"Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)" is a song by Latin American boy band
CNCO. It was released on August 26, 2016, as the third single from their debut studio album, Primera Cita (2016). The song was written by Eric Perez, Jadan Andino, Jorge Class and Yashua Camacho.[1] The video has received over 1.5 billion views on
YouTube as of April 2019.[2] On August 18, 2017, the group released an English-language remix of the song recorded with British girl group
Little Mix.[3]
Music video
The song's music video was released along with the single. The clip sees the boys playing at a bowling alley and meeting and trying to impress some girls. It also features scenes of the group performing the song with choreography and solo shots of the guys singing their individual parts. The music video reached one billion views in August 2017, making them the first boy band and non-English group to achieve the feat.
"Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" is a
reggaeton and
latin pop song, with lyrics that addresses themes of love and romance. The song topped the charts in Romania and the Bulgaria World chart. It reached number five in the United Kingdom, becoming CNCO's first top ten single in that country and
Little Mix's twelfth. It reached the top ten of the charts in eleven other territories including the Netherlands, Hungary, and Lebanon.
The song received its debut performance during the final of The X Factor UK in 2017. The song won "Best Remix" at the 2018
iHeartRadio Music Awards. It has since received one triple platinum, two double platinum, three platinum and four gold music certifications worldwide.
Background and release
The collaboration was announced a day before the release on the social media accounts of both groups, with Billboard magazine saying "As far as bilingual remixes go, this one will be huge."[44]
Music video
The music video to the remix was released on September 18, 2017, on Little Mix's
Vevo YouTube channel. It was directed by
Marc Klasfeld and is set in a club where the two groups dance across the floor from each other.[45][46] As of June 2021 the music video has received over 300 million views on YouTube.
The song reached number one in Romania and the Bulgaria World charts, becoming Little Mix's first number-one single in those countries. In the United Kingdom the song debuted at number five on the Official UK Singles Chart, becoming CNCO's first and Little Mix's twelfth top ten hit there.[48]
Elsewhere the song reached the top ten in five other countries, including Belgium (Flanders), Lebanon, and the Netherlands. It peaked within the top twenty on the Argentina Anglo chart, Ireland, Mexico Ingles Airplay chart, Spain, and Switzerland. It reached the top forty in five other territories and charted in a further ten additional countries including Germany, Brazil, and Canada.
"Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" was the sixteenth-best selling single by a girl group in the United Kingdom between 1994 and 2019,[49] and Little Mix's sixth-most successful single there.[50] The song has been certified triple platinum in Brazil, double platinum in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and has received three platinum and four gold music certifications in other countries.
^"Rankings" (in Spanish).
CAPIF.
Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2017. To view the peak position, select digital mensual, 2017 and Enero.
^"Bolivia General" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino.
Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 20182 into search. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201744 into search. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201740 into search. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201742 into search. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
"Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)" is a song by Latin American boy band
CNCO. It was released on August 26, 2016, as the third single from their debut studio album, Primera Cita (2016). The song was written by Eric Perez, Jadan Andino, Jorge Class and Yashua Camacho.[1] The video has received over 1.5 billion views on
YouTube as of April 2019.[2] On August 18, 2017, the group released an English-language remix of the song recorded with British girl group
Little Mix.[3]
Music video
The song's music video was released along with the single. The clip sees the boys playing at a bowling alley and meeting and trying to impress some girls. It also features scenes of the group performing the song with choreography and solo shots of the guys singing their individual parts. The music video reached one billion views in August 2017, making them the first boy band and non-English group to achieve the feat.
"Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" is a
reggaeton and
latin pop song, with lyrics that addresses themes of love and romance. The song topped the charts in Romania and the Bulgaria World chart. It reached number five in the United Kingdom, becoming CNCO's first top ten single in that country and
Little Mix's twelfth. It reached the top ten of the charts in eleven other territories including the Netherlands, Hungary, and Lebanon.
The song received its debut performance during the final of The X Factor UK in 2017. The song won "Best Remix" at the 2018
iHeartRadio Music Awards. It has since received one triple platinum, two double platinum, three platinum and four gold music certifications worldwide.
Background and release
The collaboration was announced a day before the release on the social media accounts of both groups, with Billboard magazine saying "As far as bilingual remixes go, this one will be huge."[44]
Music video
The music video to the remix was released on September 18, 2017, on Little Mix's
Vevo YouTube channel. It was directed by
Marc Klasfeld and is set in a club where the two groups dance across the floor from each other.[45][46] As of June 2021 the music video has received over 300 million views on YouTube.
The song reached number one in Romania and the Bulgaria World charts, becoming Little Mix's first number-one single in those countries. In the United Kingdom the song debuted at number five on the Official UK Singles Chart, becoming CNCO's first and Little Mix's twelfth top ten hit there.[48]
Elsewhere the song reached the top ten in five other countries, including Belgium (Flanders), Lebanon, and the Netherlands. It peaked within the top twenty on the Argentina Anglo chart, Ireland, Mexico Ingles Airplay chart, Spain, and Switzerland. It reached the top forty in five other territories and charted in a further ten additional countries including Germany, Brazil, and Canada.
"Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" was the sixteenth-best selling single by a girl group in the United Kingdom between 1994 and 2019,[49] and Little Mix's sixth-most successful single there.[50] The song has been certified triple platinum in Brazil, double platinum in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and has received three platinum and four gold music certifications in other countries.
^"Rankings" (in Spanish).
CAPIF.
Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2017. To view the peak position, select digital mensual, 2017 and Enero.
^"Bolivia General" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino.
Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 20182 into search. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201744 into search. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201740 into search. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201742 into search. Retrieved October 24, 2017.