Quédate conmigo

"Quédate conmigo"
"Quédate conmigo"
Single by Pastora Soler
from the album Una mujer como yo: Versión Eurovisión
Language	Spanish
Released	28 February 2012
Genre	Pop
Length	3:04
Label	Warner Music Spain
Composer(s)	Thomas G:son; Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson; Erik Bernholm;
Lyricist(s)	Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson
Pastora Soler singles chronology
Music video
	"Quédate conmigo" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry
Country	Spain
Artist(s)	Pastora Soler
Language	Spanish
Composer(s)	Thomas G:son; Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson; Erik Bernholm;
Lyricist(s)	Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson
Finals performance
Final result	10th
Final points	97
Entry chronology
	◄ "Que me quiten lo bailao" (2011)
	"Contigo hasta el final" (2013) ►
Official performance video
	"Quédate conmigo" (final) on YouTube

"Quédate conmigo" (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkeðate komˈmiɣo], "Stay with me") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Pastora Soler with music composed by Thomas G:son, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, and Erik Bernholm and lyrics written by Sánchez-Ohlsson. It represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku.

Background

Conception

"Quédate conmigo" was composed by Thomas G:son, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, and Erik Bernholm, with lyrics by Sánchez-Ohlsson.

Selection

On 21 December 2011, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) announced that it had internally selected Pastora Soler as its performer for the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.^[1] On 3 March 2012, "Quédate conmigo", "Tu vida es tu vida", and "Ahora o nunca" competed in a three-song national final organized by RTVE, and aired on La 1 of Televisión Española, to select the song Soler would perform in the contest. "Quédate conmigo", and "Tu vida es tu vida", had been directly selected by Soler, whereas "Ahora o nunca" had been selected through an online vote over "Me despido de ti".^[2]

"Voy a quedarme" won the competition so it became the Spanish entry for Eurovision.^[3] Unlike "Tu vida es tu vida", "Quédate conmigo" was not a song from Soler's latest album Una mujer como yo, she chose it from over 200 proposals she received through her record company. According to Soler, it became her favourite the moment she listened to it.^[4]

Release

The song was released in its first version in Spain on digital platforms on 28 February 2012, both as a single and as part of a 4-track EP, Especial Eurovisión, containing her candidate songs for Eurovision.^[5]

The final Eurovision version of the song, with polished production, was included in a special reissue of Una mujer como yo, Soler's latest album, which was re-released on 27 March 2012.^[6] This version was also released as a single on digital platforms on 30 March 2012 as "Quédate conmigo (Versión Bakú)".^[7]

Soler recorded an English-language version of the song, "Stay With Me", which was released on digital platforms on 24 July 2012.^[8]

Music video

RTVE premiered the official music video of the song on 19 March 2012. The video focuses on Pastora Soler, with medium shots and close-ups of her against a black backdrop. These images are alternated with a couple of dancers. The music video served to introduce the final version of the song for the Eurovision Song Contest.^[9]^[10]

Eurovision

On 26 May 2012, the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku hosted by İctimai Television (İTV) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Soler performed "Quédate conmigo" nineteenth on the night, following Turkey's "Love Me Back" by Can Bonomo and preceding Germany's "Standing Still" by Roman Lob.^[11]

At the close of voting, it had received 97 points, placing tenth in a field of twenty-six, achieving the first top 10 result for Spain since 2004.^[12] The song was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 2013 contest by "Contigo hasta el final" by El Sueño de Morfeo.^[13]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)^[14]	76
Spain Singles (PROMUSICAE)^[15]	6
Spain Airplay (PROMUSICAE)^[16]	40

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[17]	35

Legacy

Cover versions

In 2013, Rafa Blas, known for winning the first season of La Voz aired on Telecinco, included a cover of the song in his debut studio album Mi Voz.^[18]

Other performances

On 24 July 2016, María Jimena sang the song in the Knockout stage of season five of La Voz... México aired on Las Estrellas.
On 4 December 2017, Nerea performed the song on Gala 6 of season nine of Operación Triunfo aired on La 1 of Televisión Española, in the presence of Soler herself.
In the show La mejor canción jamás cantada [es] aired on La 1 of Televisión Española to choose by popular vote the best Spanish song ever sung, Agoney performed "Quédate conmigo" in the episode dedicated to the 2010s, aired on 29 March 2019, winning the episode competition.^[19] In the grand final episode, aired on 5 April 2019, in which the winner song of each episode dedicated to each of the previous seven decades competed, the song was performed by Gerónimo Rauch [es] placing sixth in the overall competition.^[20]

Impersonations

In the ninth episode of the third season of Tu cara me suena aired on 19 December 2013 on Antena 3, Melody impersonated Soler singing "Quédate conmigo".^[21]
In the ninth episode of Tu cara me suena mini aired on 6 November 2014 on Antena 3, Carla Núñez impersonated Soler singing "Quédate conmigo" replicating her performance at Eurovision.^[22]
In the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of Tu cara me suena aired on 2 February 2018 on Antena 3, Diana Navarro impersonated Soler singing "Quédate conmigo" replicating her performance at Eurovision, in the presence of Soler herself.^[23]

