Livin' la Vida Loca

Infobox Single
Name = Livin' la Vida Loca


Artist = Ricky Martin
from Album = Ricky Martin
Released = May, 1999
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Latin pop
Length = 4:05
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Chart position =
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Last single = "The Cup of Life" (1998)
This single = "Livin' la Vida Loca" (1999)
Next single = "She's All I Ever Had" (1999)"Livin' la Vida Loca" (English: "Living the Crazy Life") is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released in 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child [http://www.desmondchild.com/index_discography.html] and Ricky Martin and topped the charts during 1999. It received various Grammy nominations and helped Ricky Martin obtain enormous success inside the United States and worldwide.

The song is generally seen as the song that began the latin pop explosion of 1999 (ending in early 2002), and making the acceptance of other latin artists (first Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Enrique Iglesias, then later Shakira & Paulina Rubio) easier to crossover into the English market. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rickymartin/articles/story/5928546/la_explosion_pop_latino Rolling Stones Article "La Explosion Pop Latino"] ] Before this time, most non-latino Americans had never heard of Ricky Martin until his show-stopping performance of "Livin' La Vida Loca" at the 1999 Grammy Awards show, which became a catalyst in bringing latin pop into the forefront of the U.S. music scene. [ [http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9905/17/latin.music/ CNN.com - Ricky Martin Leading The Latin (music) revolution] ]

The video was directed by Wayne Isham, and received six nominations at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, (Video Of The Year, Best Male Video, Best Pop Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Viewers Choice), winning Best Pop Video, Best Dance Video and two extra awards for Viewers Choice internationally.

"Livin la Vida Loca" was Ricky Martin's first number-one hit (and only to date), it stayed at number one in the U.S. for five weeks and peaked at number 10 on the year-end charts of 1999.

This song was named one of the 20 Most Annoying Songs by [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/02/the-20-most-annoying-songs/ Rolling Stone] .

"Livin' la Vida Loca" is especially monumental because it was the first No. 1 song to be recorded, edited, and mixed totally on a DAW (digital audio workstation). It is seen by audio-production enthusiasts everywhere as the song that marked the shift from analog recording to digital recording.

Track listing

#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Album Version)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Trackmasters Remix featuring Big Pun, Cuban Link, & Fat Joe)
#"La Copa de la Vida" (Spanglish version-radio version)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Joey Musaphia's Deep Vocal Edit)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores English Club Mix)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores English Radio Edit)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores Spanish Club Mix)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores Spanish Radio Edit)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores Spanish Dubapella)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores Spanglish Club Mix)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Pablo Flores Spanglish Radio Edit)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Scissorhands Push & Pull English House Mix)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Scissorhands English Radio Edit)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Scissorhands Alternative Radio Edit)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (Joey Musaphia's Carnival Mix)
#"Livin' La Vida Loca" (The Gypsy Pistoleros cover)

Certifications, Peaks & Sales

Chart Performance

Cover versions

* Hiromi Go remade this song, retitled "Goldfinger '99", in Japan in 1999. Masaki Sumitani (Razor Ramon H.G., who refer to the song as "the song that i used without permission", also use this song as his theme song while he is thrusting his crotch to the music in the beginning of each episode.) makes a parody of this version in the Hiromi Go episode of Hard Gay, where he spends the day with him to make a PV.
* The Toy Dolls, a punk rock band, performed a version of the song in 2000 on their "Anniversary Anthems" album.
* A children's version was recorded for the Chuck E. Cheese soundtrack called "Drinkin' a Coca Cola".
* In 2004, a version of the song was performed by Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas for the movie "Shrek 2"; the song appeared in both the film and on the soundtrack.
* Bitter Tasting Omelette (a.k.a. Todd and Gavin Downing) did a parody of this song, which was titled "Livin' la Vida Yoda", a reference to the "Star Wars" character Yoda. It is frequently misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic. [http://www.weirdal.com/faq.htm]
* In November 2000, ApologetiX (That Christian Parody Band) released "Spoofernatural," including a parody of this song. The parody was titled "Livin' What Jesus Spoke of."
* In 2003.on their debut album "Undercovers" (album made of covers), serbian rock band Night Shift performed this song.
*A speedy cover remix was made for "NONSTOP MEGAMIX Dancemania SPEED 4" by CJ CREW feat. GIORGIO. The CD is only available in Japan.
*El Vez covered this song on his 2001 album, "Boxing with God".
*At the video game expo E³, blogger Chris Kohler reported that a cover version of "Livin la Vida Loca" was to be included in the 2006 rhythm video game "Elite Beat Agents". However, the song was apparently dropped from the game during development.
* A version of this song was included in the CD "La Vida Mickey", also released in the same year. This CD featured modern versions of Mexican songs with the voices of the Disney characters in the background singing along.
* Shlock Rock, a group that parodies popular music with a Jewish theme, wrote "Learning to Dance the Hora"
* Ten Masked Men, a British Death metal-Band covered this song on the album Return Of The Ten Masked Men.
* The Gypsy Pistoleros covered "livin la vida loca" for their UK and US versions of the "Para Siempre" album.

References

ee also

*Number-one hits of 1999 (U.S. Hot Latin Tracks)