Rompe

Infobox Single
Name = Rompe
Artist = Daddy Yankee


from Album = Barrio Fino en Directo
Format = Digital download
CD single
Released =
Genre = Reggaetón
Length = 3:10
Label = El Cartel Records
Writer = Eddie Ávila
Raymond Ayala
Producer = Monserrate & DJ Urba
Fish
Last single = "Corazones"
(2005)
This single = "Rompe"
(2005)
Next single = "Tu Príncipe"
(2005)

"Rompe" ("Break it" in English) is a popular Reggaeton song by Daddy Yankee. The song held the #1 spot of Billboard Magazine's Hot Latin Tracks chart for over three months and reached a peak position of #24 on the Hot 100 chart of the same publication. Showcasing an evident trend among Latin songs having great cross-over appeal among the mainstream American market (since Shakira's "La Tortura" entered the Top 20 on the same chart).

A remix has been released that features G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, and also Nelly Furtado but Furtado's verse was removed from the video because Furtado could not appear to the videoshoot. It's also featured in the Activision video game, "". It is used as the walk-up music of Detroit Tigers shortstop Edgar Rentería, Chicago Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano, Washington Nationals shortstop Felipe López, San Francisco Giants catcher Bengie Molina, New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado, New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, and Mets second baseman Luis Castillo. A Turkish cover, Komple, by Burak Kut, has become a hit in Turkey.

The song was produced by Monserrate & DJ Urba and Fish.

The song has been featured on HBO's Entourage & The Sopranos, as well as CBS's .

Chart Performance

Rompe is the longest consecutive running Hot Latin Tracks number one of all time and it dethroned the longest running number one of all time (Shakira's, La Tortura). It is also the longest running Reggaetón number one of all time.

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cnG_Al9qY Music video for "Rompe"]