Y Yo Sigo Aquí#I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)

"Y Yo Sigo Aquí" lasts for four minutes and fourteen seconds.{{cite web |title=Y Yo Sigo Aqui |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMvthsr-3ZM |publisher=YouTube |access-date=5 November 2020}} It is composed in the key of C-sharp major and is set in time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 126 beats per minute.{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio - Y Yo Sigo Aqui |url=https://tunebat.com/Info/Y-Yo-Sigo-Aqui-Paulina-Rubio/2Ma2f8jV8VKMJoAcnCvZ8h |publisher=Tunebat |access-date=5 November 2020}} Lyrically, the track discusses a female who flirtatiousness to her crush, expressing her romantic interest and sexual.

In their book "The Latin Beat : The Rhythms And Roots Of Latin Music From Bossa Nova To Salsa And Beyond", Ed Morales labelled it a Europop track that follow "vocal trend of a distorted voice that dominates European music, along pulses with a synthesized house beat",{{cite web |last1=Morales |first1=Ed |title=The Latin Beat : The Rhythms And Roots Of Latin Music From Bossa Nova To Salsa And Beyond |url=https://www.bookdepository.com/es/Latin-Beat-Ed-Morales/9780306810183 |website=bookdepository |publisher=Ingram Publisher Services US |access-date=5 November 2020 |location=Cambridge, MA, United States |pages=400 |language=en |format=Paperback |date=23 October 2003}} while Joey Guerra from Amazon album review claimed that it "showcase pulsing club rhythms."{{cite web |title=Paulina - Amazon review |url=https://www.amazon.com/Paulina-Rubio/dp/B00004T9U2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300578425&sr=1-1 |publisher=Amazon |access-date=23 December 2020}} Most music specialists characterized it as a dance-pop song. Writing for the newspaper website El Periodico, the Catalan music critic Jordi Bianciotto identified the song "it mixed an incisive house rhythm with nods to Mexican folklore." He also said "Paulina sings with a distorted voice with ‘autotune’ very Cher," alluding to her song "Believe" of 1998.{{cite news |last1=Bianciotto |first1=Jordi |title=Paulina Rubio vuelve a la carga |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/cuaderno/20190113/paulina-rubio-la-voz-7238448 |newspaper=Elperiodico |date=13 January 2019 |publisher=El Periodico |access-date=1 July 2021 |language=Spanish}}

"Y Yo Sigo Aquí" reached number one in several countries. In the United States, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart on April 7, 2001, and became Rubio's best-reach US single since "Mío" (1993). In the same week, it reached number two on the Latin Pop Songs.{{cite web |title=Billboard (April 7, 2001) |date = 7 April 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBMEAAAAMBAJ&q=paulina+rubio+y+yo+sigo+aqui&pg=PA67 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=5 November 2020 |page=67}}

It is Rubio's strongest commercial breakthrough in the Europe, a region where she had previously achieved limited success.{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio se consolidó en España con 'Y yo sigo aquí' |date = 5 August 2013|url=https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/20130805/mas-actualidad/sociedad/sigo-aqui-paulina-rubio-201307311556.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fwww.google.com.mx%2F |publisher=La Verdad |access-date=5 November 2020 }} In Spain, "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" reached at number one on the Los 40 airplay chart in the week of April 13, and became Rubio's first number-one single in the region.{{cite web |title=Los 40 - Números 1 del Año 2001 |url=https://los40.com/lista40/numeros-1/ |website=Los 40 (Spain) |access-date=7 May 2024}} According to the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" was the third most programmed song on the radio in 2001 in Spain.{{cite web |title='Paquito el chocolatero', la canción más escuchada en verbenas, hoteles y salas en 2001 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/04/17/cultura/1019048280.html |publisher=El Mundo |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=Spanish |date=17 April 2002}}

A music video for "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" was shot by Gustavo Garzón. It premiere in December 2000, on MTV Español's The Clip List.{{cite web |title=Billboard Magazine (December, 2000) |date = 30 December 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Paulina&pg=RA1-PA56 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=21 December 2021 }}

