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{{Infobox song
| name          = Me Haces Falta
| cover         = Me Haces Falta.png
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Jennifer Lopez]]
| album         = [[Como Ama una Mujer]]
| English_title = "I Need You"
| A-side        = [[Do It Well]]
| released      = {{Start date|2007|03|23}}
| recorded      =
| studio        = Midnight Blue Studios ([[Miami]], [[Florida]])
| venue         =
| genre         = [[Latin pop]]
| length        = {{duration|m=3|s=37}}
| label         = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer        = {{flat list|
*[[Marc Anthony]]
*[[Estéfano]]
}}
| producer      = {{flat list|
*Marc Anthony
*Estéfano
}}
| prev_title    = [[Qué Hiciste]]
| prev_year     = 2007
| next_title    = [[Do It Well]]
| next_year     = 2007
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XOpSqkBBbz8|"Me Haces Falta"}}}}
}}

"'''Me Haces Falta'''" (English: ''I Miss You'') is a song recorded by American singer [[Jennifer Lopez]] for her fifth studio album, ''[[Como Ama una Mujer]]'' (2007). It was written and produced by [[Marc Anthony]] and [[Estéfano]]. The song was released on March 23, 2007 by [[Epic Records]] as the second and final single from the album. "Me Haces Falta" is a [[Latin pop]] song about [[self-hatred|self-loathing]]. Its instrumentation consists of drums, cello, bass and guitar.

[[Music journalism|Music critics]] were complimentary to the song's lyrics and to Lopez's vocals, but dismissed its production. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by [[Sanji (director)|Sanji]]. The video portrays Lopez as an undercover FBI agent who surrenders her lover to the police and has regrets afterwards. "Me Haces Falta" was included in the set list of Lopez's [[Juntos en Concierto (Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony)|co-headlining tour with Anthony]] in 2007.<ref name="END"/>

==Background==
[[File:Marc Anthony 2, 2010.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Lopez's husband [[Marc Anthony]] inspired her to record a Spanish album. He co-produced the majority of the album, alongside [[Estéfano]].]]

Plans for Lopez to release a Spanish language album materialized in 2004, when Lopez's then-husband [[Marc Anthony]] was finishing up production of his ninth studio album ''[[Amar Sin Mentiras]]'' (2004) with [[Estéfano]] and Julio Reyes. Lopez went into the recording studio with them to record a song entitled "Escapémonos", as a duet with Anthony. She enjoyed working on the song so much that she decided to record a full-length Spanish album; something she had wanted to do for years.<ref name="She is woman"/> Prior to breaking out into the music scene in May 1999 with her single "[[If You Had My Love]]", Lopez always pictured her music career to be in Spanish. According to Lopez: "My life took a different turn, which was great for me. But my heart was always kind of on the Spanish side."<ref name="Sawfnews"/> Before recording began for her first Spanish album, Lopez recorded and released her fourth English studio album ''[[Rebirth (Jennifer Lopez album)|Rebirth]]'' (2005).<ref name="Rebirth Allmusic"/>

In early 2006 it was announced that Lopez would release her first Spanish album and her fifth studio album ''[[Como Ama una Mujer]]'' later that year.<ref name="2006 Billboard"/> The album was produced by Anthony, Estéfano and Reyes over a span of three years. According to Estéfano, ''Como Ama una Mujer'' will "prove critics wrong" from its "big songs that require a voice"; referring to the critics about Lopez having a "limited" vocal tone.<ref name="Contactmusic Rebirth"/><ref name="Contactmusic Spanish"/> The album was released on March 27, 2007 in the United States, preceding the release of its lead single "[[Qué Hiciste]]" in January.<ref name="Allmusic Como"/><ref name="Amazon Que Hiciste"/> ''Como Ama una Mujer'' received mixed reviews from [[music criticism|music critics]]. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 45, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="Como metacritic"/> "Me Haces Falta" was announced to be the album's second single and was released [[music download|digitally]] in select countries on March 23, 2007, such as Austria, Canada and Italy. It was then serviced to radio on the week of June 29, 2007.<ref name="People en Español"/> The song was later included as a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to "[[Do It Well]]", the lead single from Lopez's sixth studio album ''[[Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)|Brave]]'' (2007), in September 2007.<ref name="Amazon Do It Well"/>

