Danza Kuduro
August 15, 2010
Danza Kuduro is a song from Don Omar and Lucenzo. It was released on 15 August 2010, but only reached as the credits song of the movie Fast & Furious Five international notoriety.
The song reached # 1 on the singles charts, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland in several states.
Vem dançar kuduro
Already on 12 April 2010 published the French musician Lucenzo Big Ali along with the song Vem dançar kuduro ( German: "Come on, dance Kuduro " ), which is written in Portuguese and English and both the music and its text to large is similar parts. The song reached in some countries high chart positions in Sweden reached Vem dançar kuduro even # 1 on the charts. In Switzerland, the song reached number 31 in France, # 2 in Denmark number 14, number 12 in Finland and in Norway 15th place Kuduro is an Angolan style of music that is mainly popular in Portugal, Italy and the Balkans.
Formation
Criticism
The song was discussed only by a few critics, mostly but he was positive.
Amar Toor writes on AOL Music, Danza Kuduro is that with the best of what the reggaeton have to offer. He thinks that the song had a real catchy tune potential and will spread quickly.
Writes Alison Stewart of The Washington Post that the song show the typical style of Don Omar. These are their opinion, sunny, light, fast and catchy melodies.
Video
The video for the single was on the Caribbean island of St. Martin with director Carlos Perez, who is responsible for most of the videos Don Omar added. The video shows Don Omar Lucenzo and how they live out their luxury in which they drive expensive cars and boats. They are accompanied by two dancers.
The premiere of the video took place on 17 August 2010 instead on Vevo, on 30 July 2010, there were, however, a preliminary premiere on Don Omar's Facebook page. On YouTube, the video quickly reached popularity and has been viewed 200 million times since then. Thus Danza Kuduro is the most-watched Spanish-language video on YouTube.
Charts and Awards
After the appearance of the songs he initially remained moderately popular and could make the leap into the charts only in Spain. Only when Danza Kuduro was chosen as the soundtrack to the film Fast & Furious Five, garnered international attention and became one of the summer hits of 2011. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the U.S. Latin Charts Danza Kuduro reached number one in the charts. In Norway, the song went to # 2 of the singles charts in Denmark, Bulgaria and Sweden, # 3, # 5 in Finland, Portugal 8th place in France and number 32 in the U.S. at number 82
In Germany, the single was awarded a gold record. In Spain and Switzerland each have a platinum record was awarded in Italy, there was this award twice.