The song received a nomination for the Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 2001 ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-18-ca-23444-story.html|title=The Full List of Nominations|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 28, 2011|date=July 18, 2001}} The song and music video received Lo Nuestro Awards nominations in 2002;{{cite web |url=http://especiales.univision.com/contentuvn/tv/plnuestro2002/votacion_tuopinion.html|title=Premios Lo Nuestro: Votación 2002|work=Univision |publisher=Univision Communications Inc.|access-date=August 20, 2013|year=2002}} the same year, "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" ranked third on the poll for the best all-time Spanish song in the United States by Univision, after "Piel Morena" by Mexican singer Thalía and "No Sé Tú" by Mexican-American singer Luis Miguel.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgREAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&article_id=1454,3652146|title=Breves: Música|language=es|date=September 18, 2002|access-date=March 18, 2024|page=7|newspaper=La Opinión}}

According to the musical section of the Spanish tabloid Diario AS, "Y Yo Sigo Aqui" is considered one of Rubio's songs from the 2000s that marked a resounding success in Spain. Epik journalist María Lovera mentioned that "both in the melody and in the video clip [Rubio] marked a new stage in her career."{{cite web |last1=Lovera |first1=María |title='Y yo sigo aquí' y otras canciones de Paulina Rubio que marcaron los 2000 |url=https://as.com/epik/2020/06/17/portada/1592378088_838048.html |website=as.com |date=17 June 2020 |publisher=Diario AS |access-date=17 July 2020 }} Italian newspaper Il Giornale singled out the song as "one of the clearest examples of a summer catchphrase" that marked the summer of the early 2000s, and conquered Europe.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Domenico |title=I tormentoni dell'estate: baci lesbo e tanto "sole cuore amore" |date=8 July 2015 |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/spettacoli/i-tormentoni-dellestate-tre-1149693.html |publisher=Il Giornale |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=Italian}}

The song appear on the video games Black Bean Games Let's Dance With Mel B (2011).{{cite web |title=Desvelada la lista de canciones de "Let's Dance with Mel B" |url=https://juegosadn.eleconomista.es/desvelada-la-lista-de-canciones-de-lets-dance-with-mel-b-no-37933/ |publisher=Juegos ADN |access-date=4 November 2020 }} "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" is featured on HBO dramedy television series Generation in March 2021.{{cite web |title=Nava Mau Shines (and Subverts Transgender Stereotypes) on HBO’s ‘Genera+ion’ |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/nava-mau-subverts-trans-stereotypes-on-hbo-generation/ |publisher=Texas Monthly |access-date=27 October 2023 }}

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• Mexican CD Single{{cite AV media notes|title=Y Yo Sigo Aquí (Mexican CD Single) |others=Paulina Rubio |year=2000 |type=Mexican CD Single liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Mexico and Polydor Records|id=CDP 2-00644}}

1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" – 4:13

• Spanish CD Single{{cite AV media notes|title=Y Yo Sigo Aquí (Spanish CD Single) |others=Paulina Rubio |year=2001 |type=Spanish CD Single liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Latino and MuXXic|id=0106.2}}

1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" – 4:13

• Spanish Remixes{{cite AV media notes|title=Y Yo Sigo Aquí (Spanish Remixes) |others=Paulina Rubio |year=2001 |type=Spanish Remixes liner notes |publisher= MuXXic|id=8431588013120}}

1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Album Version) – 4:13
2. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Radio Edit) – 3:15
3. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Radio TV) – 3:13
4. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Radio Instrumental) – 3:13
5. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Club Mix) – 7:07

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• Italian 12" Vinyl{{cite AV media notes|title=Y Yo Sigo Aquí (Italian 12" Vinyl) |others=Paulina Rubio |year=2001 |type=Italian 12" Vinyl liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Latino|id=GOOD 40}}

1. A-1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (F&M Extended Version) – 4:58
2. A-2. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (F&M Radio Version) – 3:33
3. B-1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Album Version) – 4:16
4. B-2. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (F&M Club Version) – 4:58

