Carlos Baute’s ‘Colgando en Tus Manos’ Joins YouTube’s Billion Views Club: ‘It Belongs to All of You’

Carlos Baute and Marta Sánchez’s enduring pop ballad “Colgando en Tus Manos” has joined YouTube’s Billion Views Club, surpassing the milestone on Tuesday (Sept.

1).

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“And a day I never imagined living arrived,” Baute wrote in Spanish.

“I’ve never been someone who focuses on numbers.

For me, music has always gone far beyond that: it’s songs, stories, memories, people and moments in life.” “Even though I’ve never measured a song by its numbers, I have to admit this one moves me deeply,” he added.

Baute released “Colgando en Tus Manos,” featuring Sánchez, in 2008.

The song reached No.

4 on Billboard ‘s Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay charts, and topped Latin Pop Airplay .

Its official video — filmed in Bulgaria — follows Baute and Sánchez through the city, including scenes in a vintage Rolls Royce before the pair dance on a theater stage.

The song’s staying power has extended into a new generation.

In his post, Baute credited listeners who have fallen in love, dedicated the track to someone special, embraced while hearing it or sung it “at the top of their lungs.” “Behind that billion views, there is much more than a number,” he wrote.

“There are stories.

There are loves.