"Si Tú Te Vas" (English: "If You Go Away") is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his 1995 eponymous debut studio album.
It also topped the charts in Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico; reached the top-ten in Belgium, El Salvador, Bolivia and Peru; and also peaked at number 27 in France.
[6] Iglesias borrowed $4,000 ($7,240 in 2021) from his nanny Elvira Olivares to record a demo of "Si Tú Te Vas" without his father's knowledge.
[7] After being turned down by three major Latin music labels,[6] Guillermo Santiso, the president of Fonovisa Records, was impressed with both the demo of the song and the photo of the artist.
[5] As Iglesias had not informed his parents that he began pursuing a music career, he could not record in either Spain or South America, which led him to doing it in Canada.
[10] The music video was filmed in New York and premiered on 4 October 1995 as a screen projection on a side wall of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
[11][12] Iglesias is wearing trousers and a jacket with the wind blowing his hair at his forehead which Los 40 editor Juan Vicente commented that it "defined him as a Latin balladeer or crooner like his father".
[14] Iglesias performed "Si Tú Te Vas" live on Sábado Gigante in 1995, which Billboard contributor Angie Romero listed as one of the show's "10 Best Musical Moments".
[21] Thessa Mooij of Music & Media called the song a "perfect summertime blues ballad with plenty of drama and arrangements".
[28][29] In the US, "Si Tú Te Vas" debuted at number 22 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart on the week of 14 October 1995.
MCA Director of International Marketing Kate Farmer noted was "quite an unusual response for France" while label manager Sophie Louvet mentioned that the French media are "usually very slow.