==Music and lyrics==
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"Me Haces Falta" is a [[Latin pop]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]], with a length of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds (3:37). Its instrumentation consists of drums, cello, bass and guitar.<ref name="Album booklet"/> Estéfano wrote the lyrics to "Me Haces Falta", while Anthony composed its music.<ref name="People en Español"/> Both co-produced the song together, while Julio Reyes provided the arrangement. Bruce Swedien and [[Peter Wade Keusch|Peter Wade]] recorded Lopez's vocals for the song at Midnight Blue Studios in [[Miami, Florida]], while its mixing was done by Reyes and Swedien.<ref name="Album booklet"/>

According to Lopez, the song is about missing someone terribly; "someone who is missing someone so much and has done something so wrong to the person that they know they can't fix it. So they just hate themselves right in that moment, they can't stand [it], they regret everything that they did and they wish they could change things."<ref name="J.Lo promises"/> James Reed of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' noted the chorus of "Me Haces Falta" to be [[Self-hatred|self-loathing]], with the lines: "Tú me haces falta/Sí, me arrepiento/Me odio/Estoy desesperada" (English: "I miss you/Yes, I repent/I hate myself/I'm desperate").<ref name="Reed"/> Chris Willman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' praised the song's lyrics, but dismissed the song's production, stating that it does not live up the song's "florid, romance-novel lyrics".<ref name="Willman"/>

==Music video==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:J.Lo - Me Haces Falta.png|thumb|right|Lopez and her lover in the music video]] -->

The music video for "Me Haces Falta" was shot over a period of two days in Los Angeles, California by [[Sanji (director)|Sanji]] with the production company Reactor Films.<ref name="Video static">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204082204/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/06/booked_jennifer.html |archive-date=December 4, 2009 | url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/06/booked_jennifer.html |title=Music Video News: BOOKED: Jennifer Lopez&nbsp;– Sanji, director |publisher=Video Static |date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref> During an interview with [[MTV News]], Lopez described the video by saying: "Basically they are getting to know each other and kind of falling for each other, and in this video, it's not a good thing, as you'll see how it ends up."<ref name="J.Lo promises"/> The music video was made available for purchase on the [[iTunes Store]] on July 17, 2007.<ref name="iTunes video">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/me-haces-falta/260631606 |title=iTunes&nbsp;– Music Videos&nbsp;– Me Haces Falta by Jennifer Lopez |publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple|date=July 17, 2007 |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

The clip opens with Lopez and her love interest conversing on the side walk in front of a shop window. These scenes are intercut with that of suspicious men in a van, observing Lopez and her lover. Later, Lopez and her lover split and she starts singing as she walks down the street. She goes inside a boutique and enters through at a secret door. As she enters, she takes off a wig and changes her clothing. She enters in a room where there are pictures of her lover scattered across a table. These scenes are intercut with scenes of Lopez and her lover laying in a grass. As the video progresses, Lopez is seen sad, accompanied with her love interest and his friend in an apartment; they are observing from a window with [[binoculars]]. It is revealed that the men from the beginning of the video are [[FBI]] officers and they are entering the building abruptly. They break into Lopez and her lover's apartment and arrest him. In the end, it is revealed that Lopez is an undercover FBI agent who surrenders her boyfriend.

==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Como Ama una Mujer''.<ref name="Album booklet"/>

;Technical
*"Me Haces Falta" was recorded at Midnight Blue Studios in [[Miami, Florida]].

