Ella Baila Sola (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Ella Baila Sola
| type = single
| cover = Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma - Ella Baila Sola.png
| alt = Several red party cups, a can, confetti and a lipstick kiss mark on a piece of paper surrounding the song title
| artist = Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma
| album = Desvelado
| language = Spanish
| English_title = "She Dances Alone"
| released = {{start date|2023|03|17}}
| recorded =
| genre =
- Regional Mexican
- sierreño
- urban ranchera{{cite news|url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-25/corridos-sweep-the-global-charts-is-mexican-music-the-new-reggaeton.html|title=Corridos sweep the global charts: Is Mexican music the new reggaeton?|newspaper=El País|date=April 25, 2023}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023}}
| length = 2:45
| label =
- DEL
- Prajin Parlay / Worms Music
| writer = Pedro Tovar
| producer =
- Maurillo Pineda Jr.
- Pedro Tovar
- Ernesto Fernandez
| chronology = Eslabon Armado
| prev_title = Jugaste y Sufrí
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Quédate Conmigo
| next_year = 2023
| misc =
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Peso Pluma
| type = single
| prev_title = El Hechizo
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Ella Baila Sola
| year = 2023
| next_title = La Bebé
| next_version = remix
| next_year = 2023
}}
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"Ella Baila Sola" ({{translation|"She Dances Alone"}}) is a song by the American regional Mexican group Eslabon Armado and Mexican singer Peso Pluma. It was released on March 17, 2023, through DEL Records and Prajin Parlay, as the lead single for the group's album Desvelado (2023). "Ella Baila Sola" is a sierreño song that lyrically talks about two guys seeing a woman dancing alone. The song was written and produced by Pedro Tovar, with co-production being handled by Maurillo Pineda Jr. and Ernesto Fernandez.
Originally teased as a short clip on TikTok, "Ella Baila Sola" would go viral on the platform days before its official release on streaming platforms. Its virality would eventually lead up to it becoming the first regional Mexican song in history to reach the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four, as well as the first to top the Billboard Global 200. The song also appeared on charts in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland. It was critically acclaimed, with Rolling Stone naming it the best song of 2023, as well as placing it on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
"Ella Baila Sola" received several nominations and was certified 21× Platinum, in the Latin field, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 1 million copies. Other certifications were given by Italy, Portugal and Spain. To date, it is the group and the singer's most commercially successful single, with over 1 billion streams on Spotify; the milestone was reached at the end of 2023, making it the first regional Mexican song to do so. Peso Pluma would release a remix version of "La Bebé" with Yng Lvcas, simultaneously with "Ella Baila Sola", where it also performed successfully, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 along with the latter's peak.
Background
Lead singer Pedro Tovar contacted Peso Pluma to record a song he had written and sang part of it through the phone, instead of sending a recording. It lead them to scheduling a recording session in a studio with Ernesto Fernandez, a producer at Prajin Parlay.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/eslabon-armado-ella-baila-sola-hitmakers-collaboration-1235809895/|title=How Eslabon Armado's 'Ella Baila Sola' Became a Música Mexicana Anthem|magazine=Variety|last=Garcia|first=Thania|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207181022/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/eslabon-armado-ella-baila-sola-hitmakers-collaboration-1235809895/|url-status=live}} Days before the song's release, Tovar would also preview the song on social platforms, mainly TikTok and Instagram, where the song would go viral on TikTok days later.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-26/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-mexican-regional-bad-bunny|title=Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma make history on pop charts|magazine=Variety|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=April 26, 2023|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513122124/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-26/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-mexican-regional-bad-bunny|url-status=live}}
