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| Single by Tainy and J Balvin | ||||
| from the album The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| English title | "Water" | |||
| Released | July 9, 2020 | |||
| Genre | Reggaeton | |||
| Length | 2:38 | |||
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| Producer | Tainy | |||
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| "Agua" on YouTube | ||||
"Agua" (Spanish:"Water") is a song by Puerto Rican producer Tainy and Colombian singer J Balvin. The track was released on July 9,2020 by NEON16 and Interscope Records as the theme song and lead single off the soundtrack to the 2020 film The SpongeBob Movie:Sponge on the Run . "Agua" is prominently characterized by a sample of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song throughout the track. [1]
"Agua" is a reggaeton track that samples the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song throughout the track,though Stephen Hillenburg was credited as a co-writer of "Agua". [2] Regarding this track,J Balvin expressed that the track "has good vibes and a lot of happiness,which we need during these moments." [3] Throughout the song,Balvin makes numerous references to SpongeBob characters and settings in the lyrics,and he interpolates part of the SpongeBob theme song in the track's bridge. [4]
The music video for "Agua" premiered on J Balvin's YouTube channel on July 15,2020. [5] The video reached 35.9 million views in its first tracking week [6] and has amassed over 530 million views as of January 2021. [7]
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Italy (FIMI) [47] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) [48] | 2× Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [49] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||