Bailando (Paradisio song)

"Bailando"
Single by Paradisio
from the album Paradisio
B-side Remix
Released 1 January 1996
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Recorded 1995
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:50
Writer(s) Luc Rigaux, Patrick Samoy, M.I. Garcia Asensio
Producer(s) The Unity Mixers
Paradisio singles chronology
"Bailando"
(1996)		 "Bandolero"
(1996)

"Bailando" ("Dancing" in Spanish) is a song by Belgian Eurodance group Paradisio. It was released on 1 January 1996 as the lead single from their debut album, Paradisio. The song reached number-one in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. It peaked at number two in Belgium. It sold more than 550,000 copies in France and reached number four. In Sweden, it was the best selling single by being triple platinum. The song was a hit in most countries across Europe during the summer of 1997. It was covered by Dutch singer Loona in 1998 and reached number-one in many other countries.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Miami Beach, Florida.

Track listings

CD single

  1. "Bailando" (video version) (3:50)
  2. "Bailando" (instrumental extended mix) (6:48)

CD maxi

Belgium 1
  1. "Bailando" (extended radio version) (6:50)
  2. "Bailando" (discoteca remix) (6:52)
  3. "Bailando" (ritmo el mas locomix) (6:50)
  4. "Bailando" (original discoteca drums mix) (6:50)
  5. "Bailando" (transologik remix) (7:08)
  6. "Bailando" (radio version) (3:50)
Belgium 2
  1. "Bandolero" (discoteca action remix) (7:05)
  2. "Bandolero" (discoteca action remix short mix) (4:13)
  3. "Bandolero" (after party remix) (6:00)
  4. "Bandolero" (video edit) (3:54)
  5. "Bandolero" (US power club remix) (7:43)
Finland, Sweden
  1. "Bailando" (radio version) (3:48)
  2. "Bailando" (2 fabiola remix) (5:05)
  3. "Bailando" (discoteca remix) (6:50)
  4. "Bailando" (extended radio mix) (6:48)
  5. "Bailando" (ritmo el mas locomix) (6:48)
  6. "Bailando" (original discoteca drums) (6:49)
Europe
  1. "Bailando" (radio version) (3:48)
  2. "Bailando" (extended radio version) (6:48)
  3. "Bailando" (original discoteca drums mix) (6:47)
  4. "Bailando" (ritmo el mas locomix) (6:48)
  5. "Bailando" (Ibiza remix) (5:05)
Other countries
  1. "Bailando" (radio version) (3:50)
  2. "Bailando" (ritmo el mas locomix) (6:50)
  3. "Bailando" (discoteca drums mix) (6:50)

12" maxi

Belgium
  1. "Bailando" (original discoteca drums mix) (6:50)
  2. "Bailando" (discoteca remix) (6:52)
  3. "Bailando" (transologik remix) (7:08)
Germany
  1. "Bailando" (Ibiza remix)
  2. "Bailando" (original discoteca drums mix)
Italy, Spain
  1. "Bailando" (extended radio version) (6:50)
  2. "Bailando" (radio version) (3:50)
  3. "Bailando" (discoteca remix) (6:52)
  4. "Bailando" (transologik remix) (7:08)
US
  1. "Bailando" (extended radio version) (6:49)
  2. "Bailando" (original discoteca drums mix) (6:49)
  3. "Bailando" (transologik remix) (7:05)
  4. "Bailando" (instrumental extended mix) (6:49)

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (1996–1997) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[2] 8
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[3] 2
Denmark (IFPI)[4] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 1
France (SNEP)[6] 4
Italy (Musica e Dischi/FIMI)[7] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 25
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 25
Norway (VG-lista)[10] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[11] 1 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 1

1Remix

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[14] 20
France (SNEP)[15] 68
Chart (1997) Position
France (SNEP)[16] 26
Italy (Musica e Dischi/FIMI)[17] 29

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France 342,000[18]
Norway (IFPI Norway)[19] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Sweden (GLF)[20] 3× Platinum 90,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Coming Back" by DJ Dado		 Italian number-one single
16 August 1997 – 6 September 1997 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Free" by Ultra Naté
Preceded by
"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" by Per Gessle		 Swedish number-one single (first run)
25 April 1997 – 30 May 1997 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 Swedish number-one single (second run)
13 June 1997 – 4 July 1997 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
Danish number-one single
19 July 1997 – 26 July 1997 (2 weeks)
Preceded by
"Barbie Girl" by Aqua		 Norwegian number-one single
24/1997 – 28/1997 (5 weeks)
Preceded by
"Mato" by Apulanta		 Finnish number-one single
26/1997 – 27/1997 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Mato" by Apulanta

Loona version

"Bailando"
Single by Loona
from the album Lunita
B-side Noche Linda
Released 15 June 1998
Format CD single, CD maxi
Genre Eurodance[21]
Length 3:33
Label Urban Records
Writer(s) Luc Rigaux
Patrick Samoy
M.I. Garcia Asensio
Producer(s) Samuel Bouriah, Henning Reith, The Unity Mixers
Loona singles chronology
"Bailando"
(1998)		 "Hijo de la Luna"
(1998)

The song was covered by the Dutch recording artist Loona. It has been released in 1998 through Urban as the first single of the debut studio album Lunita. Loona's version uses a sample of Yazoo's hit "Don't Go".

Music video

The music video was directed by Wilfried Happel.

Track listings

  1. "Bailando" (Energia-Mix short) – 3:33
  2. "Bailando" (Energia-Mix extended version) – 5:29
  3. "Bailando" (Besa Me-Mix extended version) – 4:54
  4. "Noche Linda" – 3:57

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[22] 3
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[23] 7
Germany (Media Control Charts)[24] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[28] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 100
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 82
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 8

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[32] Gold 25,000x
Germany (BVMI)[33] Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[34] Gold 25,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" by Pras featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa		 German number-one single
3 August 1998 – 7 September 1998 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith
Preceded by
"La copa de la Vida" by Ricky Martin		 Swiss number-one single
19 July 1998 – 2 August 1998 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" by Pras featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa

References

  1. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Paradisio – Bailando" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Paradisio – Bailando" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Radio 2 Top 30 : 14 september 1996" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 109 (29): 59. 19 July 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ↑ "Paradisio: Bailando" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Paradisio – Bailando" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 109 (33): 42. 16 August 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Paradisio - Bailando search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Paradisio – Bailando" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Paradisio – Bailando". VG-lista. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 109 (31): 63. 2 August 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Paradisio – Bailando". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1996" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Rapports annuels 1996" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  15. ↑ (French) Classement Singles – année 1996 at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 September 2012). Disque en France. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  16. ↑ (French) Classement Singles – année 1997 at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 September 2013). Disque en France. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 1997" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Les Meilleures Ventes Tout Temps de 45 T. / Singles" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  19. ↑ IFPI Norsk platebransje at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 July 2011). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  20. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  21. ↑ Tauscher, Stefan (11 July 2011). "Nackter Horror am Sandstrand". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  22. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Loona – Bailando" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  23. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 110 (33): 45. 15 August 1998. ISSN 0006-2510.
  24. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Loona – Bailando". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  25. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Loona - Bailando search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  26. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Loona – Bailando" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Loona – Bailando". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  28. ↑ "Jahreshitparade 1998" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  29. ↑ "Single Top 100 van 1998" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  30. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  31. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1998" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  32. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Loona – Bailando" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Loona in the field Interpret. Enter Bailando in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  33. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Loona; 'Bailando')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  34. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Loona; 'Bailando')". Hung Medien.

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