Rebelde

"Rebelde" is the debut single by Mexican pop group RBD. It was released on September 30, 2004, as the lead single from their debut album Rebelde in 2004. "Rebelde" became 2005's major hit in Mexico and was the song that started the band's successful career. The single is widely considered to be the group's signature song since RBD is short for Rebelde. The song was used extensively in the soap opera Rebelde during its first season. A Portuguese version with the same name was released as the first single of the album's Brazilian edition on November 1, 2005. Background and release In 2004, production on the teen-oriented telenovela Rebelde began, with Pedro Damián serving as executive producer. Its six young lead actors, Anahí, Alfonso Herrera, Dulce María, Christopher von Uckermann, Maite Perroni, and Christian Chávez were put together to create RBD, as part of the contract with the company Televisa, to promote the show. They recorded their first album in two days, and "Rebelde" was released as the lead single on September 30, 2004. The telenovela premiered on Televisa in Mexico on October 4, and went on to achieve high ratings in the country. Their debut album Rebelde was released on November 30, to commercial success. After achieving significant success in Brazil, the group recorded a Portuguese-language version of the album, with "Rebelde - Versão Português" accompanying it as the lead single. A Cumbia version was performed as the final song during the band's first concert series, Tour Generación RBD En Vivo. Compostion and lyrics The song was written by DJ Kakfa and Max di Carlo, and produced by both alongside Armando Ávila. It is a Latin pop, pop rock, and teen pop song that lasts for three minutes and 34 seconds. Its uses the typical verse-pre-chorus-chorus-post-chorus structure. The chorus finds the band singing: "Y soy rebelde" (And I'm a rebel"), every two lines, and making statements in-between, such as: "Cuando te quiero hasta rabiar" ("When I love you until I rage"), and "Cuando me juego hasta la piel" (When I play to the skin" or "When I dare to it all"). The first verse is sung by Anahí and Alfonso, saying that they think about each other while their fathers scold them for how they act: ("...Mi padre grita otra vez / Que me malgasto mi futuro y su paz/Con mi manera de ser" ("...My dad yells again / That I waste my future and his peace, with my way of being").