Climate Change (album)

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Despite the delay of release date, Pitbull announced the album would be released on March 17, 2017, on Twitter.{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7693343/pitbull-release-date-new-album-climate-change|title=Pitbull Sets Release Date for New Album 'Climate Change'|last=Flores|first=Griselda|date=15 February 2017|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2017-02-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://themusicuniverse.com/pitbull-announces-new-climate-change-street-date/|title=Pitbull announces new 'Climate Change' street date - The Music Universe|last=Iahn|first=Buddy|date=2017-02-09|newspaper=The Music Universe|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}} "Can't Have", "Options" and "Greenlight" were released as singles off the album.{{Cite web|url=http://radio.com/2017/02/17/pitbull-options-featuring-stephen-marley/|title=Pitbull Drops New Track 'Options' Featuring Stephen Marley|last=Marley|first=Stephen|date=February 17, 2017|website=Radio.com|access-date=2017-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220014008/http://radio.com/2017/02/17/pitbull-options-featuring-stephen-marley/|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/74507/20161122/pitbull-climate-change-single-cant-have-steven-a-clark-ape-drums.htm|title=Pitbull Heats Up On 'Climate Change' Single "Can't Have" With Steven A. Clark, Ape Drums|last=Times|first=Music|date=2016-11-22|newspaper=Music Times|access-date=2017-02-19}} In October 2016, he said "As of right now, we’re looking at 2017, but you never know. Album (release dates) always change. Right now we’re working on two records in the thirteenth hour with very, very interesting features that will also be part of Climate Change".{{Cite web|url=http://radio.com/2016/10/24/pitbull-climate-change-release-date/|title=Pitbull Discusses Release Date of 'Climate Change'|date=October 24, 2016|website=Radio.com|access-date=2017-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220015342/http://radio.com/2016/10/24/pitbull-climate-change-release-date/|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}

A world tour for the album was scheduled to kick off in Asia for a 10 concert run, but was cancelled at the last minute. IME stated on May 11, 2017 "We are extremely sorry to announce that Pitbull’s Climate Change Tour in Asia has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts." to address the cancellation of the tour.

"Messin' Around" featuring Enrique Iglesias was released on April 8, 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7326392/pitbull-new-song-messin-around-feat-enrique-iglesias|title=NHear Pitbull's New Song 'Messin' Around' Feat. Enrique Iglesias|date=April 8, 2016|website=billboard.com|access-date=2017-03-17}} as the lead single of the album. On May 25, 2016, Pitbull uploaded the music video for "Messin' Around" on his YouTube and Vevo account.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X3SAs-5GUE|title=Pitbull with Enrique Iglesias - Messin' Around (Official Video)|publisher=YouTube|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2016}} It peaked at number sixty-four in the United States.{{cite web|title=Pitbull - Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1490081/Pitbull/chart?f=379|publisher=Billboard Hot 100 for Pitbull|access-date=April 6, 2017}}

On July 25, 2016, Pitbull released "Greenlight" featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis as the album's second single.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/pitbull-releases-new-single-greenlight-feat-flo-rida-lunchmoney-lewis-available-everywhere-now/|title=Pitbull Releases New Single "Greenlight feat. Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis" - Available Everywhere Now - RCA Records|newspaper=RCA Records|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-18}} Its music video was released on August 19, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7xbhKIiw4Y|title=Pitbull - Greenlight (Official Video) ft. Flo Rida, LunchMoney Lewis|publisher=YouTube|date=August 19, 2016|access-date=September 3, 2016}}

"Options" featuring Stephen Marley was released on February 17, 2017, as the third single from the album.{{Cite web|url=http://radio.com/2017/02/17/pitbull-options-featuring-stephen-marley/|title=Pitbull Drops New Single 'Options' Featuring Stephen Marley|last=Marley|first=Stephen|date=February 17, 2017|website=Radio.com|access-date=2017-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220014008/http://radio.com/2017/02/17/pitbull-options-featuring-stephen-marley/|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=dead}} Its official music video was uploaded on Pitbull's Vevo on March 17, 2017, the same date as the album's release.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xALCpLXcIYY|title=Pitbull - Options ft. Stephen Marley|publisher=YouTube|date=March 17, 2016|access-date=March 17, 2017}}

The two also performed the song live at WWE WrestleMania 33.

