"Por Debajo De La Mesa" is a ballad written by Armando Manzanero

Armando Manzanero

Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....

, arranged by Bebu Silvetti

Bebu Silvetti

Juan Fernando Silvetti Adorno , professionally known as Bebu Silvetti or simply Silvetti, was an Argentine pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer...

 and performed by Mexican singer Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

. It was released as the lead single from the Grammy Award

Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...

 winning studio album Romances

Romances

Romances is the fifteenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on August 12, 1997, by Warner Music Latina. It is the third album of the Romance series, in which Miguel covers Latin songs from 1940 to 1978...

in July 15, 1997 across radio stations and became his thirteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in September 1997. The song was included in his compilation albums, Mis Boleros Favoritos

Mis Boleros Favoritos

- Chart performance :- Sales and certifications :- Personnel :* Producer: Luis Miguel* Executive producer: Alejandro Asensi* Mastering: Ron McCaster/Capitol Mastering* Photography: Victor Bracke and Daniela Federici...

and Grandes Exitos

Grandes Éxitos (Luis Miguel album)

-DVD Track listing:DVD #1 Track listingDVD #2 Track listing-Sales and certifications:...

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Chart performance

The song debuted in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number two in the week of August 2, 1997. Six weeks later, the song peaked at number-one, remained on this position for four weeks.

Charts

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Chart (1997)	Peak position

Reception

In spite of giving the album a positive review, Achy Obejas

Achy Obejas

Achy Obejas is a Cuban American writer and journalist focused on personal and national identity issues, living in Chicago, Illinois.-Life and career:Obejas was born June 28, 1956 in Havana, Cuba...

 of the Chicago Tribune

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 expressed less enthusiasm on the song, calling it "lame", and cited it as one of the songs where she felt that Miguel was starting "to slip". Manzanero received a Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music Incorporated

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 award for his contribution on the song.

Covers

In 1998, Armando Manzanero performed a duet with Tania Libertad

Tania Libertad

Tania Libertad de Souza Zúñiga, known as Tania Libertad, is a singer who was born in Peru on October 24, 1952 and has lived in Mexico since 1978....

on the album Manzanero y la Libertad and again in 2002 with Carmen Paris and Chano Dominguez. Other artists that covered this song include Elsa Garcia, Tito Allen, Los Herederos del Norte, Chamin Correa, Wickly Norgueras, Rafael Basurto, Gerardo Ochoa, Bertin Osborne, Terrazas Musical, and Enrique Chia.