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Encyclopedia > Livin' La Vida Loca
"Livin' la Vida Loca"
"Livin' la Vida Loca" cover
Single by Ricky Martin
from the album Ricky Martin
Released 1999
Format CD single
Genre Pop/Latin
Length 4:05
Chart positions
Ricky Martin singles chronology
"The Cup of Life"
(1998)		 "Livin' la Vida Loca"
(1999)		 "She's All I Ever Had"
(1999)

"Livin' la Vida Loca" (translated as "living the crazy life" in English) is a hit song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released in 1999 from Martin's self-titled début English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Robi Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999. It received various Grammy nominations and helped Ricky Martin obtain enormous success inside the United States and worldwide. Image File history File links Lavidaloca. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Ricky Martin (born Enrique Martín Morales on December 24, 1971 in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a successful Latin American pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Ricky Martin (born Enrique Martín Morales on December 24, 1971 in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a successful Latin American pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. ... Ricky Martin (born Enrique Martín Morales on December 24, 1971 in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a successful Latin American pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Desmond Child (born 28 October 1953, Miami, Florida, USA) has worked as a music performer and songwriter. ... Robi Draco Rosa Biography Born Robert Edward Rosa Suarez on June 27, 1973, Long Island, New York, Robi Rosa is a multi-talented artist from Ponce, Puerto Rico. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...


"Livin la Vida Loca" was Ricky Martin's first number-one hit, it stayed at number one in the U.S. for five weeks.


In the Japanese TV show "Bakuten", the Japanese comedian Masaki Sumitani (Razor Ramon HG) uses this song as his theme; in the Hiromi Go episode, he admits to using this song without permission. A picture of Hard Gay in action, taken from the Japanese television show Bakuten. ... Hiromi Go (郷ひろみ Gō Hiromi, real name: Hiromi Haratake (原武裕美 Haratake Hiromi) born on October 18, 1955 in Sue, Kasuya, Fukuoka Prefecture -) is a Japanese singer. ...


Track listing

  1. "Livin' la Vida Loca"
  2. "Le Copa de la Vida" (Spanglish version-radio version)
  3. "Livin' la Vida Loca" (Joey Musaphia's Deep vocal edit)

Spanglish — also called espanglish, inglañol, or espanglés, a blend of the Spanish-language words for Spanish and English — is a name used to refer to a range of language-contact phenomena, primarily in the speech of the Hispanic population of the United States, which is exposed to...

Cover versions

  • The song was remade as "Goldfinger '99" in Japan in 1999, sung by Hiromi Go. Masaki Sumitani (Razor Ramon HG) makes a parody of this version in the Hiromi Go episode of Hard Gay, where he spends the day with him to make a video.
  • The Toy Dolls, a punk band, performed a version of the song in 2000 on their Anniversary Anthems album.
  • In 2004, a version of the song was performed by Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas for the movie Shrek 2; the song appeared in both the film and on the soundtrack.
  • A parody of the song, by Bitter Tasting Omelette (a.k.a. Todd and Gavin Downing), is "Livin' la Vida Yoda", a reference to the Star Wars character Yoda. It is frequently misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic, who had nothing to do with it.[1]
  • A speedy cover remix was made for Dancemania SPEED 4 by CJ CREW feat. GIORGIO. The CD is only available in Japan.
Preceded by
"No Scrubs" by TLC		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
May 8, 1999		 Succeeded by
"If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez
Preceded by
"I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys		 RIANZ (New Zealand)
number-one single
20 June 1999		 Succeeded by
"You Needed Me" by Boyzone
Preceded by
"9pm (Till I Come)" by ATB		 UK Singles Chart number one single
July 11, 1999 - July 31, 1999		 Succeeded by
"When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating

 

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