On March 17, 2017, Pitbull released "Better On Me" featuring Ty Dolla Sign as the album's release accompanying single. Its music video was released on January 12, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lrIgkzhXz0|title=Pitbull - Better On Me (Official Video) ft. Ty Dolla $ign|publisher=YouTube|date=January 12, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2018}}

"Freedom" was released on January 8, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://radio.com/2016/01/08/pitbull-drops-new-single-freedom/|title=Pitbull Drops New Single 'Freedom'|date=January 8, 2016|website=Radio.com|access-date=2017-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318085405/http://radio.com/2016/01/08/pitbull-drops-new-single-freedom/|archive-date=March 18, 2017|url-status=dead}} The official music video was uploaded to Pitbull's Vevo on February 10, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://all-noise.co.uk/new-music-video-freedom-by-pitbull/11882/|title=New Music Video: "Freedom" by Pitbull|date=February 10, 2016|website=all-noise.co.uk|access-date=2017-03-17}}

"Bad Man" featuring Robin Thicke, Joe Perry and Travis Barker was released on February 14, 2016, and was performed the following night as the closing number to the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pitbull-recruits-robin-thicke-travis-barker-for-bad-man-at-grammys-20160215|title=Pitbull Recruits Robin Thicke, Travis Barker for 'Bad Man' at Grammys.|date=February 15, 2016|website=rollingstone.com|access-date=2017-03-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pitbulls-2016-grammys-performance-bad-866077|title=Pitbull Closes Show With Sofia Vergara, Robin Thicke, Travis Barker and Joe Perry|date=February 15, 2016|website=hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=2017-03-17}} The official music video was uploaded to Pitbull's VEVO channel on April 20, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjQGYSEHtto|title=Pitbull - Bad Man (Official Video) ft. Robin Thicke, Joe Perry, Travis Barker|publisher=YouTube|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=April 20, 2017}}

"FREE.K" was released on October 23, 2015. It was intended to be included in Climate Change, but it didn't make the final cut for the standard edition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a779253/youre-going-to-enjoy-pitbulls-new-single-way-more-than-you-actually-should/|title=You're going to enjoy Pitbull's new single way more than you actually should|date=January 8, 2016|website=www.digitalspy.com|access-date=2017-03-16}} However, the song was included on the Japanese release of the album under the title "Freak".

"Educate Ya" serves as track 9 to the album which features vocals from American singer-songwriter Jason Derulo.

"Dedicated" serves as track 11 to the album which features vocals from American singers R. Kelly and Austin Mahone.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 63/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/climate-change/pitbull|title=Climate Change by Pitbull Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=March 17, 2017}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|title=Pitbull - Climate Change {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/climate-change-mw0002951500/user-reviews|website=AllMusic|access-date=27 March 2017}}

| rev2 = Idolator

| rev2score = 3.5/5{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7659303/pitbull-climate-change-album-review?chrome=1|title=Pitbull's 'Climate Change': Album Review|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=September 1, 2021|work=Idolator|accessdate=March 17, 2017}}

| rev3 = Knox News

| rev3score = 3.5/5{{Cite web|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/columnists/chuck-campbell/2017/03/17/pitbull-climate-change-music-review-fleeting-fun-tuned-in-chuck-campbell/99303580/|title=Music review: Pitbull's 'Climate Change' is fleeting fun|last=Campbell|first=Chuck|date=September 1, 2021|work=Knox News|accessdate=March 17, 2017}}

| rev4 = Pop Magazine

| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://pop-mag.com/2017-03-22/review-pitbull-climate-change/|title= Review: Pitbull – Climate Change|work=Pop Magazine|date= 1 September 2021|access-date=22 March 2017}}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Review: Pitbull Throws Yet Another Huge Party on 'Climate Change' {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-pitbull-climate-change-w472115|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=15 March 2017|access-date=27 March 2017}}

| rev6 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev6score = {{rating|.5|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}{{cite web|title=Pitbull - Climate Change {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} Tiny Mix Tapes|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/pitbull-climate-change|website=Tiny Mix Tapes|access-date=27 April 2017}}

| rev7 = The Young Folks

| rev7score = 6/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyoungfolks.com/music/100022/album-review-pitbull-climate-change/|title=Album Review: Pitbull – "Climate Change"|last=Gill|first=Katie|date=September 1, 2021|work=The Young Folks|accessdate=March 20, 2017}}

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Climate Change debuted at number 29 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 14,000 album-equivalent units (including 11,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. The album also debuted at number 12 on the US Top Rap Albums chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-albums/2017-04-08|title=BB200 - 2017-04-08|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 1, 2020}}

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{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 44:16

| title_width=20%

| writing_width=53%

| extra_width=27%

| title1 = We Are Strong

| note1 = featuring Kiesza

| writer1 = {{hlist|Armando Christian Pérez|Jimmy Thörnfeldt|Maxwell Kernich|Kiesa Rae Ellestad|Jose Garcia|Wilberto Madera|Michael Chapman|Holly Erlander|Leonardo Brooks|Jorge Gomez|Achraf Janussi}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Jimmy Joker|IAMCHINO|AJ Junior|Gomez|Brooks{{ref|a|[a]}}|Will "Chilly Willy" Madera{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = Bad Man

| note2 = featuring Robin Thicke, Joe Perry and Travis Barker

| writer2 = {{hlist|Pérez|Jenny Owen Youngs|Davey Nate|Thomas Peyton|Eric Frederic}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Ricky Reed|Peyton{{ref|a|[a]}}|Joe London{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = Greenlight

