"Despacito" (American Spanish: [despa'sito]; English: "Slowly") is a single by

Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee from
Fonsi's upcoming studio album.[1] On January 12, 2017, Universal Music Latin
released "Despacito" and its music video, which shows both artists performing the
song in La Perla neighborhood of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and the local bar La
Factor�a. The song was written by Fonsi, Erika Ender, and Daddy Yankee, and was
produced by Andr�s Torres and Mauricio Rengifo. A remix version featuring Canadian
singer Justin Bieber was released on April 17, 2017, which helped to improve the
song's chart performance in numerous countries, particularly in the English-
speaking world.

It is a reggaeton-pop song composed in common time with lyrics about having a

sexual relationship, performed in a smooth and romantic way. Commercially, the song
topped the charts of 47 countries and reached the top 10 of ten others, making it
both Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's most successful single to date. It became the first
song primarily in Spanish to top the Billboard Hot 100 since "Macarena" (Bayside
Boys Mix) in 1996. On August 4, 2017, the official music video for "Despacito"
became the most viewed YouTube video of all time after receiving its 3 billionth
view, making it the first video on the site to reach the milestone. It later became
the first YouTube video to hit 4 billion views on October 11, 2017.

Upon its release, "Despacito" received generally favourable reviews from music
critics, who praised the fusion between Latin and urban rhythms, the catchiness of
the song and its text painting. It has received Latin Grammy Awards for Record of
the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban Fusion/Performance, and Best Short Form
Music Video at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. In 2017, "Despacito" was ranked
the fifth best Latin song of all time by Billboard and was positioned within the
top ten songs of the year by Time, Billboard and Rolling Stone.