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Single by Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, and Karol G featuring Ozuna and J Balvin | ||||
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Language | Spanish | |||
Released | July 19, 2019 | |||
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Length | 5:01 | |||
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Producer(s) | Tainy | |||
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"China" on YouTube |
"China" is a song by Puerto Rican rappers Anuel AA and Daddy Yankee and Colombian singer Karol G with Puerto Rican singer Ozuna and Colombian singer J Balvin from Anuel AA's second studio album Emmanuel, released July 19,2019,through Anuel AA's label,Real Hasta la Muerte,featuring a music video directed by Marlon Peña. The official music video was immediately popular,and has received over 2.1 billion views on YouTube,placing it among each respective artist's most-viewed videos on the platform. [2] "China" samples the 2000 song "It Wasn't Me" by Jamaican musician Shaggy,which itself interpolates War's “Smile Happy”hence the writers of both songs (despite the latter never appearing on the track) are credited as songwriters for this song. It was also written by Anuel AA,Daddy Yankee,Karol G,Ozuna,and J Balvin,and was produced by Puerto Rican record producer Tainy.
It has been described as a reggaetón song with lyrics about infidelity at a nightclub and getting caught red-handed. Commercially,the song peaked at #1 in Argentina,Bolivia,Colombia,Mexico,Peru and Spain,and reached the top 10 in nine other countries. In the United States,it has topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and peaked at #43 on the mainstream Billboard Hot 100. In Europe,the single charted within the top 15 in Switzerland and Italy. In 2020,"China" received Latin Grammy award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Urban Fusion Performance.
"China" was written by Anuel AA,Daddy Yankee,Karol G,Ozuna,and J Balvin,and was produced by Puerto Rican Latin Grammy Award-winner record producer Tainy. [3] Tainy had previously worked with Anuel AA on "Sola" (2016),with Daddy Yankee on "Noche de Entiero" (2006),"Bella y Sensual" and "Si Supieras" (2019),with Karol G on "Mi Mala" (2017),with Ozuna on "No Quiero Amores" (2017),and with J Balvin on the majority of his albums Vibras (2018) and Oasis (2019). [4] He had also co-produced the Grammy Award-nominated song "I Like It" (2018) by Cardi B,Bad Bunny,and J Balvin. [5] [6]
Anuel AA told Billboard in July 2019 that he "had been looking to revive a classic" and chose Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" because it "hit" him. [3] He started listening to old songs and remembered Shaggy's track from his childhood. [7] He told XXL that "when [he] used to go with the big boys in [his] hood to the club,they put that song on and everybody used to go crazy". [7] He chose to redo "It Wasn't Me" and supposed that there would not be any problems with the release due to Shaggy's collaborations with Hispanic artists. [7] He recorded the song and sent the mix to Daddy Yankee,who "went crazy about it" and finished recording his verse in three days. [3] [8] Anuel AA then showed it to his girlfriend Karol G at their home and she opined that it was "the best track [she has] heard from [him]". [9] He wanted her on the record because she liked it and "[they] always help each other" and started to think about "classics that had all the big names in them". [9]
After some time,he met Ozuna and showed the song to him,who "went crazy as well" and recorded his part. [8] J Balvin was the last one to record,as the original collaboration did not include him,according to Anuel AA's announcement in April 2019. [8] [9] [10] Balvin's participation was revealed by Billboard two months later. [9] [10] Anuel AA has stated that it is "the strongest song of [his] career up to date". [3] He referred to the track as a "mix of different cultures with each of the collaborators contributing with its own flow". [3] The song's title comes from the "strong Chinese elements" on Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me". [3]
"China" has been referred to as a reggaeton song with a length of five minutes and one second. [9] [10] [11] It samples and is a Spanish-language adaptation of Jamaican singer Shaggy's 2000 single "It Wasn't Me". [9] Much like "It Wasn't Me",the lyrics to "China" speak of infidelity and getting caught red-handed. [10] Jessica Roiz of Billboard wrote that the song is about "meeting someone at the club,having a good time and forgetting about their significant other". [10] In addition to the song's sample,the song also interpolates lyrics from Daddy Yankee's 2007 single "Ella Me Levantó". [12] Billboard's Leila Cobo described the song as a "reggaeton explosion",while Jessica Roiz referred to it as "a fun Latin urban-meets-EDM" and a "Latin-EDM twist" to Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me". [9] [10] [12] Suzy Exposito of Rolling Stone described it as "an EDM-reggaeton rework of Shaggy's 2000 cheaters' anthem". [11]