• Italian Remixes{{cite AV media notes|title=Y Yo Sigo Aquí (Italian Remixes) |others=Paulina Rubio |year=2001 |type=Italian Remixes liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Latino|id=158-408-2}}

1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Album Version) – 4:13
2. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Club Mix) – 7:07
3. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Club Radio Edit) – 3:15
4. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí (Sexual Lover)" (Spanglish) – 3:57
5. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (F&M Radio) – 3:32

• European CD Single{{cite AV media notes|title=Y Yo Sigo Aquí (European CD Single) |others=Paulina Rubio |year=2001 |type=European CD Single liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Latino|id=PRCDP1}}

1. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Album Version) – 4:13
2. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Club Mix) – 7:27

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{{Infobox song

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| type = single

| album = Border Girl

| artist = Paulina Rubio

| released = {{Start date|2001|06|29}}

| studio = *Midnight Blue Studios (Miami, Florida)

| genre = *Dance-pop

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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=58}}

| label = Universal Records

| writer = {{hlist|Estéfano|Jodi Marr}}

| producer = Doug Morris

| chronology = Paulina Rubio

| prev_title = Yo No Soy Esa Mujer

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Don't Say Goodbye

| next_year = 2002

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On June 26, 2001, Rubio announced the surprise release of an English version of "Y Yo Sigo Aquí", after the great international success of the song and the wide audience reach around the world.{{cite web |title=Sexual Lover - Paulina Rubio |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/sexual-lover-mr0000473905 |website=allmusic.com |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=30 October 2020}} The English-translation was adapted by Jodi Marr. "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" was released on June 29, 2001.{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio se pone 'sexual' en inglés |url=https://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/2011/paulina-rubio-se-pone-sexual-en-ingles.html |publisher=El Siglo de Durango |access-date=4 August 2022 |language=Spanish}}

Doug Morris, then Universal chairman/CEO, sent the song to WPOW (96.5 FM) Power 96 Miami as a "a first English-language single" and was hugely popular "predominantly female listenership", according to a Billboard article.{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio Aims To Cross Over |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79307/paulina-rubio-aims-to-cross-over |website=billboard.com |date=26 June 2001 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=30 October 2020 }}

Following its commercial release on radio stations in the United States and Canada, the song was released in the United Kingdom and Europe in spring 2002. English electronic dance music record label Almighty Records released a remix of the demo version of and the song changed the titled to "Sexual Lover".{{cite web|title=Paulina en inglés|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-438917|publisher=El Tiempo|access-date=21 January 2019|date=16 July 2001}} They announced:

{{Blockquote|text=Paulina Rubio is (we're told) South America's answer to Madonna! Her new single is the rather poptastic and very fun 'Sexual Lover' and Almighty have remixed the track ready for her planned European launch next year [2002]. Meanwhile, all Almighty fans hungry to get this mix will have to head off to Mexico or somewhere similar to grab a copy! — Almighty Records (2002){{cite magazine|url=https://soundcloud.com/universaledmchic/paulina-rubio-sexual-lover-almighty-radio-edit|title=Paulina Rubio - I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) [Almighty Radio Edit]|magazine=Universal Records|access-date=November 6, 2020}}}}

Finally, "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" was included with Rubio's sixth studio album Border Girl.

The music critics agreed that "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" was a step towards a more dance sound. Frank Kogan from The Village Voice stated that the song "[is one] of the two great dance-sex tracks on Border Girl."{{cite web |last1=Kogan |first1=Frank |title=Border Girl – The Village Voice Review |date=23 July 2002 |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2002/07/23/whose-kiss-is-this/ |publisher=The Village Voice |accessdate=5 March 2021}} According to Allmusic's Jose F. Promis, the sound capt a "Hi-NRG dance ditties."{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r592269|first=Jose F.|last=Promis}} Joey Guerra from Amazon highlight the track as "the throbbing rhythm-club" of the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/Border-Girl-Paulina-Rubio/dp/B000067O2T/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&crid=3K306786QV2RD&dchild=1&keywords=paulina+rubio&qid=1600369112&s=music&sprefix=paulina+%2Cpopular%2C233&sr=1-1|title=Paulina Rubio Border Girl – Amazon.com Music|publisher=Amazon Music|date=August 21, 2002|accessdate=September 17, 2020}}

