"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" | ||||||||||
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Single by Pitbull | ||||||||||
from the album Rebelution | ||||||||||
Released | February 24, 2009 | |||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||
Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||
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Length | 3:57 | |||||||||
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Producer(s) | Lil Jon | |||||||||
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"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" is a song by American artist Pitbull released as the second single from the album, Rebelution. The song samples "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)" by Bucketheads and "75, Brazil Street" by Nicola Fasano versus Pat Rich, which itself samples "Street Player" by Chicago. The core is from a song by Dominican rappers El Cata and Omega. The title is a reference to Calle Ocho, a street in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood. The song premiered on the Miami radio station WPOW. It has also been featured in Dance Central, the Xbox 360 Kinect-based dancing game, Dance Dance Revolution X2 for PlayStation 2, the PlayStation 3 PlayStation Move-based dancing game SingStar Dance, and in the pilot of Suburgatory. It received a nomination a Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year at the 2010 Latin Billboard Music Awards.
The music video was first released on March 9, 2009 by Ultra Music on YouTube and was directed by David Rousseau and Produced by Alexandra Sdoucos. It features Pitbull, Nayer and models Sagia Castañeda, Maria Milian, and Angelica Casañas. It has received over 240 million views even though this particular upload is not available for worldwide viewership due to licensing restrictions in certain countries.