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Single by Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Sex and Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 28 April 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 2012–13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Length | 4:03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Label | Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Bailando" (English: "Dancing") is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias for his tenth studio album Sex and Love (2014). The original Spanish version features the Cuban artists Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona. The song was written by all of the artists, while production was handled by Carlos Paucar. It was released by Universal Republic Records as the sixth single from the record.
In 2013 the song was already finished by Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona without Iglesias' vocals. They released a music video and their own version became part of several compilation albums but did not experience a single release.
As of 24 August 2014, there are three other versions of the song that have been released to the music market besides the original Spanish version. The Spanglish version features Jamaican singer Sean Paul. Iglesias also released two Portuguese versions of the song: one version of the song in Portuguese destined for Brazilian market with additional vocals by Brazilian singer Luan Santana, and the other Portuguese version destined for the Portuguese market featured the additional vocals of the Portuguese singer Mickael Carreira.
The original Spanish version of "Bailando" served as the theme song of the soap opera Reina de Corazones which aired on Telemundo. According to the IFPI, Bailando was the tenth best-selling song of 2014 with 8 million units (sales plus track-equivalent streams) worldwide.
In an interview Iglesias gave to Univision Musica, backstage at the Premios lo Nuestro he told the reporter that when Bueno presented the song to him, he initially did not like it and did not want to record it. But after recording he loved the song. He termed it as one of his favourites from the album.
The Peruvian singer and composer Sergio Pelo D'ambrosio Robles reported that the theme "Bailando" (signed by the Cuban Descemer Bueno) by Enrique Iglesias, copied the intro and the chorus of his song "Lejos de ti". A few months later, however, the Peruvian singer decided to withdraw the complaint because experts indicated that there was no plagiarism in the lyrics nor in the chorus.