Bailando (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Dancing") is a song by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias for his tenth studio album Sex and Love (2014).

Shortly afterward, the official version of the song was released by Universal Republic Records as the sixth single from the album.

The original Spanish version of "Bailando" served as the theme song of the soap opera Reina de Corazones which aired on Telemundo.

[4] According to the IFPI, Bailando was the tenth best-selling song of 2014 with 8 million units (sales plus track-equivalent streams) worldwide.

[5] 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.

[7][8][9] A few months later, however, the Peruvian singer decided to withdraw the complaint because experts indicated that there was nothing copied in the lyrics nor in the chorus.

[10] In Vietnam, the singer and composer Only C [vi] released the song "Đắng lòng thanh niên" in July 2014 and borrowed the beat from "Bailando" without permission from Enrique Iglesias.

[11] Accompanying music videos for both, the Spanish and the Spanglish versions of "Bailando" were filmed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Havana, Cuba.

As the song starts, Iglesias, Bueno and Gente de Zona walk at coordinates which is 18°29'00.4"N 69°53'30.9"W, surrounded by working people and kids who juggle soccer balls.

Shortly after, Iglesias is seen to be seduced by a brunette (Ana Karla Suarez) showing her best dance moves.

[24][25] Billboard described the video as spectacular and mentioned that "a young Cuban flamenco troupe swirling in red dresses meet up with street dancers with some mad soccer skills in one of the best choreographed encounters since the Sharks met the Jets.

He would go on to perform the song on that year's Nuestra Belleza Latina, Billboard Latin Music Awards and included in a medley with El Perdedor at the Premios Juventud.

[36][37] This record was later broken in 2017 when "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber spent 56 weeks on top of the Hot Latin Songs chart.

This was his first win since 2003 when the singer won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male for Quizás.