Baila Conmigo (Jennifer Lopez song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = {{Lang|es|Baila Conmigo|italic=no}}

| type = single

| cover = Jennifer Lopez - Baila Conmigo.png

| artist = Jennifer Lopez

| released = {{Start date|2019|10|10}}

| language = Spanish

| English_title = "Dance with Me"

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=43}}

| label =

| writer =

  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Kelly Paola Ruiz Moncada
  • Servando Primera
  • Víctor Alonso Cárdenas Ospina
  • David Sanchez Gonzalez

| producer =

  • David Sanchez aka Dayvi
  • Luis Barrera Jr.
  • Servando Primera
  • Víctor Cárdenas

| prev_title = Medicine

| prev_year = 2019

| next_title = Pa' Ti + Lonely

| next_year = 2020

| misc = {{External music video

|type = single

|header = Audio video

|1 = {{YouTube|5MsAyocUsyo|"{{Lang|es|Baila Conmigo|italic=no}}"}}}}

}}

"{{Lang|es|Baila Conmigo|italic=no}}" is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez. It was written by Lopez, Kelly Paola Ruiz Moncada, Servando Primera, Víctor Alonso Cárdenas Ospina and David Sanchez Gonzalez. The song was inspired by the track by the same name by Colombian producers Dayvi y Víctor Cárdenas, which was a viral phenomenon in Latin America.{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusiclatin.com/jennifer-lopez-estrena-su-sencillo-baila-conmigo/|title=JENNIFER LOPEZ DEBUTS HER NEW SINGLE "BAILA CONMIGO"|date=October 11, 2019|publisher=Sony Music Latin|access-date=October 11, 2019|archive-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202210840/https://www.sonymusiclatin.com/jennifer-lopez-estrena-su-sencillo-baila-conmigo/|url-status=live}} The song marks the singer's first Spanish-language single since 2018's Bad Bunny-assisted "Te Guste", and is a high-energy dance number with heavy Latin influences.{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/10/11/jennifer-lopez-new-song-baila-conmigo/|title=Hear Jennifer Lopez's new, fiery Spanish song 'Baila Conmigo'|website=EW.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-02|archive-date=2019-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203000541/https://ew.com/music/2019/10/11/jennifer-lopez-new-song-baila-conmigo/|url-status=live}}

Composition and lyrics

Produced by Servando Primera, David Sánchez, Victor Cárdenas and Luis Barrera, "Baila Conmigo" is a Spanish-language dance and EDM track with lyrics are about wanting to spend a special night at the beach dancing until the sunrise.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8532787/jennifer-lopez-baila-conmigo|title=Jennifer Lopez Invites You to Dance All Night on Sultry 'Baila Conmigo': Listen|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-12-02|archive-date=2019-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202213518/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8532787/jennifer-lopez-baila-conmigo|url-status=live}} According to a rough translation, the song begins with Lopez asking her lover to "imagine me and you on the beach" with "the sand, the ocean, the sound of the waves" setting the scene for a romantic union. She goes on to fantasize about “traveling all over your body", begging her partner to "kiss me, touch me, and dance with me" before they "touch heaven" with their hands and glue their mouths together. She also sings: "Dale que dale mas duro que la música rompe los muros que solo bailando me curo/ Baila Conmigo" (Do it hard because music breaks barriers and only dancing I heal/ Dance with me).

Chart performance

"Baila Conmigo" debuted at number 16 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, collecting 724,000 domestic streams while selling just over 1,000. The track also opened on the Latin Digital Song Sales (No. 3), Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (No. 5) and the Latin Pop Songs airplay charts (No. 36).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8540382/black-eyed-peas-j-balvin-ritmo-dance-electronic-latin-charts|title=Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin's 'Ritmo' Hits Dance/Electronic & Latin Charts|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-12-02|archive-date=2019-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203001031/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8540382/black-eyed-peas-j-balvin-ritmo-dance-electronic-latin-charts|url-status=live}} On February 21, 2020, the song topped the Billboard Dance Charts, becoming Lopez’ 18th number one single on the chart.

