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{{Infobox song
| name = Miente
| cover = MienteEnriqueIglesias.jpg
| type = single
| artist = [[Enrique Iglesias]]
| album = [[Vivir (album)|Vivir]]
| released = 1997
| recorded =
| studio = Cinearte, Madrid, Spain Estudios Nadir, Madrid, Spain Image Recording, Hollywood, California New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL [[Ocean Way Recording]], Hollywood, California Westlake, Hollywood, California<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Terry |title=Vivir – Enrique Iglesias {{!}} Release Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/vivir-mr0003704361 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504171016/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/vivir-mr0003704361 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=34}}
| label = [[Fonovisa Records|Fonovisa]]
| writer = Rafael Pérez-Botija
| producer = Rafael Pérez-Botija
| prev_title = [[Only You (Yazoo song)#Enrique Iglesias version|Sólo en Tí]]
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = [[Revolución (song)|Revolución]]
| next_year = 1997
}}

"'''Miente'''" (English: "Lie") is a song by Spanish singer [[Enrique Iglesias]] from his second studio album, ''[[Vivir (album)|Vivir]]'' (1997). The song was written and produced by Rafael Pérez-Botija. It was released as the third [[single (music)|single]] from the album in 1997. An [[uptempo]] [[pop music|pop]] [[power ballad]] backed by a piano and [[percussion instrument|percussion]], the song deals with the singer being in denial about a relationship ending.

"Miente" was covered by [[Robert Avellanet]] on his debut studio album, ''Sentir'' (1999), as a [[salsa music|salsa]] track. The [[music video]] for the cover features the singer playing billiards while a woman is driving away. Avellanet's version peaked at numbers 23 and 9 on the Hot Latin Songs and [[Tropical Airplay]] charts, respectively, and was a recipient of the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] Latin Award on the salsa field in 2000. "Miente" received positive reactions from three [[music journalism|music journalists]], who generally considered it was one of the best tracks from ''Vivir''. Commercially, the original song topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Latin Songs]] and [[Latin Pop Airplay]] charts in the United States.

==Background and composition==
In 1995, Iglesias released his [[Enrique Iglesias (album)|eponymous debut album]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=Enrique Iglesias – Enrique Iglesias {{!}} Release Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/enrique-iglesias-mr0001069393 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503133747/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/enrique-iglesias-mr0001069393 |url-status=live }}</ref> which sold over 4.7 million copies worldwide and had five of its [[single (music)|single]]s reach number one on the [[Hot Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burr |first1=Ramiro |title=Young Iglesias Tracks Father's Success |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=9 February 1997 |page=17}}</ref> In August 1996, ''[[El Informador (Mexico)|El Informador]]'' reported that Iglesias was working on a follow-up album and it would be released in January the following year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luna |first1=Mario Agraz |title=Track Uno |date=5 August 1996 |page=9-D |language=es|work=[[El Informador (Mexico)|El Informador]]}}</ref> The album's title of ''Vivir'' was revealed by Iglesias in December 1995, before it was eventually released on 28 January 1997.<ref name="allmusic1"/><ref name="laopinion">{{cite news |last1=Camarena |first1=Ricardo |title=Entrega inmediata de Enrique Iglesias: El cantante espanol recibio un Disco de Platino por mas de un millon de copias vendidas en Estados Unidos de su CD Enrique Iglesias |work=[[La Opinión]] |via=[[ImpreMedia]] |date=9 December 1996 |page=5D |language=es}}</ref> He also announced that the album was produced by Rafael Pérez-Botija and he had co-written its tracks with Roberto Morales.<ref name="laopinion"/> One of the three tracks Pérez-Botija composed for the album was "Miente",<ref>{{cite news |last1=Estefan |first1=Lili |author1-link=Lili Estefan |title=Música |work=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=3 April 1997 |page=20 |language=es |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/340572136/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131124/https://www.newspapers.com/image/340572136/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a "dramatic" [[uptempo]] [[pop music|pop]] [[power ballad]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lannert |first1=John |title=Reviews & Previews |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=22 February 1997 |volume=109 |issue=8 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82 |access-date=7 May 2021 |publisher=[[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen Business Media]] |issn=0006-2510 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131026/https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&pg=PA82 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="cohen">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Howard |title=Offspring Stays True to Punk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/497804765/ |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |date=14 February 1997 |page=8 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504171024/https://www.newspapers.com/image/497804765/ |url-status=live|quote=Iglesias co-wrote the bulk of the songs - primarily those of the predictable 'I can't live without you' variety - and he's upped the tempos, slipping biting guitar solos into power-pop ballads such as 'Al Despertar (Waking Up)', 'Enamorado Por Primera Vez' (In Love for the First Time)', and the terrific 'Miente' (Lie).'}}</ref> that is backed by a piano and [[percussion instrument|percussion]].<ref name="burr1">{{cite news |last1=Burr |first1=Ramiro |title=Iglesias, the Younger, Needs More Definition for Longevity |work=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |date=6 April 1997 |page=6G}}</ref> Lyrically, the song deals with the singer sensing "the end but being so love addicted, he goes into denial."<ref name="burr1"/>

