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| Single by Lucenzo featuring Big Ali | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | January 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download, Radio | ||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Dance, Kuduro | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | Yanis Records, Universal Music | ||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Lucenzo | ||||||||||||||||
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"Vem dançar kuduro" is a multilingual Portuguese/English dance hit single by Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin featuring also France-based American artist Big Ali. Lucenzo sings in Portuguese and Big Ali in English.
"Vem dançar kuduro" (meaning Let's dance Kuduro in English), with kuduro being an Angolan type of music, had a big success in France, with the single "Vem dançar kuduro" reaching #2 in the French Top 50 charts (based solely on actual sales of singles) and #1 on the French Club 40 charts (based on actual plays in 80 discos in France).
"Vem Dançar Kuduro" was also a hit in Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Many popular remix versions of the song have been made.
Following the success of the song, Don Omar released with Lucenzo a Spanish-language single "Danza kuduro" that samples on a large part on "Vem Dançar Kuduro", but is a distinct song. At times, both versions have appeared separately on the same chart in certain European countries. These include Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland where both songs were hits.
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The music video was shot in Havana, Cuba portraying Lucenzo and Big Ali promoting their concert that is to be held in a poor neighborhood in the Cuban capital, while Lucenzo is distributing posters to the public and Big Ali is joining in declaring, through a loud speakers, about music coming from New York City, Angola and Portugal alluding to kuduro music to be played at the party. Some fans are joining in the celebrations dancing in the streets with the artists.
In other scenes, Lucenzo and Big Ali are seen preparing for the concert having haircuts at a barber shop.
| Chart (2010–11) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) | 84 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[1] | 14 |
| Finland (Finland's Official List)[2] | 12 |
| France (SNEP)[3] | 2 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[4] | 15 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] | 1 |
| Switzerland (Media Control AG)[6] | 31 |
Danza Kuduro is a song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete, VI. It features singer Lucenzo and has become a big hit in most Latin American countries,[7] and eventually all over Europe.
The music of "Danza Kuduro" (meaning the kuduro dance in English) is largely based on "Vem dançar Kuduro", however most of the lyrics of "Danza Kuduro" are rewritten in Spanish language.