| "Atrévete-te-te!" | ||||
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| Single by Calle 13 | ||||
| from the album Calle 13 | ||||
| Released | January 2006 | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
| Genre | Reggaeton | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | White Lion | |||
| Producer | Eduardo Cabra | |||
| Calle 13 singles chronology | ||||
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"Atrévete-te-te" (English: Dare Yourself-self-self) is a Grammy-Nominated reggaeton song by Puerto Rican urban duo Calle 13 from their eponymous debut album Calle 13, released in February 2006, by White Lion Records. It is one of the duo's well-known songs. It was a hit single in many Spanish American countries. The video for this single won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006. This song is featured in Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Atrévete-te-te is based on a Colombian cumbia beat and a clarinet riff also typical of traditional music from Colombia's coast. It was especially popular in that country.
Due to Puerto Rico's condition of being a United States territory with Commonwealth status,[1] the lyrics found in the song contain spanglish words such as "estárter" and anglicisms such as lighter and wiper are used to create rhymes. The song has been featured in an MTV Tr3́s commercial.
It was used in a version of the song for Manuel Rosales' 2006 presidential campaign in Venezuela. Rosales' campaign motto was Atrévete.[2]
The song makes several references to different pop culture themes, such as:
Agüeybaná, the last indigenous cacique in Puerto Rico's history is also mentioned, as are the cities of Bayamón and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (this last one mentioned as to reinforce the song subject's aloofness and scorn for Latino and Puerto Rican influences, versus her liking of the rather "foreign" references mentioned above). The dancers on the song's video are Marilyn Monroe lookalikes, each dressed in blonde wig and a skimpier version of Monroe's famed Seven Year Itch dress.
The song became a big success on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, peaking at #15.[3] It also peaked at #6 on the U.S. "Latin Tropical Airplay" chart.[4]
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay | 20 |
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