Loca (song)
| Loca | |
|---|---|
| Shakira | |
| publication | September 10, 2010 |
| length | 3:13 |
| Genre (s) | Latin pop , merengue hip hop |
| Author (s) | Shakira , Armando Pérez , Edward Bello and Dylan Mills |
| Award (s) | German music award |
| album | Sale el sol |
Loca is a song by the Colombian singer Shakira . The English version of the song with British rapper Dizzee Rascal as a duet partner was released on September 10, 2010 as the first single from their seventh studio album Sale el sol .
background
Loca was actually an interpretation of El Cata's song Loca con su tiguere . Shakira changed the melody , gave the song new beats and rewrote the lyrics . In 2014, a US federal judge ruled that the song was an illegal copy of Ramón Arias Vásquez's Loca con su tiguere . He composed it between 1996 and 1998. In 2007 it was re-recorded by El Cata.
The piece mixes influences from Latin pop with pop and hip-hop elements. With rappers as duet partners, Shakira followed a trend that Beyoncé , Jennifer Lopez and other artists had started.
About the collaboration, Dizzee Rascal said in an interview with Billboard.com:
"She's a bit of a trendsetter - she does loads of different things on a major scale. […] You'd expect her to use an American rapper [for the song], but she chose me. It meant a lot. [...] I'd like to be in that Spanish market. I got into the whole reggaeton thing when it came out, so I always wanted to get around to something like that. ”
“She's something of a trendsetter - she does an incredible amount of different things at a high level. […] You'd expect she'd take an American rapper [for the song], but she picked me. That meant a lot to me. [...] I wanted to go to the Spanish market. I 've liked the whole reggaeton stuff since it came up, so I always wanted to do something like that. "
On October 4, 2010, another version was released in Spanish with El Cata as a duo partner.
criticism
Sara D Anderson of the Aol Radio Blog characterized the song as " rock- hard merengue beats and techno percussions" and wrote that "Shakira woos her man with Loca's hypnotic chorus, the British rapper Dizzee Rascal delivers a remarkable rap interlude that shows that he was actually taken by a "crazy girl" ”.
Monica Herrara wrote in Billboard magazine that "Shakira is paying more attention to tropical music with her new single 'Loca'", the song opens with a "throbbing merengue beat" accompanied by the "seductively whispered ultimatum 'Dance or Die'".
The Sun Daily judged: "Recorded in the Dominican Republic, Shakira brings her typical different musical identities into the production of 'Loca' by mixing [...] elements of merengue with danceable techno percussions [...]."
Commercial win
In the week of October 14, 2010, Loca debuted at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song became Shakira's ninth number one hit on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs. It also became Shakira's ninth place in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching 32nd place on November 6, 2010, an improvement of 52 positions compared to the previous week due to the number of downloads alone .
Loca debuted at number 2 in the Swiss charts and reached number 1 a week later on October 31, 2010 . The song also became a number one hit in Italy, France, Greece and Spain.
Music video
The music video was shot in August 2010 while visiting Barcelona . As with all Shakira videos, the director was Jaume de Laiguana. On September 29, 2010, the music video was officially released worldwide. According to the New York Post , the city of Barcelona is considering fining Shakira for paralyzing city traffic for the video shoot. Shakira had danced in a public fountain without official permission and was riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. For Shakira, the video is about "having fun and being in this exciting place with real people".
reception
Walter Frazier from Billboard magazine describes the video: “In keeping with the theme of the song, Shakira dances in a fountain and thus attracts the attention of passers-by (she is Shakira). Unsurprisingly, some of them join in the fun and jump in the fountain too. At the end of the song Shakira dances in the open water surrounded by fans. This is Shakira - she's crazy, but that's how we like her. "
Commenting on the video, James Montgomery of MTV said, “It's a guerrilla-like endeavor to do it on a budget close to zero (everything but one performance scene appears to have been handheld). The Britneys, Beyoncés and Gagas would probably never do that ... and yet it mostly works because it looks like what Shakira would do. 'Loca' is one of the few videos that does not seek to trump the accompanying song, but rather supports it. The 'Loca' video is calculated madness, a lively, irrepressible energy that few artists can create, regardless of budget. And [...] that's exactly the way Shakira made a career. This is called synergy. "
Chart placements
| Charts (2010) | Top position |
|---|---|
 Germany
|
6th |
 Austria
|
2 |
 Switzerland
|
1 |
 United States
|
32 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Single and Album Announcement! (No longer available online.) Shakira.com, archived from the original on September 4, 2010 ; accessed on November 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ US court: Shakira hit "Loca" is plagiarism. In: Spiegel Online . August 21, 2014, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ NEW MUSIC: SHAKIRA F / DIZZEE RASCAL - 'LOCA'. RAP-Up.com, accessed November 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Jason Lipshutz: Dizzee Rascal 'Honored' to Work on Shakira's 'Loca' single. (No longer available online.) Billboard, September 7, 2010, archived from the original on September 30, 2012 ; accessed on November 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Loca (feat. El Cata) - Shakira. Itunes, accessed November 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Shakira, 'Loca' - New Song. AOLRADIOBLOG, accessed on November 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Monica Herrara: Loca - Billboard Review. (No longer available online.) Billboard, September 25, 2010, archived from the original on October 1, 2012 ; accessed on November 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Shakira goes from Waka Waka to Loca. (No longer available online.) The Sun Daily September 30, 2010, archived from the original October 6, 2010 ; accessed on November 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Silvio Pietroluongo: Bruno Mars Holds at No. 1 on Hot 100, Taylor Swift Sets Debut Record. (No longer available online.) Billboard, Oct. 14, 2010, archived from the original on Oct. 1, 2012 ; accessed on October 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Shakira feat. El Cata - Loca in the Swiss hit parade on hitparade.ch
- ^ FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana -Classifiche. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana, accessed November 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Shakira's first single from her new album. Jokum.com, August 31, 2010, accessed November 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Shakira may be in trouble for stopping traffic. New York Post, August 21, 2010, accessed November 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Shakira's fountain dance upsets officials. orange.co.uk, August 22, 2010, accessed November 17, 2010 .
- ^ Walter Frazier: Shakira Goes 'Loca' in New Video. (No longer available online.) Billboard, September 29, 2010, archived from the original on October 1, 2012 ; Retrieved November 17, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648978/shakira-goes-loca-new-guerrillastyle-video.jhtml
- ↑ Loca in Germany germancharts.com
- ^ Loca in Austria austriancharts.at
- ^ Loca in Switzerland hitparade.ch
- ↑ US charts
