"Bailamos" (meaning 'We Dance') is a Latin pop song from singer Enrique Iglesias, sung in English and Spanish. It was the debut single of Iglesias in the English-language market, and attained immense success, reaching the #1 spot in the Billboard Hot 100.
"Bailamos" was written by Paul Barry and Mark Taylor and produced by Barry and Brian Rawling, the same team which wrote and produced Cher's hit "Believe". The track first appeared on a limited edition of his Spanish studio album Cosas del Amor and was released as a single in parts of Latin America and Europe. After attending one of Enrique's concerts, Will Smith asked Enrique to contribute to the soundtrack of his upcoming movie Wild Wild West and Bailamos was chosen to appear. The song quickly became most requested on pop radio in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Due to the song's popularity, it was released as a single throughout the world. In English, Bailamos means "We Dance" (We Are Dancing), or in this case, "Let's Dance". 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. The Latin song "Smooth" by Carlos Santana released at the end of the year was one of the most successful songs in chart history. Its immense success could, to some extent, be credited to "Bailamos"' and other Latin pop songs during the era. 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 debut English album Enrique, though slightly altered to fit with the sound of the album. The soundtrack version has a different arrangement in mix from the Album Version.
Enrique Iglesias (born Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler; May 8, 1975) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and occasional actor, popular in both the Latin market and the Hispanic American market in the United States. He is the son of the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. Within five years of beginning his musical career in the 1990s, he became the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade. He made his crossover into the mainstream English language market before the turn of the millennium, signing a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$50,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 22 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had ten number-one songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 55 number-one hits on the various Billboard charts. Billboard has called him The King of Latin Pop and The King of Dance. Billboard also named Enrique the number two Latin artist of the years 1986–2011 (Luis Miguel taking the first spot).
Descemer Bueno (b. 1971, Habana Vieja) is a Cuban singer, composer, and producer. His first professional gigs were playing bass with Santiago Feliú, one of Cuba’s greatest troubadours.
Bueno studied music in Cuba and became a music teacher before forming his jazz combo band Estado de Animo in 1990, which also included guitarist Elmer Ferrer and pianist Roberto Carcassés. His band encountered some success during the 90’s touring in Spain, Bolivia, Uruguay, Germany, and Argentina. Descemer also performed in the United States in 1998 with the jazz ensemble Column B.
During this period, Bueno was artist-in-residence at Stanford University in California, and spent a year teaching at the University of South Africa in Cape Town. In 1999, after moving to New York, Bueno became active in his hip-hop band Yerba Buena writing or co-writing most of the songs for their debut album "President Alien". Yerba Buena songs can be heard in several American movies and Pepsi commercials.
Bueno soon moved back to Cuba and began producing, arranging, and composing music for many young Cuban musicians including Haydée for Haydée Milanés, La Isla Milagrosa for William Vivanco, and Breathe for Yusa. He also composed part of the music for the film "Havana Blues", being in the group of winners of the 2006 Goya award for Best Original Music.. Several of Descemer's songs were in the soundtrack of "Habana Eva" (2010) by Venezuelan director Fina Torres, which won Best Film at New York International Latino Film Festival [1], and Best Film at Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival [2].
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born January 9, 1973), who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist.
Sean Paul was born in Kingston and spent his early years in Upper Andrew Parish, a few miles north of Kingston. His parents, Garth and Frances, were both talented athletes, and his mother is a well-known painter. His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew whose family emigrated from Portugal, and his paternal grandmother was Afro-Caribbean; his mother is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. Sean Paul was raised as a Catholic. Many members of his family are swimmers. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Sean Paul's mother was a backstroke swimmer. Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of thirteen to twenty-one, when he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career. He attended the Wolmers High School for Boys, Belair School, Hillel Academy High School, and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with a view to pursuing an occupation in hotel management.
