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Sálvame

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"Sálvame"
Song

"Sálvame" (English: "Save Me") was the third single released by the Mexican pop group RBD, featured on their debut album Rebelde. Anahí sings alone in this song, and the rest of the band are only backing vocal. The song became their third number one single in a row in Mexico. The song was announced as one of 2005's most played song in Mexico. On July 22 2006, the song was also used to promote the first season of the soap opera Rebelde.

The song has a sequel. "Algún Día" was recorded in 2006 and is featured on RBD's third Spanish studio album Celestial. Also, and English version of the song was recorded in 2006.

"Save Me" is the title for the English version of "Sálvame" and is featured on RBD's 2006 first English studio album, Rebels.

The portuguese version of this song was released as single on Brazil with the name Salva-Me, along with Solo Quédate En Silencio, on a promotional double A-Side single there.

Chart performance

The song peaked at number one in the Chile version[1] of the Los 40 chart. Despite airplay in the U.S, the song did not do any chart-topping on the Latin Charts. It has only charted in the U.S. Latin Pop Airplay and has peaked at number twenty-seven (#27) there.

On the Top Latino, the song became RBD's highest single debut of the album debuting at #26[2], it jumped to #25 and the next week to #6, it peaked at #5 becoming their third Top 5 in a row[3]. The song ended the year as the 21th most played song of 2005 in Latin America, behind "Rebelde" (13th) and "Solo quédate en silencio" (20th).

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Mexican Singles Chart 1
Iberoamerica Top 100 1
Los 40 Principales Chile 1
Chilean Singles Chart 2
Latin America Top 40 5
Peruvian Airplay Chart 9
Brazilian Singles Chart 12
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay 27

Music video

The video became the third that was directed by Pedro Damián. The video is very simple, and features views from Canada, where the video was shot, as they perform the song in the snow, different scenes from the band appear showing what they did behind cameras during the video shot.

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