| note3 = featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis

| writer3 = {{hlist|Pérez|Tramar Dillard|Gamal Lewis|Lukasz Gottwald|Henry Walter}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Dr. Luke|Cirkut}}

| length3 = 4:05

| title4 = Messin' Around

| note4 = featuring Enrique Iglesias

| writer4 = {{hlist|Pérez|Enrique Preyslar|Garcia|Gomez|Janussi|Thornfeldt|Michael Calderon|Gary Richrath}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Jimmy Joker|Gomez|IAMCHINO|AJ Junior}}

| length4 = 3:42

| title5 = Better on Me

| note5 = featuring Ty Dolla Sign

| writer5 = {{hlist|Pérez|Tyrone Griffin Jr.||Nicholas Audino|Lewis Hughes|Khaled Rohaim|Te Whiti Warbrick|Noel Fisher|Jason Boyd}}

| extra5 = Twice as Nice

| length5 = 3:47

| title6 = Sexy Body

| note6 = with Jennifer Lopez

| writer6 = {{hlist|Pérez|Jennifer Lopez|Jerome Price|Luke Calleja|Michael Mayeda|Al Sherrod Lambert|Karen Chin|Anthony Kelly|Cheri Williams|Joey Washington|Dwayne Richardson|Derek Jenkins|Cassio Ware}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Mayeda|Kronic|Price|DJ White Shadow}}

| length6 = 3:43

| title7 = Freedom

| writer7 = {{hlist|Pérez|Mick Jagger|Keith Richards|Richard Pearl}}

| extra7 = Pearl

| length7 = 2:55

| title8 = Options

| note8 = featuring Stephen Marley

| writer8 = {{hlist|Pérez|Stephen Marley|Jason Evigan|Joshua Gallander|Mitchel Allan Scherr|Samuel Denison Martin|Ian Kirkpatrick|Sean Douglas}}

| extra8 = Kirkpatrick

| length8 = 3:59

| title9 = Educate Ya

| note9 = featuring Jason Derulo

| writer9 = {{hlist|Pérez|Kirkpatrick|Evigan|Lindy Robbins|Jordan K. Johnson|Stefan Johnson|Marcus Lomax}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Kirkpatrick|Evigan|The Monsters & Strangerz}}

| length9 = 3:33

| title10 = Only Ones to Know

| note10 = featuring Leona Lewis

| writer10 = {{hlist|Pérez|Leona Lewis|Alex Ross|Edwin Paredes|Martin Oetegenn|Deborah Aramide|Jamie Harper|Autumn Rowe}}

| extra10 = Ross

| length10 = 3:50

| title11 = Dedicated

| note11 = featuring R. Kelly and Austin Mahone

| writer11 = {{hlist|Pérez|Robert Kelly|Austin Mahone|Xavier Dunn|Calleja}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Kronic|DJ White Shadow}}

| length11 = 3:56

| title12 = Can't Have

| note12 = featuring Steven A. Clark and Ape Drums

| writer12 = {{hlist|Pérez|Steven Clark|Eric Alberto-Lopez|Sam Hyken|Steve Sanz}}

| extra12 = Ape Drums

| length12 = 3:35

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japan edition bonus tracks{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8-%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB/dp/B01GOTFQ8G/ | title=Amazon.co.jp: クライメート・チェンジ: Music }}

| title13 = FREE.K

| title14 = Green Light

| note14 = TJR Extended Mix) (featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis

| title15 = Options

| note15 = Chuckie Remix) (featuring Stephen Marley

| title16 = Bad Man

| note16 = DJ Drew Remix) (featuring Robin Thicke, Joe Perry and Travis Barker

}}

Notes

• {{small|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies a co-producer
• {{small|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies an additional producer
• "We Are Strong" featuring Kiesza interpolates "Love Is a Battlefield", written by Michael Chapman and Holly Erlander, and performed by Pat Benatar.
• "Messin' Around" with Enrique Iglesias interpolates "Take It on the Run" by REO Speedwagon.
• "Freedom" interpolates "I'm Free" by The Soup Dragons.
• "Sexy Body" with Jennifer Lopez interpolates "Dat Sexy Body" by Sacha.

Featured Artists

• Kiesza, track 1
• Robin Thicke, track 2
• Joe Perry, track 2
• Travis Barker, track 2
• Flo Rida, track 3
• LunchMoney Lewis, track 3
• Enrique Iglesias, track 4
• Ty Dolla $ign, track 5
• Jennifer Lopez, track 6
• Stephen Marley, track 8
• Jason Derulo, track 9
• Leona Lewis, track 10
• R. Kelly, track 11
• Austin Mahone, track 11
• Steven A. Clark, track 12
• Ape Drums, track 12

{{Reflist}}

• {{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/climate-change/1206131655|title=Climate Change by Pitbull on Apple Music|website=iTunes|access-date=2017-02-19}}

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