"La Noche" (translation "the night") is a salsa song written and performed by the Colombian singer Joe Arroyo.
"[2] It was selected by Hip Latina in 2017 as one of the "13 Old School Songs Every Colombian Grew Up Listening To"; the publication wrote that the song was "most likely part of any Colombian's perpetual playlist.
[5] The song was covered in merengue by Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo on his third studio Wow!
[9] Colombian rock singer Juanes also covered it on his second studio album Un Día Normal which features Arroyo's vocals from the original recording.
[10] Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Don Omar sampled "La Noche" on his 2003 song "Dile".