;Personnel
{{div col}}
*Songwriting&nbsp;– [[Estéfano]]
*Production&nbsp;– [[Marc Anthony]]
*[[Recording engineer]]s&nbsp;– Bruce Swedien, [[Peter Wade Keusch|Peter Wade]]
*[[Mixing engineer]]s&nbsp;– Bruce Swedien, Julio Reyes
*Assistant engineers&nbsp;– Sebastían de Peyrecave, Pedro Namerow
*Arrangement, programming&nbsp;– Julio Reyes
*[[Drums (musical instrument)|Drums]]&nbsp;– Ricardo "Tiki" Pasillas
*[[Bass (instrument)|Bass]]&nbsp;– Erben Perez
*Guitars&nbsp;– Mario Guini
*Keyboards&nbsp;– Julio Reyes
*[[Strings (music)|Strings]]&nbsp;– Julio Reyes
*Cello&nbsp;– Wells Cunningham
*[[Background vocals]]&nbsp;– Marc Anthony, Estéfano, Vicky Echeverri
*[[Art direction]]&nbsp;– Julian Peploe
*Photography&nbsp;– Tony Duran
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="Contactmusic Rebirth">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/pages/jenniferlopezx18x03x05|title=Jennifer Lopez&nbsp;– Rebirth&nbsp;– Album Review|publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Como metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/como-ama-una-mujer|title=Como Ama Una Mujer Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|publisher=[[Metacritic]]. [[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Amazon Do It Well">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Do-Well-Basic-Jennifer-Lopez/dp/B000V3ITCC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338681841&sr=8-2|title=Do It Well/Basic: Jennifer Lopez: Amazon.de: Musik|publisher=Amazon.com (DE). Amazon Inc|access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Contactmusic Spanish">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/j.lo-to-prove-critics-wrong-with-spanish-album_30_01_2006 |title=Jennifer Lopez&nbsp;– J.Lo To Prove Critics Wrong With Spanish Album&nbsp;– Contactmusic News |publisher=Contactmusic.com|date=January 30, 2006 |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Allmusic Como">{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/como-ama-una-mujer-mw0000484461 |title=Como Ama una Mujer&nbsp;– Jennifer Lopez : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Amazon Que Hiciste">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0026V97R8/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1338673805&sr=8-11 |title=Qué Hiciste: Jennifer Lopez: Amazon.fr: Téléchargements MP3|publisher=[[Amazon.com]] (FR). Amazon Inc|access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="2006 Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_xQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|title=Billboard&nbsp;– Google Books|magazine=Billboard|date=February 4, 2006 |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Rebirth Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rebirth-mw0000142788 |title=Rebirth&nbsp;– Jennifer Lopez : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="She is woman">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053497/she-is-woman-hear-her-roar |title=She Is 'Woman,' Hear Her Roar |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Sawfnews">{{cite web |author=Jessica |url=http://sawfnews.com/Gossip/35174.aspx |title=Celebrity Watch: Jennifer Lopez celebrates release of her Spanish album |publisher=Sawf News |date=March 8, 2007 |access-date=June 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215080406/http://sawfnews.com/Gossip/35174.aspx |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

<ref name="People en Español">{{cite web|title=Escucha el nuevo sencillo de JLo|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/escucha-el-nuevo-sencillo-de-jlo|work=[[People (magazine)|People]] en Español|access-date=June 3, 2012|language=es}}</ref>

<ref name="Reed">{{cite web|url=http://boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2007/03/27/lopez_turns_the_lights_down_low|title=Jennifer Lopez goes unabashedly romantic with 'Como Ama una Mujer'&nbsp;– The Boston Globe|work=[[Boston Globe]]|date=March 27, 2007|access-date=June 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021233216/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2007/03/27/lopez_turns_the_lights_down_low/|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Willman">{{cite magazine |first=Chris |last=Willman |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/23/como-ama-una-mujer/ |title=Como Ama Una Mujer Review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 23, 2007 |access-date=June 3, 2012 |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502012126/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20015602,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="J.Lo promises">{{cite web|last=Rodriguez |first=Jayson |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1562840/j-lo-promises-danceable-music-on-next-album.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107194435/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1562840/j-lo-promises-danceable-music-on-next-album.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |title=J.Lo Taps Swizz Beatz for 'Danceable' English-Language Album&nbsp;– Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=[[MTV News]]. [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|date=June 19, 2007 |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Album booklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=Como Ama una Mujer |title-link=Como Ama una Mujer |others=Jennifer Lopez |year=2007 |type=Booklet |publisher=[[Epic Records]], a division of [[Sony Music Entertainment]] |location=New York City, NY}}</ref>

<ref name="END">{{cite web|title=Jennifer López presenta primer álbum en español|url=http://impreso.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2007/06/25/variedades/52151|publisher=El Nuevo Diario|language=es|access-date=June 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428140848/http://impreso.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2007/06/25/variedades/52151|archive-date=April 28, 2009}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|T-SxMxUcvLI|"Me Haces Falta"}}

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[[Category:Music videos directed by Sanji (director)]]
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