Released on July 25, 2011, the version of Teló became a national success, reaching the top position of the Brazilian music charts, and the video of the song reached a views record onYouTube for Brazilian music, with more than 1 billion views. The song began having an international impact, according to Teló andSharon Acioly, one of the authors, when the footballer playerCristiano Ronaldo began in one of the gols dancing the choreography of the song.[2][4][5][6][7] By the end of 2011, "Ai Se Eu Te pego" became a worldwide hit[8][9][10] and would take Michel Teló reaching the number one spot in more than 20 countries worldwide.[11] The commercial success of the Teló version was so big that "Ai Se Eu Te pego" was the six best download single of 2011, with more than 7 million units sold.[11]
Originally, the authorship of the song was initially credited toSharon Acioly andAntônio Dyggs.[2][12][13] However, in February 2012, was revealed that Amanda Cruz, Aline Medeiros and Karine Assis Vinagre (three students fromParaíba) were the authors of the verses that would become the basis for the chorus of "Ai se eu te pego", and they ended up being recognized as the co-authors next to Acioly and Dyggs.[14] Another three students, Maria Eduarda Lucena dos Santos, Marcela Quinho Ramalho and Amanda Borba Cavalcanti de Queiroga, claim in court the co-authorship of the song.[15]
The lyrics begin with two cries of "Nossa! Nossa!" short for "nossa senhora" - Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, an equivalent of "Wow!" in Brazilian Portuguese.[16] ThenAssim você me mata, "You kill me," a common exclamation.[17] Then "ai, se eu te pego, ai, ai, se eu te pego." - "Ooh, if I catch you."[18] The verse then repeats with "Delícia, delícia" instead of "Nossa, nossa." The third verse of the song is the only verse with a narrative text: describing a Saturday night, a crowd beginning to dance, and summoning courage to speak to the most beautiful girl. Verses 4 and 5 repeat the simple exclamations of verses 1 and 2.
With a new version, the first group to sing "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was Os Meninos de Seu Zeh, conduter by Driggs:
in the time, the lyrics was very different. Instead of 'sábado na balada', They sing 'sábado na Kabana', which is a night house that i'm have in the Feira de Santana.[3]
The song did have a good local repercussion, but with the success on the Northeast region ofBrasil would come more versions.[2] The version of Meninos de Seu Zeh attached the attention of the forró groupCangaia de Jegue, raising inSalvador, that became the first group to commercially record the song, in 2010.[13][19] with the recording of Cangaia de Jegue, "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" became a big success inBahia.[3]
In the same year,Garota Safada re-recorded "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", with a ballad mood, and this version became a big success on the North East region of Brazil, especially for cheering tradition parties of São João in the region.[2][3] And it was during a party of São João in Salvador that the Paraná singerMichel Teló heard for the first time "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", sung by Cangaia do Jegue.[19] after he heard the song, Teófilo Teló, brother and businessperson, realized that the song has the potetion of being a national hit and sought the producers of Cangaia de Jegue, that indicated Acioly, that finally, that authorized Michel Teló to record a version of the song.[2][3]
Before the recording by Michel Teló, the song additionally got a recording byAlexandre Peixe and by the Forró band Sacode.[20]
Antônio Dyggs, who co-wrote the song, realized it could become a national hit in Brazil and offered it for a release by Brazilian singerMichel Teló. The result was a hit in Brazil, Latin America and Europe.
"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was the sixth best-selling single of 2012 worldwide with over 7.2 million in sales that year, placing it on thelist of best-selling singles of all time.[21] The single has become the most downloaded digital track in Germany since 2006.[22] As of July 2014, it is the 90th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 308,000 units sold.[23] The official YouTube video has over a billion views as of April 2022.[24]
Internationally, the song debuted and peaked at the number one spot in Spain,[26] where 12,000 copies were sold in the first week,[27] and remained in the number one spot for 16 consecutive weeks between 2011 and 2012.[28]
In the weekly chartsItalian Singles Chart, the song debuted at #2 in November,[29] and in the next week, the song reached #1 and would stay there for nine non-consecutive weeks between 2011 and 2012.[29][30][31]
In Germany, the song became the best-selling song of 2011.[32]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
Dutch singer Tom Haver also recorded a Dutch version of the song, called "Samen vanavond" ("Together tonight"). This version reached the 66th position in the Mega Single Top 100.[154]
The song is especially popular among footballers. It was first danced by Brazilian playerNeymar who initially appeared on a video dancing to the song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego". Many other videos of the same player emerged later leading to its huge popularity in Brazil.
The song became extremely popular in Spain and all over Europe afterReal Madrid playersMarcelo andCristiano Ronaldo celebrated a goal dancing to the choreography of the song.[155] Playing in aLa Liga match, the dance was performed by the two players after Ronaldo scored the first goal againstMálaga on 22 October 2011. The popularity was such that on 12 January 2012, Michel Teló was invited to the Real Madrid training ground and posed for pictures with Marcelo and Ronaldo.[citation needed] The goal celebration has been performed by many other footballers across Europe.[citation needed]
Muay Thai kickboxerSudsakorn Sor Klinmee danced and sang along to "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" in the ring following his win overMarco Piqué atYokkao Extreme 2012 inMilan on 21 January 2012. The mixed martial artistsFabrício Werdum andDave Herman have used the song as their entrance music. Werdum walked out to it before facingMike Russow atUFC 147 inRio de Janeiro on 23 June 2012, while Herman entered to the song ahead of his match withAntônio Rodrigo Nogueira atUFC 153 on 13 October 2012, also in Rio.
^Brazil: The Social Media Capital of the Universe 4 February 2013 "His song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego," or "Oh, If I Catch You," about meeting a pretty girl at a party, has become No. 1 on iTunes in countries throughout ."
^Brésil 2013-2014 ed. Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Collectif - 2012 Page 70 "En 2011, le chanteur Michel Teló fait danser le monde entier en popularisant le tube Ai se eu te pego."
^Edvan Antunes - De caipira a universitário - Page 104 "Mesmo tendo conquistado o mundo com a música "Ai se eu te pego", Michel Teló não deixou de lado a simplicidade e humildade que sempre o acompanharam, desde ..."
^Karen KellerPortuguese For Dummies 2011- Page 118 "Nossa senhora! (noh-sah seen-yoh-dah; Wow!)... Nossa senhora! literally means Our lady and would "
^Milton Meira do NascimentoJornal de resenhas 2001 Page 638 "O "autor", no auge da sua glória, se despede da posteridade: "É terrível! É terrível! Assim você me mata... Oh! Vou morrer...".
^Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco Amma Chief 2012 "Y escucho pormi oído izquierdo la canción, "Nossa, nossa, assim você me mata, ai se eu te pego, ai, ai, se eu te pego."
^"Media Forest – Weekly Charts".Media Forest. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2018.Note: Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
^"Media Forest – Weekly Charts".Media Forest. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2018.Note: Select 'Songs – TV'. Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