Tovar called working with Pluma "probably one of [his] best collabs" as they got along well in the studio, and stated that he appreciated the collaboration as "it benefited [them] both". Tovar knew that "Ella Baila Sola" would be a hit and had stated that it was his easiest song he has written, with both artists expressing their surprise at the song's success.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-hot-latin-songs-chart-1235301256/|title=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' Tops Hot Latin Songs Chart: 'We Didn't Expect the Song to Make So Much Noise!'|magazine=Billboard|last=Bustios|first=Pamela|date=April 11, 2023|access-date=April 18, 2023|archive-date=May 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506232503/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-hot-latin-songs-chart-1235301256/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.oleantimesherald.com/pedro-tovar-of-eslabon-armado-on-the-success-of-ella-baila-sola/video_7f5613af-f74f-5e0a-91d5-30a3cd9997bb.html|title=Pedro Tovar of Eslabon Armado on the success of 'Ella Baila Sola'|date=November 15, 2023|access-date=December 7, 2023|website=oleantimesherald.com}}
Composition
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"Ella Baila Sola" has been referred to as a sierreño song with a length of two minutes and 45 seconds. It is set in the time signature of triple metre and is composed in the key of F minor with a tempo of 148 beats per minute.{{Cite web|url=https://tunebat.com/Info/Ella-Baila-Sola-Eslabon-Armado-Peso-Pluma/3dnP0JxCgygwQH9Gm7q7nb|title=Key & BPM for Ella Baila Sola by Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma|website=tunebat.com}} Its instruments used include the requinto guitar, tenor horns, the tololoche, and the valve trombone, with a part of instruments being provided by Peso Pluma.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-breakdown-1235314741/|title=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola': Breaking Down the Hit|magazine=Billboard|last=Flores|first=Griselda|date=November 22, 2023|access-date=December 8, 2023|archive-date=May 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502195254/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-breakdown-1235314741/|url-status=live}}
The song was written entirely by Tovar, who told Billboard that it was not based on his own experience, rather on "pure imagination."{{cite magazine|last=Aguilera|first=Tere|title=Eslabon Armado’s Pedro Tovar Says Peso Pluma 'Disappoints Me'|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/eslabon-armado-pedro-tovar-peso-pluma-disappoint-1235320142/|access-date=March 11, 2024|magazine=Billboard|date=May 2, 2023|archive-date=May 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075746/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/eslabon-armado-pedro-tovar-peso-pluma-disappoint-1235320142/|url-status=live}} The song's lyrics revolve around two friends at a party who see a beautiful woman "dancing alone", which alludes to the song title; "Ella Baila Sola" translates to "She Dances Alone."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-lyrics-translated-english-1235307010/|title=Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma 'Ella Baila Sola' Lyrics Translated English|magazine=Billboard|last=Roiz|first=Jessica|date=April 18, 2023|access-date=December 8, 2023}} It's mostly known for its first verse sung by Tovar: "Compa, ¿qué le parece esa morra? / La que anda bailando sola, me gusta pa' mí,"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2023/ella-baila-sola-la-cancion-del-ano-que-atrapo-a-inimaginables-artistas-.html|title=Ella Baila Sola, la canción del año que 'atrapó' a inimaginables artistas|magazine=El Siglo de Torreón|date=December 6, 2023|access-date=March 28, 2024}} which translates to "Buddy, what do you think of that girl? / The one who's dancing alone, I like her for me."