==Promotion and reception==
"Miente" was released as the third single from ''Vivir'' in 1997.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Miente |others=Enrique Iglesias |date=1997 |type=CD single liner notes |publisher=[[Fonovisa Records|Fonovisa]]| location=Spain | id=BT 115 CD'S}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Enrique Iglesias |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-910245 |website=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=spanish |date=11 May 1999}}</ref> The song was later included on Iglesias' compilation albums ''[[The Best Hits (Enrique Iglesias album)|The Best Hits]]'' (1999) and the deluxe edition of ''[[Enrique Iglesias: 95/08 Éxitos]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Hits – Enrique Iglesias {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-hits-mw0000603749 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414214013/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-hits-mw0000603749 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farias |first1=Andree |title=UNO: 95/08 – Enrique Iglesias {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/uno-95-08-mw0002407652 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015001104/https://www.allmusic.com/album/uno-95-08-mw0002407652 |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[remix]] version of the song was included on his album ''[[Remixes (Enrique Iglesias album)|Remixes]]'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web |title=Re-Mixes – Enrique Iglesias {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/re-mixes-mw0000598925 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006172138/http://www.allmusic.com/album/re-mixes-mw0000598925 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Miente" was [[cover version|covered]] by Puerto Rican singer [[Robert Avellanet]] for his debut studio album ''Sentir'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web |title=Sentir – Robert Avellanet {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sentir-mw0000045255 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131059/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sentir-mw0000045255 |url-status=live }}</ref> Avellanet's rendition was recorded as a [[salsa music|salsa]] track and produced by Isidro Infante.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cardona |first1=Eliseo |title=Lo que suena |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/641741387/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=[[El Nuevo Herald]] |publisher=[[McClatchy|The McClatchy Company]] |date=25 February 1999 |page=10D |language=es |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131110/https://www.newspapers.com/image/641741387/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The cover received the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] Latin Award on the salsa field in 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|title=Pérez Honored at 8th El Premio ASCAP Gala|last=Pesselnick|first=Jill|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|date=20 May 2000|volume=112|issue=21|page=123|access-date=5 May 2012|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131041/https://books.google.com/books?id=PA8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&pg=PA16|issn=0006-2510|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[music video]] was filmed for the cover version which the features Avellanet performing at a bar and playing billiards while a woman is driving away.<ref>{{cite video| people = Avellanet, Robert (performer)| title = Miente| medium = Television| publisher = [[RMM Records & Video|RMM Records]]| date = 1999 }}</ref> Joey Guerra of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' regarded "Miente" as "one of the strongest tracks" from ''Vivir''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guerra |first1=Joey |title=Una 'Experiencia Religiosa': Iglesias Soars Musically, Physically Before Rapt Fans |work=Houston Chronicle |publisher=Hearst Communications |date=8 December 1997 |page=3}}</ref> Similarly, the ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'' editor Ramiro Burr felt the song to be the album's "best cut" while Howard Cohen on the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' called it "terrific".<ref name="cohen"/><ref name="burr1"/> In the US, "Miente" debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Latin Songs]] chart on the week of 5 August 1997 and topped the chart a week later;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot Latin Songs Chart: Week of August 5, 1997 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/1997-08-02 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=5 August 1997 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131034/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/1997-08-02 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot Latin Songs Chart: Week of August 12, 1997 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/1997-08-12 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=5 August 1997 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131034/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/1997-08-12 |url-status=live }}</ref> it spent four weeks at this position.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Latin Songs – 1997 Archive|url=http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1997/latin-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611150606/http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1997/latin-songs|archive-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> The track also reached the top of the [[Latin Pop Airplay]] chart, at which it spent three weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Latin Pop Songs – 1997 Archive|url=http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1997/latin-pop-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316131302/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1997/latin-pop-songs|archive-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> Avellanet's version peaked at numbers 23 and 9 on the Hot Latin Songs and [[Tropical Airplay]] charts, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Robert Avellanet Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/robert-avellanet/chart-history/htl/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131029/https://www.billboard.com/music/robert-avellanet/chart-history/HTL|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Robert Avellanet Chart History (Tropical Airplay)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/robert-avellanet/chart-history/lsa/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507131030/https://www.billboard.com/music/robert-avellanet/chart-history/LSA|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart positions for "Miente"
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak position
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders " style="text-align:center"
|+1997 year-end chart performance for "Miente"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1997)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot Latin Songs (''Billboard'')<ref name="yearend1997">{{cite magazine|title=1997: The Year in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=SL680-PA57|volume=109|issue=52|page=YE-57, 59|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=27 December 1997|access-date=9 August 2012|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502212144/https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=SL680-PA57|url-status=live}}</ref>
|16
|-
!scope="row"|US Latin Pop Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref name="yearend1997"/>
|14
|-
|}

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== See also ==
*[[List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1997|List of number-one ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks of 1997]]
*[[List of Billboard Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1997|List of ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1997]]

==References==
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{{Enrique Iglesias singles}}

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[[Category:1990s ballads]]
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[[Category:Songs in Spanish]]
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