Lejos

"Lejos" (English: "Far") is a song by Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter Toby Love. It was released on August 21, 2012 by Top Stop Music for his fourth studio album, Amor Total. The song's music video, which was directed by Danny Hastings and produced by Gabriel Guzman, was released on August 14. Commercially, the song was a success, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and at #2 on the Billboard Tropical/Salsa chart in the United States while reaching #1 in the Dominican Republic.

Composition

"Lejos" was written by Toby Love along with Rafael Martinez and Daniel Santacruz, and production was handled by multiple Grammy Award winner Sergio George and Edwin "EZP" Pérez. Pérez previously worked with Toby Love on his debut single "Tengo Un Amor" and other artist including Ivy Queen.

Release and chart performance

"Lejos" was released digitally on August 21, 2012 by Top Stop Music. On the Billboard Latin Songs chart, the song debuted the issue week of October 20, 2012. It peaked at #36 for the week of November 17, 2012. On the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart, the song debuted for the week of September 15, 2012. It reached its peak position of #2 for the week of November 17, 2012.

Toby Love

Toby Love is a Puerto Rican American singer-songwriter. Love is known for performing a style of bachata music that combines traditional and urban singing and production.

Background

Toby Love was born in The Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents, his mother later remarried to a Dominican man, which eventually led to Toby Love's exposure to the genre of music known as Bachata. Toby Love was originally a backup singer for the bachata band Aventura before beginning a solo career with his 2006 LP, Toby Love, released on Sony Records. In 2008, he received four nominations to the Billboard Latin Music Awards for songs included in his debut album. Love won awards for two categories, Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, and Latin Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year.

After spending six years with the Bachata group Aventura, first appearing on the album Generation Next at the age of sixteen, Love embarked on his solo career. He met with Aventura while he was still in his merengue group as teenager. Living in the same neighborhood as the group, he became close friends with the member "Mikey", who later asked Love to join.