Rihanna performed the song for the first and only time live at Radio 1's Big Weekend 2010 on in Bangor, Wales, as part of a set list with other songs from Rated R, as well as songs from some of her previous albums. The song's accompanying music video was directed by long time collaborator Anthony Mandler and featured French supermodel Laetitia Casta, who plays Rihanna's love interest in the video. The song achieved moderate chart success around the world, peaking inside the top ten in France, Italy, Poland and the UK R&B Chart, as well as peaking at number two in Poland. 'Te Amo' received mixed reviews from music critics, who commended the song for not sounding as futuristic as other songs on featured on Rated R, such as ' Hard' and ' Wait Your Turn'. The song severed as the album's fifth overall single from the album and third internationally, but was not released in the United States. The term Te amo is Latin, Spanish or Portuguese for 'I love you'. Lyrically, the song speaks of Rihanna's struggles to deal with being the object of a woman's desires, and discovers that she does not share the same feelings as the other female as the song progresses.

Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, James Fauntleroy II and Rihanna, and was produced by the former two, under their stage name Stargate.

'Te Amo' is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, taken from her fourth studio album, Rated R (2009).

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