Critical reception
Isabela Raygoza at Billboard stated that the song "comes in hard with a fiery guitar melody that instantly captivates from start to finish, and the vocal interplay between Peso [Pluma] and Eslabón Armado sounds perfect," concluding that "the song will be on the list of the best Latin songs of all time."{{cite magazine|date=April 24, 2023|title=What's Behind Peso Pluma's Hot 100 Takeover?|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/peso-pluma-hot-100-takeover-ella-baila-sola-five-burning-questions-1235301189/|last1=Flores|first1=Griselda|last2=Lipshutz|first2=Jason|last3=Raygoza|first3=Isabela|last4=Roiz|first4=Jessica|last5=Unterberger|first5=Andrew|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418200709/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/peso-pluma-hot-100-takeover-ella-baila-sola-five-burning-questions-1235301189/|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone named "Ella Baila Sola" as the best song of 2023{{Cite magazine|date=December 1, 2023|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-2023-1234879541/peso-pluma-eslabon-armado-ella-baila-sola-1234894278/|access-date=December 7, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} and ranked it at number 402 on its list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".{{Cite magazine |date=February 16, 2024 |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/eslabon-armado-and-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-2023-1234952615/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 17, 2024}}
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Commercial performance
=North America=
"Ella Baila Sola" debuted on Billboard Hot 100 at number 26 on the issue dated April 1, 2023,{{cite magazine |last=Bustios |first=Pamela |date=March 28, 2023 |title=Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma Earn Career Highs on Hot Latin Songs, Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-hot-latin-songs-hot-100-career-highs-1235293771/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418012351/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-hot-latin-songs-hot-100-career-highs-1235293771/ |url-status=live }} and would reach the top 10 on its fourth week on the chart, making it the first regional Mexican song to do so. It rose to number four in its sixth week, which marked the highest position for any Mexican artist on the chart and Eslabon Armado's second charting, after "Jugaste y Sufrí" with DannyLux which peaked at number 69 on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-drake-eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-hot-100-1235304463/|title=Morgan Wallen No. 1 on Hot 100, Drake Debuts, Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma Bring Regional Mexican to Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 17, 2023|access-date=April 18, 2023|archive-date=April 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430143431/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-drake-eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-hot-100-1235304463/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=April 24, 2023 |title=SZA Scores Her First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 With 'Kill Bill' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-number-one-hot-100-ice-spice-nicki-minaj-top-10-1235313955/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424210206/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-number-one-hot-100-ice-spice-nicki-minaj-top-10-1235313955/ |url-status=live }} Originally debuting at number two, the song would top the US Hot Latin Songs chart in its third week. The song would debut at number seven on the US Regional Mexican Airplay and number 20 on the US Latin Airplay charts,{{cite magazine |last=Bustios |first=Pamela |date=May 2, 2023 |title=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' Hits Regional Mexican |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-regional-mexican/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2024}} later reaching at numbers one and four on both charts, respectively.{{cite magazine |last=Bustios |first=Pamela |date=May 23, 2023 |title=Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' Tops Regional Mexican Airplay |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-number-1-regional-mexican-airplay-chart/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2024}} It would later top the US Latin Airplay chart.{{cite magazine |last=Bustios |first=Pamela |date=June 13, 2023 |title=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' Tops Latin Airplay Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/eslabon-armado-peso-plumas-ella-baila-sola-number-one-latin-airplay-chart/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2024}} "Ella Baila Sola" also debuted atop the Mexico Songs chart and peaked at number 62 on the Canadian Hot 100.
=Global=