"China" was made available for digital download and online streaming on July 19,2019,by Anuel AA's record label Real Hasta la Muerte. [13] Leila Cobo of Billboard wrote that the song "is the trap star's ultimate redemption" which "allows each artist to shine in an eminently danceable and commercially proven track that stays true to the original while managing to be completely refreshing". [9] Suzy Exposito of Rolling Stone stated that Anuel AA "strikes gold" with the song. [11] Raúl Gillén of Spanish music website Jenesaispop praised the chorus and "that strident 'Mi Gente'-style trumpet that has been exploited so much in recent years". [14] He also wrote that the song could become reggaeton's summer hit in Spain due to the performers' fame and its "undeniable magnetism". [14]
In order to promote the song,Anuel AA encouraged people on social media to take part of the China Challenge,which consists of uploading a video dancing to the song,imitating the movements of a person in a wheelchair. [15] Editors of Spanish newspapers Okdiario and La Vanguardia found the challenge inappropriate,disrespectful and offensive. [16] [17] Colombian newspaper El Universal reported that numerous Instagram users criticized it for being "a mockery to people in wheelchairs". [18] Anuel AA explained that the dance move was based on a scene from Walt Disney Productions' 1940 film Pinocchio . [19]
In the United States,"China" debuted at number two on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart on the issue dated August 3,2019,and topped both the Latin Digital Songs and Latin Streaming Songs charts with 1,000 downloads sold and 14.1 million streams. [3] The single subsequently peaked at number one on the week ending August 17,2019,becoming Anuel AA's third number-one and 10th top 10 on Hot Latin Songs,as well as his highest-charting single as a lead artist on the list. [3] [20] The track also garnered Daddy Yankee his seventh number-one and 29th top 10 on Hot Latin Songs,tying with Chayanne,Cristian Castro and Shakira as the third artist with most top 10s on the chart since its inception in 1986. [3] It also became J Balvin's sixth number-one song,Ozuna's fourth,and Karol G's first. [21] [22] [23] [24]
On the mainstream US Billboard Hot 100,the song debuted at #52 for the week ending August 3,2019,becoming Anuel AA's sixth entry (and his third highest-ranking title) on the chart,as well as Karol G's highest,at the time (until "TQG",a duet with Shakira,peaked at #7 in 2023). [25] "China" subsequently peaked at #43 on August 17,2019,becoming Daddy Yankee's seventh top 50 song on the Hot 100,as well as J Balvin's fifth,Ozuna's fourth,Anuel AA's third,and Karol G's first. [26] [27] [28] [29] The song also peaked at #27 on Streaming Songs and at #38 on Digital Songs. [30] [31] "China" also reached #37 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart for the week ending August 8,2019,with 52,600 sales and track-equivalent streams. [32]
Internationally,"China" peaked at #1 in Argentina,Bolivia,Colombia,Mexico,Peru and Spain,and was also a Top 10 hit in Chile,Ecuador,El Salvador,Honduras,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Puerto Rico,and Venezuela. Additionally,the single peaked at #11 in both the Dominican Republic and Uruguay,and #12 in Guatemala. In non-Hispanophone countries in Europe,it peaked at #11 in Switzerland,#15 in Italy,#17 in Portugal,#33 in the Netherlands and #39 in Sweden. The track thus became both Anuel AA's and Karol G's highest-charting song in Switzerland,Sweden,and the Netherlands. [33] [34] [35] On the radio airwaves,"China" was the second most-played song across Latin America for the week ending August 4,2019,with 6,797 spins across the 19 countries measured by Monitor Latino. [36]
The music video for "China" was directed by Dominican filmmaker and director Marlon Peña, [37] who had previously worked with Anuel AA on "Controla" (2019),with Daddy Yankee on eight clips including "Mayor Que Yo" (2005),"Shaky Shaky" (2016) and "Con Calma" (2019),and with both of them on "Adictiva" (2018) and the remix version of "Asesina" (2018),in which Ozuna also performs. [38] [39] [40] J Balvin filmed separately,since he was the last one to record and the music video had been already shot in April 2019. [41] The official music video on YouTube was released on Anuel AA's channel on July 19,2019. [9] It has received over 1.4 billion views as of July 2020.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP) [137] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [138] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [139] | Diamond+2× Platinum+Gold | 450,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [140] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [141] | 7× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [142] | Gold (Latin) | 30,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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