Tonight we dance
I lay my life in your hands
We take the floor
Nothing is forbidden anymore
Don't let the world in outside
Don't let a moment go by
Nothing can stop us tonight
Bailamos, let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos, te quiero amor mio
Bailamos wanna live this night forever
Bailamos te quiero amor mio te quiero
Tonight I'm yours
We can make it happen,
I'm so sure
Now I'm letting go
There is something
I think you should know
I won't be leaving your side
We're gonna dance through the night
I wanna reach for the stars
Bailamos, let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos, te quiero amor mio
Bailamos wanna live this night forever
Bailamos te quiero amor mio te quiero
Tonight we dance
Like no tomorrow
If you will stay with me
Te quiero mi amor
Spanish Version:
Bailamos
Esta Noche Bailamos
Esta noche te doy la bienvenida
Quedate conmigo
Esta noche bailamos
Dejo mi vida en tus manos
En la pista de baile
Nada es prohibido
No dejes que te absorba el mundo
No dejes que se te escape un momento
nada nos puede parar esta noche
Chorus
Bailamos - deja que el ritmo te controle
Te quiero amor mio - Bailamos
quiero que la noche sea para siempre- bailamos
Te quiero amor mio - Te quiero
Esta noche soy tuyo
Estoy seguro que lo podemos hacer realidad
No lo voy a perder
Hay algo que quiero que sepas
Nunca me ire de tu lado
Bailaremos toda la noche
Quiero tocar las estrellas
Chorus
Bailamos - deja que el ritmo te controle
Te quiero amor mio - Bailamos
quiero que la noche sea para siempre- bailamos
Te quiero amor mio - Te quiero
Esta noche bailamos
Como que no habra manana
Si te quedas conmigo
Te quiero mi amor
Quedate conmigo
esta noche - bailamos
Bailamos - deja que el ritmo te controle
Te quiero amor mio - Bailamos
quiero que la noche sea para siempre- bailamos
Te quiero amor mio - Te quiero
Como te quiero
Como te quiero
Como te quiero
Esta noche bailamos
Te doy toda mi vida
Quedate conmigo
Tonight we dance
I lay my life in your hands
We take the floor
Nothing is forbidden anymore
Don't let the world in outside
Don't let a moment go by
Nothing can stop us tonight!
Bailamos! Let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio
Bailamos! Gonna live this night forever
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio, te quiero!
Tonight I'm yours
We can make it happen I'm so sure
Now I'm letting go
There is something I think you should know
I won't be leaving your side
We're gonna dance through the night
I'm gonna reach for the stars
Bailamos! Let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio
Bailamos! Gonna live this night forever
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio, te quiero!
(Whoa!)
Tonight we dance
(Whoa!)
Like no tomorrow
(Whoa!)
If you will stay with me
Te quiero, mi amor
Quedate conmigo
Esta noche
Quedate mi cielo
Bailamos! Let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio
Bailamos! Gonna live this night forever
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio
Bailamos! Let the rhythm take you over
(Como te quiero, como te quiero)
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio
(Como te quiero, como te quiero)
Bailamos! Gonna live this night forever
(Como te quiero, como te quiero)
Bailamos! Te quiero amor mio, te quiero
Tonight we dance
I lay my life in your hands
We take the floor
Nothing is forbidden anymore
Don`t let the world in outside
Don`t let a moment go by
Nothing can stop us tonight
Bailamos, let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos, te quiero amor mio
Bailamos wanna live this night forever
Bailamos te quiero amor mio te quiero
Tonight I`m yours
We can make it happen,
I`m so sure
Now I`m letting go
There is something
I think you should know
I won`t be leaving your side
We`re gonna dance through the night
I wanna reach for the stars
Bailamos, let the rhythm take you over
Bailamos, te quiero amor mio
Bailamos wanna live this night forever
Bailamos te quiero amor mio te quiero
Tonight we dance
Like no tomorrow
If you will stay with me
Te quiero mi amor
Spanish Version:
Bailamos
Esta Noche Bailamos
Esta noche te doy la bienvenida
Quedate conmigo
Esta noche bailamos
Dejo mi vida en tus manos
En la pista de baile
Nada es prohibido
No dejes que te absorba el mundo
No dejes que se te escape un momento
nada nos puede parar esta noche
Chorus
Bailamos - deja que el ritmo te controle
Te quiero amor mio - Bailamos
quiero que la noche sea para siempre- bailamos
Te quiero amor mio - Te quiero
Esta noche soy tuyo
Estoy seguro que lo podemos hacer realidad
No lo voy a perder
Hay algo que quiero que sepas
Nunca me ire de tu lado
Bailaremos toda la noche
Quiero tocar las estrellas
Chorus
Bailamos - deja que el ritmo te controle
Te quiero amor mio - Bailamos
quiero que la noche sea para siempre- bailamos
Te quiero amor mio - Te quiero
Esta noche bailamos
Como que no habra manana
Si te quedas conmigo
Te quiero mi amor
Quedate conmigo
esta noche - bailamos
Bailamos - deja que el ritmo te controle
Te quiero amor mio - Bailamos
quiero que la noche sea para siempre- bailamos
Te quiero amor mio - Te quiero
Como te quiero
Como te quiero
Como te quiero
Wooo, Wooo, Woo
Come On Ya'll Woo
Keep Moving It Moving It Moving It
Keep Moving It Moving It Moving It
Keep Moving It Moving It Moving It
Keep Moving It Moving It Moving It
Like This, Like That, Like This Whoaaa
Can You Feel The Life
It's A Formal Tonight
So Bring Your Appetite
So Feast On The Mood
Drink Up Grove
Feel The Base In Your Bones
