 (Record Report) 87[23]
Venezuela Top Latino (Record Report) 25[24]
Venezuela Pop Rock General (Record Report) 41[25]
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Venezuela Top 200 (Record Report) 196[26]
Venezuela Top Latino (Record Report) 37[27]

Year-End charts

Country Chart List Peak
position
Year-End 2013
Mexico Monitor Latino Top 100 69[28]
Venezuela Record Report Top 100 53[29]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Venezuela (APFV)[30] Platinum 10,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 Segundo sencillo Twitter
  2. 1 2 iTunes - Música - En la Obscuridad - Single de Belinda
  3. ↑ Portada oficial de ELO – a la venta en iTunes este 8 de Enero!
  4. ↑ Grabaciones (Diciembre 18) belindaphotos.com
  5. ↑ FOTOS & VÍDEO: Grabaciones de En la Obscuridad – Día #2 TVNotas, Reforma, manuuelsitow YouTube, Jorge Ugalde
  6. 1 2 3 FOTOS: Imágenes exclusivas del nuevo clip de Belinda :: TVNotas !Irresistible! tvnotas.com.mx
  7. ↑ Belinda Batió Records con En La Obscuridad
  8. ↑ Mexican pop star Belinda makes her Social 50 debut at No. 45
  9. ↑ Belinda – En la Obscuridad
  10. ↑ "En La Obscuridad" on iTunes —iTunes.apple.com
  11. ↑ Belinda - En La Obscuridad | México Airplay Billboard
  12. ↑ Belinda - En La Obscuridad | México Español Airplay Billboard}
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ Spanish-AC-Pop
  15. ↑ "South Korean Goan International Single Chart (February 17, 2013 – February 23, 2013)". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  16. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201326 into search.
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Belinda – En La Obscuridad" Canciones Top 50.
  19. ↑ "France Hit 200". SNEP. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  20. ↑ "Costa Rica Top 40". IFPI. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  21. ↑ "Belinda – Chart history" Billboard Hot Latin Songs for Belinda. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  22. ↑
  23. ↑ Top 200 - Record Report
  24. ↑ Top Latino - Record Report
  25. ↑ Pop Rock General - Record Report
  26. ↑ Record Report - Top 200 - 01/03/2014 recordreport.com.ve
  27. ↑ Record Report - Top Latino - 01/03/2014 recordreport.com.ve
  28. ↑ Las 100 más programadas en la Radio de México en 2013. | Radio Notas
  29. ↑ ANUAL REPORTE DE LA MÚSICA VENEZOLANA DEL 2013 Reportland
  30. ↑ APFV (November 30, 2013). "Certificaciones De Venezuela Del 2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). APFV. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
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