Released January 21, 2012 Genre Salsa Label Sony Music Latin | Recorded 2011 Length 4:00 | |
Format CD single, digital download | ||
"Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" (English: "What She Wants Is Salsa") is a song by Puerto Rican-American recording artist Victor Manuelle featuring Voltio and Jowell & Randy. It was composed by himself and released on January 21, 2012 as the second single off his thirteenth studio album Busco un Pueblo. An urban version was also recorded and later released on May 28, 2012. The song became his twenty-first number one single on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart which led to Manuelle becoming the artist with the most number-one singles on the chart. It was also a minor success peaking on the Billboard Latin Songs and Billboard Latin Pop Songs charts at number 29 and 33 respectively. It received positive reviews from critics praising the music in the song. A music video was released on July 5, 2012 which was directed by Steven Tapia.
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Song information
"Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" is a song which was written by Manuelle and features fellow Puerto Rican artists Voltio and Jowell & Randy. The song is a salsa record that fuses the sound of urban music.
Release and chart performance
The song was released on April 2, 2012 as the second single from the album. A reggaeton version was released on May 28, 2012. On the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, the song debuted at #41 on the week of June 9, 2012 and peaked at #29 on the week of July 28, 2012. On the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart, the song debuted #34 on the week of June 16, 2012 and peaked #33 on the week of July 14, 2012. On the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, the song debuted at #29 on the week of April 21, 2012. On the week of June 23, 2012, the song reached #1 on the chart becoming his twenty-first song number-one single, replacing "Incondicional" by Prince Royce and was later succeeded by Gocho for "Si Te Digo la Verdad". As a result, Manuelle is currently the artist with the most number-one singles as of June 2012.
Critical reception
Nicole Gonzalez of LatinRecap.com commented "Víctor Manuelle has managed to take the classical Salsa rhythm and mix it with a more Urban flavor with collabs from Reggaetoneros Julio Voltio and duo Jowell and Randy." On the review of the album, Juan Mesa of About.com considered the song to be the most important in the album and praised the use of trombones in the recording. Hector Aviles of Latino Music Café called it a "solid" tune.
Music video
The music video for "Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" was released on June 5, 2012. It was directed by Steven Tapia and featured 50 dancers choreographed by Tito Ortos in Brooklyn, New York. One of the dancers, Amanda Vilanova also showed her salsa moves. Vilanova was second finalist in Miss World beauty pageant that was held in London, UK in 2011.