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Single by Alexandra Stan & Inna featuring Daddy Yankee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Alesta, Inna and Unlocked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 8 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"We Wanna" is a song by Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan for her third studio album, Alesta (2016). Featuring the vocal collaboration of Romanian singer Inna and American performer Daddy Yankee, it was made available for digital consumption on 8 June 2015 through Roton, Fonogram and Global Records. The track was written by Ramon Ayala, Jacob Luttrell, Andreas Schuller and Thomas Troelsen, while being produced by Schuller and Troelsen. Musically, "We Wanna" is a dance-pop song inspired by 90s electro music and Paul Johnson's "Get Get Down" (1999), whose lyrics delve on themes such as enjoyment and partying. It was solely intended for Inna, but it was then offered to Stan in order to relaunch in the music industry.
An accompanying music video for the single—directed by Khaled Mokhtar, Dimitri Caceaune and David Gal in both Romania and Puerto Rico—premiered on Stan's YouTube channel on 8 June 2014; it portrays the singers residing in a party hall. Music critics generally acclaimed the recording, praising its melody, chorus, and commercial appeal. Commercially, the song experienced moderate success, reaching the top ten in Argentina and Germany's Black Charts, while peaking within the top forty in Poland, Slovakia and Turkey. "We Wanna" was promoted by various live performances during Stan's concert tours that supported Alesta, but was also sung in a stripped-down version for Romanian radio station Pro FM.
On 18 October 2014, Inna uploaded a video on her YouTube channel called "New Music Preview (2014)", where she teased six upcoming songs, including a demo version of "We Wanna", which incorporated some modified lyrics, and did only feature Inna's vocals. Particularly, it was revealed that the track has been originally composed for her, but she accepted offering the recording to Stan, in order to relaunch her in the music industry. About their collaboration, the latter singer stated that, "I think we are like a delicious vanilla-chocolate milkshake, which you simply cannot get enough from." "We Wanna" was made available for digital download on 8 June 2016—near Stan's birthday on 10 June—through Roton, Fonogram and Global Records. Besides of being featured on Stan's third studio album, Alesta (2016), the song was also added to the track list of some editions of Unlocked (2014) and Inna (2015).