Ai Se Eu Te Pego

The lyrics begin with two cries of "Nossa! Nossa!" short for "nossa senhora" - Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, an equivalent of "Wow!" in Brazilian Portuguese. Then Assim você me mata, "You kill me," a common exclamation. Then "ai, se eu te pego, ai, ai, se eu te pego." - "Ooh, if I catch you." The verse then repeats with "Delícia, delícia" instead of "Nossa, nossa." The third verse of the song is the only verse with a narrative text: describing a Saturday night, a crowd beginning to dance, and summoning courage to speak to the most beautiful girl. Verses 4 and 5 repeat the simple exclamations of verses 1 and 2. ==First versions==

With a new version, the first group to sing "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was Os Meninos de Seu Zeh, conduter by Driggs: The song did have a good local repercussion, but with the success on the Northeast region of Brasil would come more versions. with the recording of Cangaia de Jegue, "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" became a big success in Bahia. ==Michel Teló version==

}} Antônio Dyggs, who co-wrote the song, realized it could become a national hit in Brazil and offered it for a release by Brazilian singer Michel Teló. The result was a hit in Brazil, Latin America and Europe. Teló's version of the song became a hit in Brazil, reaching number one. Later, the song also reached number one in 23 countries in Europe and Latin America. In the United States, the single topped both the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts and peaked at 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Teló the eighth Brazilian act to enter the latter. "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" was the sixth best-selling single of 2012 worldwide with over 7.2 million in sales that year, placing it on the list of best-selling singles of all time. The single has become the most downloaded digital track in Germany since 2006. As of July 2014, it is the 90th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 308,000 units sold. The official YouTube video has over a billion views as of April 2022. This version was nominated for Best Brazilian Song at the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, but lost out to "Querido Diário" by Chico Buarque. This song also featured as soundtrack in Konami football video game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. Track listing ; Digital download • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – 2:46 ; CD single • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – 2:46 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Music Video) – 2:46 ; "If I Catch You" (Remixes) - EP • "If I Catch You" (Original Mix) – 2:47 • "If I Catch You" (Live Mix) – 2:47 • "If I Catch You" (Chill Version 1) – 2:51 • "If I Catch You" (Chill Version 2) – 2:43 ; German Digital EP • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – 2:46 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (A Class Edit) – 3:04 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (A Class Floor Mix) – 3:39 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Rudeejay Remix) – 5:57 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Sagi Abitbul Remix) – 3:36 ; UK Digital EP • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (feat. Becky G) – 3:18 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Live) – 2:52 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (If I Get Ya) (Worldwide Remix) [feat. Pitbull] – 4:07 • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Cahill Remix) – 3:13 ; Other versions • "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Spanish Version) – 2:45 ==Commercial performance==

Brazil In Brazil, the song debuted and reached the top position on the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Latin Songs chart, and also peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of Brazil Internationally, the song debuted and peaked at number one in Spain, where 12,000 copies were sold in the first week, and remained in the number one spot for 16 consecutive weeks between 2011 and 2012. On the weekly charts of the Italian Singles Chart, the song debuted at No. 2 in November, and in the next week, the song reached No. 1 and would stay there for nine non-consecutive weeks between 2011 and 2012. In Germany, the song became the best-selling song of 2011. ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts ==Certifications and sales==

There are many translated versions of "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", such as: • Dutch singer Gerard Joling released "Dan voel je me beter" (English: "You will feel me better that way"). This version reached the 9th position in the Mega Single Top 100. • Dutch singer Tom Haver also recorded a Dutch version of the song, called "Samen vanavond" ("Together tonight"). This version reached the 66th position in the Mega Single Top 100. • Serbian singer Dragan Kojić released "Kosa" (English: "Hair"). This version was very popular in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia, as well in the Republic of Macedonia. ==In popular culture==

Popularity in sport The song is especially popular among footballers. It was first danced by Brazilian player Neymar who initially appeared on a video dancing to the song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego". Many other videos of the same player emerged later leading to its huge popularity in Brazil. The song became extremely popular in Spain and all over Europe after Real Madrid players Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated a goal dancing to the choreography of the song. Playing in a La Liga match, the dance was performed by the two players after Ronaldo scored the first goal against Málaga on 22 October 2011. The popularity was such that on 12 January 2012, Michel Teló was invited to the Real Madrid training ground and posed for pictures with Marcelo and Ronaldo. The goal celebration has been performed by many other footballers across Europe. Muay Thai kickboxer Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee danced and sang along to "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" in the ring following his win over Marco Piqué at Yokkao Extreme 2012 in Milan on 21 January 2012. The mixed martial artists Fabrício Werdum and Dave Herman have used the song as their entrance music. Werdum walked out to it before facing Mike Russow at UFC 147 in Rio de Janeiro on 23 June 2012, while Herman entered to the song ahead of his match with Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 153 on 13 October 2012, also in Rio. ==See also==