Live performance

Lopez first performed "Baila Conmigo" during her set at the iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina on November 2, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-02-jennifer-lopez-pays-tribute-to-selena-performs-new-single-for-first-time/|title=Jennifer Lopez Pays Tribute to Selena, Performs New Single For First Time|website=www.iheart.com|access-date=2019-12-03|archive-date=2019-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203042315/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-02-jennifer-lopez-pays-tribute-to-selena-performs-new-single-for-first-time/|url-status=live}}

Critical reception

Elias Leight of Rolling Stone reviewed the song as "a brassy, hard-driving club record." He added that Lopez "sings stern, rapid-fire lines over the track’s martial horns."{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/jennifer-lopez-baila-conmigo-897857/ | title=Jennifer Lopez's New Song 'Baila Conmigo' is Already a Hit in Latin America | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=11 October 2019 }} Mike Nied of Idolator said that "the track is a high-energy floor-filler."{{cite web | url=https://www.idolator.com/7899522/jennifer-lopez-treats-us-to-her-new-banger-baila-conmigo?chrome=1 | title=Jennifer Lopez Treats Us to Her New Banger "Baila Conmigo" | date=11 October 2019 }} Joey Nolfi of EW Entertainment also called the song a "fiery Spanish song."{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/music/2019/10/11/jennifer-lopez-new-song-baila-conmigo/ | title=Hear Jennifer Lopez's new, fiery Spanish song 'Baila Conmigo' | magazine=Entertainment Weekly }}

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{Cite web|title=Baila Conmigo by Jennifer Lopez & Maluma|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/119829689|access-date=September 25, 2020|publisher=Tidal|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626005138/https://listen.tidal.com/oldBrowser.html|url-status=live}}

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  • Jennifer Lopez – songwriter, vocals
  • Kelly Paola Ruiz Moncada – songwriter
  • Servando Primera – songwriter, producer
  • Víctor Cárdenas – songwriter, producer
  • David Sanchez aka Dayvi – songwriter, producer
  • Luis Barrera Jr. – producer

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+Weekly chart performance for "Baila Conmigo"

! scope="col"| Chart (2019–2020)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Honduras Pop (Monitor Latino){{cite web |title=Top 20 Pop - Honduras |url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/honduras/pop/20200720 |publisher=Monitor Latino |access-date=October 23, 2020 |language=es |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026235635/http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/honduras/pop/20200720 |url-status=live }}

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scope="row"| Mexico Espanol Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jennifer-lopez/chart-history/mpe/|title=Jennifer Lopez Chart History: Mexico Espanol Airplay|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128194315/https://www.billboard.com/artist/jennifer-lopez/chart-history/mpe/|url-status=live}}

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{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Jennifer Lopez|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceelectronic|16|artist=Jennifer Lopez|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}
{{singlechart|Billboardlatinairplay|37|artist=Jennifer Lopez|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 17, 2020}}
scope="row"| Venezuela (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/venezuela/general/20191223|title=Venezuela General|language=es|publisher=Monitor Latino|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422095005/http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/venezuela/general/20191223|archive-date=April 22, 2020|url-status=live}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+2020 year-end chart performance for "Baila Conmigo"

! scope="col"| Chart (2020)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Honduras Airplay (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2020/Honduras/general/charts-las-mejores-canciones-por-pa%C3%ADs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507034820/http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top100/anual/2020/Honduras/general/charts-las-mejores-canciones-por-pa%C3%ADs|archive-date=May 7, 2022|title=Honduras General Top 100 monitorLATINO / General - Tocadas|year=2020|language=es|publisher=Monitor Latino|access-date=May 6, 2022}}

| 69

scope="row"| US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-dance-electronic--songs|title=Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111022421/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-dance-electronic--songs|url-status=live}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Jennifer Lopez|title=Baila Conmigo|award=Platinum|Spanish=yes|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2022|access-date=May 12, 2022}}

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See also

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