Mil Pedazos Explained

"Mil Pedazos" ("Thousand Pieces") is a song performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes for his sixth studio album Loco de Amor (2014). Written by the singer, and the member of the Mexican band Café Tacuba, Emmanuel Del Real, and produced by Juanes with the collaboration of Steve Lillywhite, Universal Music Latino released the song as the second single from Loco de Amor on March 7, 2014.

Production and release

"Mil Pedazos" was written by Juanes himself and Emmanuel Del Real, member of the Mexican band Café Tacuba. Production of the song was helmed by Juanes and co-produced by Steve Lillywhite. Matty Green engineered the song and mixed it together with Lillywhite. "Mil Pedazos" was recorded in two studios: Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, and Perfect Sound Studios in California. The song was included on Juanes' sixth studio album Loco de Amor, which was released worldwide on April 11, 2014.

Chart performance

In Colombia, "Mil Pedazos" debuted at number 10 on the National-Report ending April 14, 2014.^[1] In the United States, the song debuted at number 30 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart, and in Mexico on the Billboard Mexican Airplay chart peaked at number 33.^[2]

Credits and personnel

Recording

• Recorded at Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, California and Perfect Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Personnel

• Songwriting – Juanes, Emmanuel Del Real
• Production – Juanes, Steve Lillywhite
• Vocal engineering and recording – Matty Green
• Mixing – Steve Lillywhite, Matty Green

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Loco de Amor, Universal Music Latino, Parce Music LLC (BMI).^[3]

Charts

Chart (2014–18)	Peak position
Colombia (National-Report)[4]	5
Dominican Republic Pop (Monitor Latino)[5]	8
Ecuador (National-Report)[6]	81
Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[7]	18
Spain Airplay (PROMUSICAE)[8]	9

Release history

Region

Date	Format	Version	Label
Worldwide[9]	March 7, 2014	Music video	Promotional single	Universal Music Latino
Latin America[10]	March 19, 2014	Airplay	Main single
Mexico[11]	April 15, 2014
Spain[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top Nacional . es . 2014-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140213185519/http://colombia.national-report.com/reporteNacional.php . 2014-02-13 . 2014-04-28 . dead .
2. Trust. Gary. April 14, 2014. Chart Highlights: Jason Derulo Dominates Pop Songs With 'Talk Dirty'. Billboard. Rovi Corporation. May 2, 2014. April 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417073316/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6052297/chart-highlights-jason-derulo-dominates-pop-songs-with-talk. live.
3. Loco de Amor (Liner Notes) . Juanes. 2014. Compact Disc . . Colombia .
4. Web site: Top Nacional . es . 2014-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140213185519/http://colombia.national-report.com/reporteNacional.php . 2014-02-13 . 2014-05-02 . dead .
5. Web site: Top RD . 2014-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140603174004/http://dom.monitorlatino.com/topSRD.aspx . 2014-06-03 .
6. Web site: Top 100 Ecuador. es. National-Report. May 8, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508140710/http://www.national-report.com/top-ecuador/. May 8, 2018.
7. Juanes - Chart history . Billboard . April 24, 2014 . November 21, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121095348/https://www.billboard.com/artist/juanes/chart-history/mexico-airplay/ . live .
8. Web site: Top 50– Lista de Radio Musical. PROMUSICAE. 25 April 2014. es. 2014. 11 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140611170551/http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semanales. live.
9. Web site: Juanes presentó el video de su nueva canción 'Mil Pedazos'. 8 March 2014. Shock.co. es. 2014-04-24. 2014-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425021602/http://www.shock.co/noticias/articulos/juanes-presento-el-video-de-su-nueva-cancion-mil-pedazos-52075. live.
10. Web site: JUANES RELEASES HIS SECOND SINGLE "MIL PEDAZOS" WORLDWIDE. Universal Music Latino. es, en. 2014-04-24. 2014-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425005804/http://www.universalmusica.com/juanes/2014/03/19/juanes-estrena-a-nivel-mundial-su-nuevo-tema-mil-pedazos/. live.
11. Web site: iTunes – Music – Mil Pedazos – Single por Juanes. iTunes (MX). January 2014. Apple Inc.. 2014-04-24. es. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212536/https://itunes.apple.com/mx/album/mil-pedazos-single/id855689938. live.
12. Web site: Mil Pedazos (2014) – Juanes. 7 Digital (ES). April 24, 2014. es. April 25, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425002944/http://es.7digital.com/artist/juanes/release/mil-pedazos-1. live.