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"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" is a song by American rapper and singer
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released as the second single from his fourth album, ''
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''. The song samples "75, Brazil Street" by Nicola Fasano and Pat Rich, which itself samples the opening horns riff from "Street Player" by
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. The core is from a song by Dominican rappers
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and
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. The title is a reference to
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, a street in Miami's
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neighborhood. The song premiered on the Miami radio station
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. It has also been featured in ''
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'', the
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'' for
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, the
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-based dancing game ''
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''. It received a nomination a Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year at the 2010 Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards.


Composition

"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" is an uptempo syncopated hip hop groove with clear vocals on the
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and a pop
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while combining
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synths with a tribal
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-oriented beat. The song is set in
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with a moderate
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and is written in the key of
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. Pitbull's
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spans from C4 to Bb4. The song is a vocal mix of "75, Brazil Street" by Nicola Fasano Vs Pat-Rich, which itself samples "Street Player" by
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Critical reception

The song received mixed reviews with ''
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'' editor Michael Menachem giving the single a favorable review: Fraser McAlpine of the
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also favored it. He said it was meant to be sexy given how Pitbull performed the verses, but is fun and 'more gigglesome than wrigglesome', and wondered if its effect would vary between listeners of different genders:


Chart performance

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". The song was Pitbull's highest-peaking single until "
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" hit number one; it also became his third top-ten hit. The song also reached number one on the
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and number four on the US
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radio. On November 11, 2009, the single was certified
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by the
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(RIAA) for sales of over two million digital copies. As of June 2011, the song has sold 3.2 million digital copies in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the single debuted at number 53 then raising to number 28 the following week; in the third week it reached number 13 and in the fourth week, it reached number nine giving Pitbull his first top-ten single in the UK. The following week it moved up again to number seven, peaking at number four a week later. In Australia, the song peaked at number six on the Australian Singles Chart, making it his first song to hit the top-ten there, while in Spain the song reached number one and has been certified triple platinum with sales of over 120,000 units. In New Zealand, the song peaked at number three and was certified platinum, selling over 15,000 copies.


Music video

The music video was first released on March 9, 2009, by Ultra Music on
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and was directed by David Rousseau and Produced by Alexandra Sdoucos. It features Pitbull,
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(wearing a
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), and
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s Sagia Castañeda, Maria Milian, and Angelica Casañas. It has received over 283 million views even though this particular upload is not available for worldwide viewership due to licensing restrictions in certain countries. "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" was the number one most viewed music video on YouTube in 2009. The video received 82 million views, easily beating out the second and third most viewed videos both by
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, "The Climb" (64 million views) and "Party In The USA" (54 million views). The official music video version (without Ultra Music identifiers) was released onto Pitbull's official
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channel on May 25, 2011. It has received over 3 million views even though this particular upload is not available for worldwide viewership due to licensing restrictions in certain countries. This video was removed from YouTube.


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External links

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