As The Horns Make You Moan
Let The Drums Take The Throan
And Get In The Mood Slide In The Grove
‘Cuz I Really Wanna See You Dancing
I Really Wanna See You Moving
It's A Party And I'm Going Crazy Whoaaa
If Your Feeling Like I'm Feeling Then Move Your Body
Don't Stop Don't Stop Move Your Body
Give Itall You Got Now Everybody
Bailamos, Bailamos
If Your Feeling Like I'm Feeling Then Move Your Body
Don't Stop Don't Stop Move Your Body
Give It All You Got Now Everybody
Bailamooos
Now They're Looking Your Way
As You're Starting To Sway
To The Band Is They Play
So Feast On The Mood Drink Up The Grove
Move Your Hips Shake Your Thang
Tell The Guitar To Sing
The Fiesta Bells Ring The Piano Moves
‘Cuz I Really Wanna See You Dancing
I Really Wanna See You Moving
It's A Party And I'm Going Crazy Whoaaa
If You're Feeling Like I'm Feeling Then Move Your Body
Don't Stop Don't Stop Move Your Body
Give It All You Got Now Everybody
Bailamos, Bailamos
If You're Feeling Like I'm Feeling Then Move Your Body
Don't Stop Don't Stop Move Your Body
Give It All You Got Now Everybody
Bailamos, Bailamos
If You're Feeling Like I'm Feeling Then Move Your Body
Don't Stop Don't Stop Move Your Body
Give It All You Got Now Everybody
Bailamos, Bailamos
Feeling Like I'm Feelin
Feeling Like I'm Feelin
Feeling Like I'm Feelin
Girl the way you move it to the bar
Up in the club to get your drink
And when the margarita hits your sexy mouth
I can't help but think could you be looking at me
While you softly lick your lips
And damn I think its sick all the while she moved her hips
I'm hypnotized by the way her eyes looked right through mine
And she grabbed my hand and led me into the night
She was screaming bailamos with her body up so close
She was out of control chica bailamos
Mami dame un beso, can I be your primero?
Asucarita you're so cold chica bailamos
I can see the sweat glistening off your sexy body girl
Nonchalantly bumping up against me
All because you want be in my world
And everybody in the club
At the afterparty's getting rowdy
And I see you and I need you
And I want to get with you
I'm hypnotized by the way her eyes looked right through mine
And she grabbed my hand and led me into the night
She was screaming bailamos with her body up so close
She was out of control chica bailamos
Mami dame un beso, can I be your primero?
Asucarita you're so cold chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Feel the bump everyone we gots to party
Feel the funk rush the dance floor lets get started
Feel the bump everyone we gots to party
Feel the funk rush the dance floor lets get started
Chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
She was screaming bailamos with her body up so close
She was out of control chica bailamos
Mami dame un beso, can I be your primero?
Asucarita you're so cold chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Chica bailamos
Let's dance
Uhh
Tonight we dance,
I leave my life in your hands.
We take the floor,
Nothing is forbidden anymore.
Don't let the world in outside.
Don't let a moment go by.
Nothing can stop us tonight!
[Chorus]
?Bailamos! - We Dance
Let the rhythm take you over...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio - I love you my love
?Bailamos!
Wanna live this night forever...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Te quiero! - I want you
Tonight I'm yours,
We can make it happen I'm so sure.
I won't let it go.
There is something I think you should know.
I won't be leaving your side,
We're gonna dance through the night.
I want to reach for the stars!
[Chorus]
?Bailamos!
Let the rhythm take you over...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Bailamos!
Wanna live this night forever...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Te quiero!
Tonight we dance,
Like no tomorrow.
If you will stay with me,
Te quiero mi amor.
Quidate conmigo... - Stay with me
Esta noche...bailamos. - Tonight we dance
?Bailamos!
?Bailamos!
Let the rhythm take you over...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Bailamos!
Wanna live this night forever...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Te quiero!
?Como te quiero! - How I love you
?Ay, como te quiero!
?Como te quiero!
Tonight we dance,
I leave my life in your hands.
We take the floor,
Nothing is forbidden anymore.
Don't let the world in outside.
Don't let a moment go by.
Nothing can stop us tonight!
?Bailamos! - We Dance
Let the rhythm take you over...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio - I love you my love
?Bailamos!
Wanna live this night forever...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Te quiero! - I want you
Tonight I'm yours,
We can make it happen I'm so sure.
I won't let it go.
There is something I think you should know.
I won't be leaving your side,
We're gonna dance through the night.
I want to reach for the stars!
?Bailamos!
Let the rhythm take you over...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Bailamos!
Wanna live this night forever...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Te quiero!
Tonight we dance,
Like no tomorrow.
If you will stay with me,
Te quiero mi amor.
Quidate conmigo... - Stay with me
Esta noche...bailamos. - Tonight we dance
?Bailamos!
?Bailamos!
Let the rhythm take you over...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Bailamos!
Wanna live this night forever...
?Bailamos!
Te quiero amor mio...
?Te quiero!
?Como te quiero! - How I love you
?Ay, como te quiero!