
Director Alejandro Perez filmed a video for the song, featuring a flamenco troupe dancing in the streets of Havana. "The song exploded in Cuba," Javier Otero, Gente de Zona’s manager told Billboard. Iglesias had not shown immediate interest in recording it after he and Bueno came up with the basics of "Bailando" during a writing session, according to Bueno. Collaborators Bueno and Gente de Zona did their own version of the song in 2013. 1 is the second recorded version of the song. 2 spot, selling 5,000 copies for the May 17 chart date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 1 on Top Latin Albums on Apand is currently in its sixth week at the No. "Bailando" comes off of Iglesias’ latest album "Sex & Love", which debuted at No. Since then, he has ruled with smashes like "Enamorado Por Primera Vez" (12 weeks in 1997), "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" (11 weeks in 2007), and "Cuando Me Enamoro" (17 weeks in 2010), among a slew of others. Iglesias has been placing hit after hit at the top of the chart for 19 years, logging his first when he was only 19 years old with "Si Tu Te Vas." The track spent eight weeks at the peak, and was only the start of his illustrious chart history.


1s on the Latin Airplay chart, also claiming the record for the most to reach the top. On Latin Airplay the track bounds 13-5, stretching to 9.5 million audience impressions (a 37 percent increase), according to Nielsen BDS. On Latin Digital Songs, the track lists its third week at the top, selling just under 13,000 digital downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Bailando" also climbs 6-1 to rule the Latin Streaming Songs chart. To date, the music video has amassed 27 million views Worldwide, in the (almost) four weeks since its release.
