Tu falta de querer
{{Short description|2015 song by Mon Laferte}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{use American English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Tu falta de querer
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mon Laferte
| album = Mon Laferte Vol.1
| released = {{Start date|2015|10|14|df=y}}
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 4:39
| label = Universal
| writer =
- Mon Laferte
- Manuel Soto
| producer = Mon Laferte
| prev_title = Amor Completo
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Si tú me quisieras
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|WT-VE9OyAJk|"Tu falta de querer"}}}}
}}
"Tu falta de querer" (Spanish for Your lack of loving) is a song by Chilean and Mexican singer Mon Laferte released in 2015, through Universal Music Group as part of her third studio album Mon Laferte Vol.1. The song was written and produced by Laferte.
«Tu falta de querer» is currently among the most streamed songs from a Chilean artist in Spotify placing at number two, only behind «Una noche en Medellín» by Cris MJ.{{cite web|accessdate=February 20, 2025 |language=es |title=Las 30 canciones chilenas más escuchadas en Spotify estos diez años |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/artes-y-cultura/musica/2024/07/03/amp/urbanos-clasicos-y-jovenes-las-30-canciones-chilenas-mas-escuchadas-de-spotify-en-estos-10-anos.shtml}}
Background
At the time of writing this song, Laferte went through depression caused by the rupture of the relationship with her partner, which led her to think about suicide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/falta-querer-la-desgarradora-historia-detras-la-cancion-mas-triste-mon-laferte/|title="Tu falta de querer": la desgarradora historia detrás de la canción más triste de Mon Laferte|last=E. Ortega, S. Rivas|date=2017-02-26|website=La Tercera|access-date=2020-01-11}} As she explained in an interview: "I wrote about how I felt and walked there the melody as spinning in my head".
On 30 August 2014, Laferte launched through her official YouTube account the first version of the song, in which we see the singer-songwriter next to her guitar performing the song acoustically in her living room.{{Citation|last=YouTube|author-link=YouTube|title=Mon Laferte - Tu Falta De Querer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXD3Zm6P8sc|publication-date=2014-08-30|language=en|access-date=2020-01-11}} It was performed with the help of her friends, who recorded this version of the song with the phone, and one of them asked if she could upload it to YouTube, to which Laferte replied: "if no one is going to see it." Soon this video became increasingly popular with respect to the rest of the videos on its channel. It currently has over 513 million views.
On 31 January 2015, she released the album Mon Laferte Vol. 1, which includes the song. On August 21 of that same year, the album was relaunched and remastered, this time through Universal Music, where a new version of "Tu Falta de Querer" was included, which was differentiated by the change of a guitar solo to a piano solo.
Music video
The video was released on 14 October 2015, through the Laferte's VEVO channel, becoming a trend and one of the most-watched videos of a Chilean singer. As of January 2020, it reached over 320 million views on the YouTube platform, this being its first VEVO Certified.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/musica/mon-laferte-exhibio-premios-que-ha-cosechado-el-ultimo-tiempo/2017-05-12/113024.html|title=Mon Laferte exhibió premios que ha cosechado el último tiempo|last=Cooperativa.cl|website=Cooperativa.cl|language=es|access-date=2020-01-11}}
The music video juxtaposes funeral and wedding imagery, showing Mon Laferte dressed as a bride, accompanied by a funerary march, on a tour of the Cerro de San Pedro in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, finally being burned in effigy as she sings the final chorus in tears.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Mon Laferte Vol.1 liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|year=2015|title=Mon Laferte Vol.1|type=album liner notes|others=Mon Laferte|publisher=Universal Music|at=Back cover}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/mon-laferte-mon-laferte/0060254780665|title=Album Mon Laferte, Mon Laferte {{!}} Qobuz: download and streaming in high quality|website=Qobuz|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-11}}
Vocals
- Mon Laferte – lead vocals
Musicians
- Manuel Soto – piano, synthesizer
- Daniel Martinez – drums
- David Rodríguez – saxophone
- Santiago Lara – guitar
- Jimmy Frazier – bass
- Patricio Garcia Portius – electric guitar
- Néstor Varela – trombone
- Joe D'Ettiene – trumpet
Production
- Mon Laferte – production
- Benjamín Castro – mixing
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Tu Falta de Querer" ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardargentinahot100|98|artist=Mon Laferte|rowheader=true|access-date=22 March 2025}} |
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= Year-end charts =
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|+2017 year-end chart performance for "Tu falta de querer" ! scope="col" |Chart (2017) ! scope="col" |Position |
| scope="row" |Chile (Monitor Latino){{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2017/Chile/general|title=Chile General – Top 100 Chart anual|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}
|33 |
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| scope="row" |Chile Pop (Monitor Latino){{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2017/Chile/pop|title=Chile Pop – Top 100 Chart anual|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}
|12 |
| scope="row" |Nicaragua Pop (Monitor Latino){{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2017/Nicaragua/pop|title=Nicaragua Pop – Top 100 Chart anual|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}
|36 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2018 year-end chart performance for "Tu falta de querer" ! scope="col" |Chart (2018) ! scope="col" |Position |
| scope="row" |Chile (Monitor Latino){{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2018/Chile/general|title=Chile General – Top 100 Chart anual|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}
|63 |
|---|
| scope="row" |Chile Pop (Monitor Latino){{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2018/Chile/pop|title=Chile Pop – Top 100 Chart anual|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}
|26 |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Mon Laferte|title=Tu Falta De Querer|award=Diamond+Gold|number=3|type=single|relyear=2015|relmonth=12|certyear=2020|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true | noshipments=true}}
References
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