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In English, Bailamos means "We Dance", or in this case, "Let's Dance".

Song information

In the United States, the song was seen as part of a wave of crossover music from Latin American singers and a general increase in interest in Latin music, which was started by Ricky Martin's release Livin' La Vida Loca. The single reached number one on the US pop charts, making it Iglesias' first chart topper on Billboard's Hot 100. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Livin la Vida Loca (translated as living the crazy life in English) is a hit song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

The success of "Bailamos" was a breakthrough for Iglesias, which enabled him to sign a multi-album deal with Interscope. The song would go on to appear on his début English album Enrique. though slightly altered to fit with the sound of the album. Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ... Enrique is an Enrique Iglesias album recorded in English and released in 1999. ...

Bailamos was written and by Paul Barry and Mark Taylor and produced by Barry and Brian Rawling, the same team which wrote and produced Cher's hit Believe. Cheryl Sarkisian LaPierre (better known as Cher) (born on May 20, 1946),[1] is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author and entertainer. ... Believe is a Grammy Award winning Dance song which served as the world-wide lead single for American singer Chers studio album Believe. ...

Track listing

1. Bailamos (Album Version)
2. Bailamos (The Groove Brothers Remix)
3. Bailamos (Fernando's Latin Mix)

Music videos

The original music video for Bailamos was shot in Miami. It has a montage of different scenes involving Iglesias, starting off with a scene of Iglesias in an apartment talking on the phone and later looking out of a window to the Miami skyline. Subsequent scenes involve Iglesias walking the streets and staring into a building as he watches two flamenco dancers. Flamenco is a Spanish musical genre. ...

After the song was chosen to be part of the Wild Wild West Soundtrack, a second video was made, directed by Nigel Dick. A portion of this video was shot in Mexico, while most of it shot in the backlot at Universal Studios.^[2] In this video, Iglesias is depicted as a wanted man with the opening shot being a poster calling for his capture "dead or alive". Entering a sleepy Mexican town. He attracts several women who dance around him. Picking one out, they kiss until they are interrupted by people trying to claim the reward. Both Iglesias and the love interest manage to escape. The video also contains small snippets of scenes from Wild Wild West movie. Nigel Andrew Robertson Dick (born at Catterick, Yorkshire, England on 21 March 1953) is a British music video and film director, writer and musician based in Los Angeles, California. ... Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los Angeles... Wild Wild West (1999) is a film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline (in two roles, Artemus Gordon and President Ulysses S. Grant), Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek. ...

The third music video of Bailamos is directed by another famous music video director, Paul Hunter.^[3] The video is plotless, and simply features Iglesias as a barman in a night club as he watches flamenco dancers on stage. It is also intercut with shots of Iglesias interacting with the lead dancer played by Staci Flood. The video ends with Iglesias and Flood leaving the now empty club. Paul Hunter is a successful African-American music video director. ... Staci Beth Codorniz Lavine Costa de Souza Flood (born December 10, 1973) is an American dancer and model best known for her lead dance roles in the music videos Bailamos by Enrique Iglesias (1999) and Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake (2003). ...

There were also several remix videos of Bailamos, such as Fernando's Latin Mix and Mijango's Club Mix.

References

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See also

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1999 (USA)