References

^ "Pastora Soler representará a España en Eurovisión 2012 en Bakú". RTVE.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
^ "Pastora Soler cantará "Ahora o nunca" en la gala de Eurovisión de TVE". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ "Spain: Pastora Soler will sing Quédate conmigo in Eurovision 2012" (in Spanish). Esctoday.com. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
^ "He encontrado una balada moderna, espectacular, con algo especial como Solo tú o La mala costumbre". Eurovision-Spain.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ "Ficha: Pastora Soler en Warner" (in Spanish). WarnerMusic.es. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
^ "La reedición de Una mujer como yo saldrá el 27 de marzo e incluirá la versión final de Quédate conmigo" (in Spanish). Eurovision-Spain.com. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ "Quédate Conmigo (Versión Baku) - Single Pastora Soler". iTunes.com. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Stay with me estará disponible en las plataformas digitales el 24 de julio" (in Spanish). EurovisionSpain.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ "RTVE.es estrena el lunes el videoclip de "Quédate conmigo", la canción de Pastora Soler en Eurovisión 2012" (in Spanish). RTVE.es. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ Sanjay Jiandani. "Spain: Pastora's videoclip to be premiered on Monday". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - final". Eurovision Song Contest. 26 May 2012. İTV / EBU.
^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2012 scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - Spain". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "PASTORA SOLER - QUÉDATE CONMIGO (NUMMER)". Ultratop.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – PASTORA SOLER - QUÉDATE CONMIGO (SONG)". Top 50 Canciones. Hung Medien.
^ "Spanish Airplay Chart" (PDF).
^ "Top 50 Canciones Anual 2012" (PDF). Promuiscae.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
^ "Rafa Blas, Nek, Mark Owen o Los Mojinos, principales novedades discográficas de esta semana" (in Spanish). Los 40 Principales. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
^ "Quédate conmigo, cantada por Agoney, es la mejor canción de los años 2010" (in Spanish). RTVE. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ "Gerónimo Rauch interpreta Quédate Conmigo en La Mejor Canción Jamás Cantada" (in Spanish). BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ "Melody imita a Pastora Soler en Tu cara me suena". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 20 December 2013.
^ "Carla imita a Pastora Soler en Tu cara me suena Mini". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
^ "Diana Navarro nos deja sin aliento con su versión del tema 'Quédate conmigo' de Pastora Soler". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 2 February 2018.

External links

"Quédate conmigo" at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] "Pastora Soler representará a España en Eurovisión 2012 en Bakú". RTVE.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

[2] "Pastora Soler cantará "Ahora o nunca" en la gala de Eurovisión de TVE". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[3] "Spain: Pastora Soler will sing Quédate conmigo in Eurovision 2012" (in Spanish). Esctoday.com. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

[4] "He encontrado una balada moderna, espectacular, con algo especial como Solo tú o La mala costumbre". Eurovision-Spain.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

[release-5] "Ficha: Pastora Soler en Warner" (in Spanish). WarnerMusic.es. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

[release2-6] "La reedición de Una mujer como yo saldrá el 27 de marzo e incluirá la versión final de Quédate conmigo" (in Spanish). Eurovision-Spain.com. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[7] "Quédate Conmigo (Versión Baku) - Single Pastora Soler". iTunes.com. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

[english-8] "Stay with me estará disponible en las plataformas digitales el 24 de julio" (in Spanish). EurovisionSpain.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[9] "RTVE.es estrena el lunes el videoclip de "Quédate conmigo", la canción de Pastora Soler en Eurovisión 2012" (in Spanish). RTVE.es. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[10] Sanjay Jiandani. "Spain: Pastora's videoclip to be premiered on Monday". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[11] "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - final". Eurovision Song Contest. 26 May 2012. İTV / EBU.

[12] "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2012 scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[13] "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - Spain". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[14] "PASTORA SOLER - QUÉDATE CONMIGO (NUMMER)". Ultratop.

[15] "Spanishcharts.com – PASTORA SOLER - QUÉDATE CONMIGO (SONG)". Top 50 Canciones. Hung Medien.

[16] "Spanish Airplay Chart" (PDF).

[17] "Top 50 Canciones Anual 2012" (PDF). Promuiscae.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-15.

[18] "Rafa Blas, Nek, Mark Owen o Los Mojinos, principales novedades discográficas de esta semana" (in Spanish). Los 40 Principales. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

[19] "Quédate conmigo, cantada por Agoney, es la mejor canción de los años 2010" (in Spanish). RTVE. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[20] "Gerónimo Rauch interpreta Quédate Conmigo en La Mejor Canción Jamás Cantada" (in Spanish). BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[21] "Melody imita a Pastora Soler en Tu cara me suena". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 20 December 2013.

[22] "Carla imita a Pastora Soler en Tu cara me suena Mini". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.

[23] "Diana Navarro nos deja sin aliento con su versión del tema 'Quédate conmigo' de Pastora Soler". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 2 February 2018.

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Songs	"Algo pequeñito" "Algo prodigioso" "Amanece" "Amanecer" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Baila el Chiki Chiki" "Bailar pegados" "Bailemos un vals" "Bandido" "Bloody Mary" "Brujería" "Canta y sé feliz" "Caracola" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Colgado de un sueño" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Dile que la quiero" "Dime" "Do It for Your Lover" "Eaea" "Él" "Ella no es ella" "En un mundo nuevo" "Enséñame a cantar" "Eres tú" "Estando contigo" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "La fiesta terminó" "Gwendolyne" "Hablemos del amor" "Hombres" "I Love You Mi Vida" "La La La" "Lady, Lady" "Llámame" "Nacida para amar" "No estás solo" "No quiero escuchar" "La noche es para mí" "Para llenarme de ti" "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Quédate conmigo" "Quédate esta noche" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Say Yay!" "Sin rencor" "SloMo" "Sobran las palabras" "Su canción" "Todo esto es la música" "Tu canción" "Tú volverás" ~~"Universo"~~ "Valentino" "La venda" "Vivo cantando" "Voy a quedarme" "Vuelve conmigo" "Y sólo tú" "Yo soy aquél" "Zorra"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Spain did not compete