Overview
"Papi Te Quiero" (English: Daddy I Love You) is a song by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen, from the platinum edition of her third studio album, Diva (2003). It was composed by Queen and her then husband Gran Omar, produced by Tony "CD" Kelly and Rafi Mercenario and released as the third single from the album in 2004. The song heavily samples Sean Paul's "Like Glue" released a year earlier. On digital editions of the album, Anthony Kelly, co-writer of "Like Glue", is credited as being featured on the song, though, provides no vocals. There is a music video associated with the song released along with the music video for the last single off the album "Tu No Puedes". In the music video, she sports the Los Angeles Lakers' women's sport outfit. Ivy Queen performed the English version of the song on ABC's Good Morning America. The song was performed as a part of the set of her 2008 World Tour which was held from the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, also known as the Coliseum of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Background
In 1999, following the failed commercial success of her first two studio albums (1997's En Mi Imperio and 1998's The Original Rude Girl), Ivy Queen was dropped from the Sony label, taking a self-imposed break from her musical career. Though the moderate hit, "In The Zone" with Wyclef Jean was able to chart in the United States, the second single "Ritmo Latino" and the album The Original Rude Girl were not, and were subsequently overlooked and effectively forgotten. However, The Original Rude Girl was critically acclaimed by many, including an editor for Allmusic; they rated the album 4/5 stars and listed it as a selected "Allmusic Pick". This occurred after she left Sony and "stepped out of Wyclef Jean's shadow".
In 2001 and 2002, Queen began appearing on reggaetón compilation albums, spawning hits like "Quiero Bailar" from The Majestic 2 and "Quiero Saber" from Kilates. In 2003, Queen and her then-husband Gran Omar signed with Real Music, an independent label based in Miami, Florida, established by Jorge Guadalupe and Anthony Pérez. They appeared on the label's first album Jams Vol. 1, which Pérez released after several major record labels turned him down.
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