When Prince Royce released his first hit song, “Stand By Me,” in 2010, the singer wasn’t very excited about the moment.

“I was actually bummed out when I recorded 'Stand By Me' because originally I had released a song called ‘Corazón Sin Cara’ that was this song about inner beauty. It was this beautiful song that I had written and I thought was definitely a hit,” Royce, 36, tells TODAY.com. “And I put that song out, and it didn’t work.”

His record label suggested three songs to cover, including Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.” He reluctantly recorded the song but with a Spanglish bachata twist and without any expectations.

The song became a hit, peaking at No. 8 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart.

The success of “Stand By Me,” Royce says, really opened up a “lot of doors for me, and I re

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