"Las Cosas Pequeñas" (English: "The Little Things") is a Latin pop and bachata song by American recording artist Prince Royce. It was written by Royce, Anthony López and Sergio George, who also produced it. It released as the first single from his second studio album, Phase II. It premiered on Latin radio on January 10, 2012 and was digitally released the following day by Top Stop Music.
Royce has said that the song is about the little things that don't cost a lot and have great sentimental worth. The music video for the song, which was filmed at Central Park in New York City, was directed by Carlos Pérez of Elastic People.
Background
After the promotional buzz single, "Addicted" was released, it was announced that "Las Cosas Pequeñas" would follow up as the official first single from Phase II. On January 4, 2012, a 31-second snippet of the song was posted on the official Prince Royce website. It had then made its premiere on La Mega 97.9 FM on January 10, 2012. According to Royce's official website, he'd talked about the song's concept, stating, "'Las Cosas Pequeñas" is about those things that may not cost a lot but have great sentimental value and mean so much to us." The song's title translates to "The Little Things" in English, which is what Royce had said the song is about.
Chart performance
"Las Cosas Pequeñas" simultaneously debuted on the US Billboard Latin songs and Tropical Songs chart at number four and number one, respectively.