Me Oyen, Me Escuchan
{{short description|Thalía song}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Me Oyen, Me Escuchan
| cover = Thalía_-_Me_Oyen,_Me_Escuchan.jpeg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Thalía
| album = Valiente
| released = {{Start date|2018|08|31|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Latin pop
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=42}}
| label = Sony Latin
| writer = * Thalía Sodi
| producer = * Chuy Nuñez
| chronology = Thalía
| prev_title = No Me Acuerdo
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Lento
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|w0dPE5Io41g|"Me Oyen, Me Escuchan"}}|header=Audio video|type=single}}
}}
Me Oyen, Me Escuchan is a song by Mexican singer Thalía from Thalía's fourteenth studio album, Valiente. It was released by Sony Music Latin as the album's second single on August 31, 2018.[https://www.eonline.com/mx/news/964577/-thalia-lanza-oficialmente-la-cancion-me-oyen-me-escuchan ¡Thalía lanza oficialmente la canción Me Oyen, Me Escuchan!]
Background and Composition
On August 2, 2018 Thalía did a Facebook Live video to thank her fans for her previous video No Me Acuerdo reaching 200 million views on YouTube.[https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/thalia-me-oyen-me-escuchan-song-8473056/ Thalia Releases New Song ‘Me Oyen, Me Escuchan’ After #ThaliaChallenge Goes Viral: Exclusive] At the beginning of the video she says "Hello! Estan ahi mis vidas? Estan ahi? Me oyen? Me escuchan?" and then begins to sing and dance "Me escuchan? Me oyen? Me escuchan, me oyen, me sienten? Yo estoy felíz felíz felíz. Felíz de que los tengo! De que los tengo, tengo, tengo!". At the end of the video she said "Gracias, gracias. Tiki tiki tin, tiki tiki tin tin tin, taka taka tan. Los amo! Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye. Como le apago?".[https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/la-historia-detras-del-me-oyen-me-escuchan-de-thalia La historia detrás del '¿me oyen? ¿me escuchan?' de Thalia] The way she said all those things went viral for being very funny to a lot of people that they started recording themselves saying the same things in the same way, thus starting a new meme called the Thalía Challenge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/entretenimiento/los-memes-mas-chistosos-de-2018-309550|title=Los memes más chistosos y virales de 2018|first=Casa Editorial El|last=Tiempo|date=December 28, 2018|website=El Tiempo}} As more people posted their Thalía Challenge videos online, even several celebrities, the video got more attention that a YouTuber named Chuy Nuñez did an autone remix of the video and uploaded it to his Facebook and YouTube channel on August 22, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPtNNsAG4as|title=Thalía - Me escuchan, me oyen, me sienten? - La Canción. Thalia Challenge|via=www.youtube.com}} On August 31, 2018 Thalía released a studio recorded version of the song on all digital platforms.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elsiglocoahuila.mx/coahuila/noticia/232823.thalia-lanza-como-sencillo-me-oyen-me-escuchan.html|title=Thalía lanza como sencillo Me Oyen, Me Escuchan|website=El Siglo Coahuila}}
Release and reception
The song became the most surprising hit of the year so Thalía decided to include it in the album as a bonus track.[https://www.fotoconciertos.com/thalia-lanza-hoy-nuevo-album-valiente/ Thalía Lanza Hoy Su Nuevo Álbum Valiente]
Live Performance
Thalía performed the song at the charity concert Las Que Mandan, where she was the one to open the show and came onto the stage singing the song from in between the crowd.[https://rpp.pe/musica/internacional/thalia-y-paulina-rubio-se-reencontraron-en-los-escenarios-tras-mas-de-20-anos-de-rivalidad-noticia-1164034 Thalía y Paulina Rubio cantaron en el mismo escenario tras más de 20 años de rivalidad]
Video
Though the song does not have an official video, a lot of people consider the Chuy Nuñez remix video to be the song's video and Thalía released an audio video on her official YouTube channel the same day of the song.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1492464.convierten-el-viral-de-thalia-tikitikiti-en-video-musical.html|title=Convierten el viral de Thalía 'Tikitikiti' en video musical|date=23 August 2018 }} On September 3, 2018 Thalía shared an official choreography video for the song on her social media.[https://www.americatv.com.pe/noticias/espectaculos/thalia-presento-coreografia-oficial-su-video-viral-n336947 Thalía presentó la coreografía oficial de su video viral] The video shows a group of teenagers dancing to the song.{{Cite web|url=https://azmedios.net/2018/09/03/thalia-busca-record-guinness-a-ritmo-de-me-oyen-me-escuchan/|title=Thalía busca récord Guinness a ritmo de Me Oyen, Me Escuchan|first1=Antonio|last1=Alej|first2=ro Zavaleta|last2=Herrera|date=September 3, 2018|website=Agencia de Información}} The video received 1.2 million views on Instagram just a few hours after its release.[https://www.revistacentral.com.mx/actualidad-revista-central/celebridades/notas/thalia-presenta-la-coreografia-del-me-oyen-me-escuchan-me-sienten Thalía presenta la coreografía del ‘Me oyen, me escuchan, me sienten’]
Charts
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Chart (2018)
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align="left"| Mexico (Billboard Espanol Airplay){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/thalia/chart-history/ |title=Thalia Chart History |publisher=Billboard |date=2003-08-23 |accessdate=2019-10-18}}
| style="text-align:center;"|31 |
align="left"|Spain Physical/Digital (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s3&year=2018&date=20180909&lang=|title=Physical/Digital Single Top 50|publisher=PROMUSICAE|date=October 7, 2018|accessdate=June 23, 2019}}
| style="text-align:center;"|26 |