"Be with You" is a dance/pop song performed by singer
Enrique Iglesias. It was co-written by Iglesias and, produced
by Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling, the team responsible for
Cher's hit song "Believe". Iglesias once stated that he
initially came up with the lyrics of the song while taking a
break from recording in London's Hyde Park. The song was
released as the second single from Iglesias' debut English
album
Enriquein 2000. The song was successful, particularly in
the U.S.
The official music video for this single was directed by
Dave Meyers and starts out with Enrique and a bunch of friends
(played by Enrique's real life friends including Gerardo Mejia)
stopping at a road side store. While messing around in the
store Enrique makes eye contact with the shy girl working the
counter, his love interest in the video (played by Shannon
Elizabeth). When the group leave the store, Enrique drives
their jeep while the others perform various stunts including
car surfing and interacting with girls in another jeep riding
beside them.
The group stops at a foot of a some hills where Enrique
notices Shannon, now wearing more provocative clothes and with
a lot more confidence; he and the group follow her to a
Nightclub (the now closed Point Night Club in Los Angeles)
where Enrique searches the packed dance floor for his love
interest when the music stops and changes to that of the
popular Thunderpuss 2000 remix which builds up with shots of
break dancers until the music turns back to the album version
of the song. Enrique manage to find Shannon who gropes him and
leads him out of the club. Outside, the two kiss as Fireworks
go off. The entire video is intercut with shots of Enrique
singing in front of a tribal background.
The video debuted on MTV's
Total Request Livein February 2000. It was Enrique's
first video to make it to number one on the popular chart show.
Some airing of the video on MTV cut out the section of the
video featuring the Thunderpuss 2000 remix. Music stations such
as Much Music and various stations throughout Europe aired a
version which featured the full album version of the song.
The Spanish version of the video is exactly the same as the
English version, with the exception of Enrique mouthing the
words in Spanish in front of the tribal background and when he
interacts with Shannon.
"Be with You" became Iglesias' second number-one single in
the U.S.. It also topped the
Billboarddance charts and also charted in the top ten in
Spain. The Spanish version of the song ("Sólo Me Importas Tú")
reached peaked at number two on the
BillboardHot Latin Tracks.