"Ella Baila Sola" debuted at number three Billboard Global 200, later topping the chart, which marked the first regional Mexican number-one single of the chart and the first number-one single for a Mexican artist.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' Soars to No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-number-one-global-200-1235314209/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424222106/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola-number-one-global-200-1235314209/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Frankenburg |first=Eric |date=April 28, 2023 |title=Grupo Frontera & More Spotlight Regional Mexican’s Breakout on Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/grupo-frontera-regional-mexican-breakout-global-charts/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2024}} The song was the most streamed song on Spotify in the summer of 2023, globally, attaining more than 367 million streams, becoming the first regional Mexican song to achieve the title.{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/8/ella-baila-sola-peso-pluma-eslabon-armando-spotify-most-streamed-song-summer-2023|title=Ella Baila Sola: Spotify's Most-Streamed Song of Summer|website=Hypebeast|last=Bernstein|first=Elaina|date=August 23, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2024|archive-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227164334/https://hypebeast.com/2023/8/ella-baila-sola-peso-pluma-eslabon-armando-spotify-most-streamed-song-summer-2023|url-status=live}} It was the second most streamed song in the United States, during the same period, on the platform.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/spotify-ella-baila-sola-global-song-of-the-summer-list|title=Spotify Crowns "Ella Baila Sola" Song of Summer, Only 1 Rap Track Makes List|magazine=Complex|last=Ocho|first=Alex|date=August 23, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2024}} It would garner over 1 billion streams on Spotify by the end of December 2023, making it the first regional Mexican song to reach the milestone.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/eslabon-armado-peso-plumas-ella-baila-sola-1-one-billion-streams-spotify-1235531846/|title=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' hits 1B Spotify Streams|magazine=Billboard|last=Raygoza|first=Isabela|date=December 4, 2023|access-date=December 7, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://musically.com/2023/12/05/ella-baila-sola-reaches-milestone-of-1bn-spotify-streams/|title='Ella Baila Sola' reaches milestone of 1bn Spotify streams|website=Music Ally|last=Dredge|first=Stuart|date=December 5, 2023|access-date=December 7, 2023}}
Music video
A music video was uploaded on April 7, 2023, on DEL Records' YouTube channel, which stars Peso Pluma and the group, along with models Jailyne Ojeda and Valeria Pambi. The video was filmed in a Beverly Hills, California mansion,{{cite web|title=¡Peso Pluma: Aquí se grabó 'Ella baila sola' por esta romántica razón|url=https://lamejor.com.mx/tendencias/2024/3/10/peso-pluma-aqui-se-grabo-ella-baila-sola-por-esta-romantica-razon-3298.html|date=March 10, 2024|access-date=March 11, 2024|website=La Mejor|language=es}} and was inspired by the 2013 film The Great Gatsby.{{cite web|last=Montiel|first=Irma|title=Peso Pluma y Eslabón Armado estrenan videoclip de "Ella Baila Sola" con Jailyne Ojeda|url=https://www.enelradar.com/musica/Peso-Pluma-y-Eslabon-Armado-estrenan-videoclip-de-Ella-Baila-Sola-con-Jailyne-Ojeda-20230410-0007.html|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|website=En el Radar|language=es}}{{cite web|title=El viral "Ella baila sola" de Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma finalmente tiene video musical|url=https://news.eseuro.com/trends/1511508.html|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|website=News ES Euro|language=es|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215112934/https://news.eseuro.com/trends/1511508.html|url-status=dead}} The video attained over 10 million views in its first four days after its released and was trending on various platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitch, where content creators, from different regions of the world, made first impression reactions to the video, leading to the increase of views and streams on the song.{{cite web|title=¡Increíble! Peso Pluma domina en las listas de Spotify y Billboard y hasta supera a Bad Bunny|url=https://www.ntv.com.mx/2023/04/13/increible-peso-pluma-domina-en-las-listas-de-spotify-y-billboard-y-hasta-supera-a-bad-bunny/|date=April 13, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|website=NTV+|language=es}}{{cite web|last=Gamboa|first=Juan Carlos|title=Eslabón Armado y Peso Pluma arrasan YouTube con 'Ella Baila Sola'|url=https://www.bandamax.tv/bandanews/eslabon-armado-y-peso-pluma-arrasan-en-youtube-con-ella-baila-sola|date=April 11, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|website=Bandamax|language=es}}
Live performances
The song was included in the set of songs played on Peso Pluma's Doble P Tour. On April 28, 2023, Pluma performed the song for the first time on television on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, which made him the first regional Mexican artist to perform on the show.{{Cite web|title=Peso Pluma TRIUNFA con Jimmy Fallon en The Tonight Show; canta 'Ella baila sola'
Awards and nominations
Charts
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma|title=Ella Baila Sola|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=October 23, 2023|id=11515}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Eslabon Armado / Peso Pluma|title=Ella Baila Sola|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|id=file_2023-09-13-12-04-35.pdf|access-date=September 16, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|artist=Eslabon Armado / Peso Pluma|title=Ella Baila Sola|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|id=eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-ella-baila-sola|access-date=October 10, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|number=21|Spanish=true|digital=true|artist=Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma|title=Ella Baila Sola|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=July 13, 2023}}
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See also
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Category:Billboard Global 200 number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in Mexico