There are also two different Portuguese editions of the tune, one for Portugal itself featuring Mickeal Carreira. The standard version of the song features a couple Cuban musicians, Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona. One of the reasons this song was such a widespread hit is because there are actually quite a few different versions of it, respectively featuring popular artists from different countries. For instance, concerning the version of “Bailando” that went four-times platinum in the US, that is the one we reviewed above, featuring dancehall artist Sean Paul, who is more well-known amongst the general American public than Iglesias.
“Bailando” also won many 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The track also won quite a few awards, including three 2014 Latin Grammys in the following categories: It also went sevenfold-platinum in Spain and quadruple-diamond in Mexico. It also accomplished this feat in lands as diverse as Cambodia and Romania, in addition to topping three Billboard charts in the US ( Hot Dance Club Songs, Latin Songs and Latin Airplay). In fact it appeared on 8 different Billboard charts altogether, including coming in 12 th place on the Hot 100.Īnd generally speaking, “Bailando” charted in over 30 nations, which is the true mark of an international smash hit. Moreover it has also gone mutli-platinum in a number of them, including going quadruple platinum in the US. This track is from the last of those aforementioned studio albums, “Sex and Love” (2014). And globally it was one of the 10 best-selling tracks of the year 2014, with the chart, certification and accolade history to prove it. For instance, it was a chart topper in many regions. This includes some Spanish-speaking ones, such as Spain, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Others include: Cambodia, Finland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.
In fact his dad was like the 20 th century version of Bad Bunny if you will, being considered the most-popular Latino singer of his day stateside, even though he also was actually born in Spain.Įnrique was able to capitalize on his father’s stardom to launch his own music career in 1995, having dropped 10 studio albums between then and 2014. He has also came out a slew of singles, regularly topping Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as if doing so is a minor feat. But amongst his many hits, the most-successful within that time frame has been the song we’re reviewing today, “Bailando”, which officially came out on 18 March 2014.
So at the end of the day, this isn’t the type of song that requires any type of elaborate analysis. In fact such ‘I’m enamored with your body as you dance’ tracks, as stated earlier, are quite common as far as Caribbean-based artists are concerned. Most of them may fly under the radar. But every once in a while one out of the lot, such as “Bailando”, proves to be a major international success story.Įnrique Iglesias is the son of an even more legendary singer, Julio Iglesias. Meanwhile Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona serve of role of buttressing the thesis sentiment, which is the narrator being driven to the brink of an amorous explosion due to watching the addressee dance. And Sean Paul is giving a shoutout to all of “di girl dem” in the house, representing in such a manner on the dance floor. However, this is not a case of mere infatuation, at least not from his perspective. Instead he also professes his love for her. The main vocalist especially appears to be totally enraptured by a certain “girl”, where ‘looking at her’ dance “feels like paradise” to him. In fact, it can be argued that he is at this particular party just to gawk at her. More specifically though, this is not a dance song of the general get-off-your-seat-and-boogie type of variety. Rather this is one which is being dropped via Latin American acts, even though Enrique Iglesias is technically from Spain. And based on dance songs we have reviewed in the past via other popular male artists from said region, almost inevitably there is this element of admiring a female addressee’s body as it graces the dance floor. And that is also happens to be the case with “Bailando”.
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