Commercially, "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" reached top 50 singles chart in Czech Republic and becoming a hit on dance/electronic radio airplay in Russia. Rubio featured on the main cover of various artists compilation album Танцевальный Рай 14 (Dance Paradise 14) in 2003.{{cite web |title=Más imágenes Various – Танцевальный Рай 14 |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Various-%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9-14/release/5103419 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=17 March 2021}}

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Colombia director Simón Brand directed the music video for "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)", was produced by Juan Basanta and filmed in Punta Cana resort town in the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. Rubio's looks — her youthfulness, slim figure and blonde hair – had attracted comments on her sexual image. Basanta said then that the story of the video is "an oil party that shows the arrival of the sun with music. Erotic and sensual."{{cite web |title=Revelan detalles de nuevo video de Paulina Rubio |url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/84148.html |publisher=El Universal |access-date=6 November 2020}} Rubio is portrayed as a sexual girl to the music, dancing all day until she and the backup people are excited. Music video premiere on MTV Polska in March 2003.{{cite web |title=Most Added Airplay |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-03-01.pdf |publisher=Music & Media |access-date=2 December 2021}}

The video begins with a DJ puts a record vinyl on the turntable. The next scene Rubio wake up in a bed around guys and girls while singing the song; they are soon joined by Rubio, who has wavy light-blonde hair and stunning. The setting changes to the beach where Rubio, wearing a leopard print bikini, dances with the guys. Then she goes to the water and starts flirting with the others. Again in the bar, Rubio dances between two girls who begin to put oil on her; now she is wearing an orange top and cutoff shorts. Some people take lollipops while she dances. Rubio and the guys dance and they meet on the floor. It alternates scenes featuring her entangled with a group of half-naked people. The video ends as she laughs and puts her arms around two girls.

In a retrospective review by Billboard staff they wrote, "she has always relished that bad-ass, hard-partying persona" and described her as the "Ultimate Party Girl" while "strutting in a cheetah print bikini."{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio Turns 44: Which of Her Music Video Looks is Your Favorite? |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6598331/paulina-rubio-birthday-best-music-video-look-poll |website=billboard.com |date=17 June 2015 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=27 January 2021 }} ¡Hola!'s staff wrote "Paulina acts as the host of a great beach party where love and sensuality predominate."{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio, más sensual que nunca en su nuevo vídeo musical |date=27 February 2003 |url=https://mx.hola.com/musica/2003022739177/musica/paulinarubio/video/ |publisher=¡Hola! Spain |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=Spanish}}

The music video was known as "Sexual Lover" on music television networks. An "uncensored version" was published in English and Spanish and an "alternative version" of the Spanish version only.

• US CD single{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio – I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) European CD Single |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Paulina-Rubio-Ill-Be-Right-Here-Sexual-Lover/release/4851127 |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=5 November 2020}}

1. "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" (Radio Edit) – 2:57

• UK CD single{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio – I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) UK CD Single |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/master/view/492284 |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=5 November 2020}}

1. "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" (Radio Edit) – 2:57
2. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Spanglish Version) – 4:07
3. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Album Version) – 3:59

• European CD, Maxi-Single, Enhanced{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio – I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) European CD Single |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Paulina-Rubio-Ill-Be-Right-Here-Sexual-Lover/release/4704439 |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=5 November 2020}}

1. "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" (Radio Edit) – 3:59
2. "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" (Baston & Burnz Mix) – 7:22
3. "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Berger & Bosh Mix) – 7:58
4. "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" (Video) – 3:58

• UK CD 10th anyversary Almighty Records{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio – I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) UK CD Single |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Paulina-Rubio-Sexual-Lover/release/4036149 |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=6 November 2020}}

1. "Sexual Lover" (Almighty Radio Edit) – 3:25
2. "Sexual Lover" (Almighty Club Mix) – 7:27
3. "Sexual Lover" (Almighty Radio Edit 2) – 3:25
4. "Sexual Lover" (Almighty Club Mix) – 7:27

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