"Dance, Dance (The Mexican)" was the fourth and final

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from Thalía's

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self-titled

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; it is a remake of a 1984 song by Jellybean. The Hex Hector remix was played by several radio stations in 2002 and reached the #6 position on Billboard's "Dance/Club Play Songs."

Song information

This song was written by Thalía, Cory Rooney, JC Oliver and S. Barnes, and produced by Poke y Tone and Cory Rooney. Also, it contains an excerpt of "Mexican", written by

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. Spanish version features

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's vocals in the chorus - Both Thalía and Marc Anthony were recording their new albums with Cory Rooney at the same time, and one day Rooney showed Marc Anthony a song that he was producing for Thalía ("The Mexican 2002"). Then he thought it was amazing and asked Rooney for a collaboration in the chorus in order to surprise Thalía. The Hex Hector Club remix of the song received airplay in 2002. An extended version of this remix (clocking in at 8:48 & is performed in English) appears on Thalia's self titled 2003 album.

Promotion

In December 2003, Thalía was invited to the

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along with other artists such as

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, Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce,

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, and

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and where she was the first of nine artists to sing where she performed the song along with her hits

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, I Want You, and ¿A Quién le Importa?.

Track listing

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Official Remixes/Versions

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]'' #"Dance Dance (The Mexican)" [Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Remix] ''[Spanish - featuring

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Charts

References

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