"Impacto" ( en, "Impact") is the first single by Puerto Rican

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performer

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from his fifth studio album '' El Cartel: The Big Boss''. It was released on April 12, 2007 by

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. "Impacto" was nominated for Song of the Year at the Premios Lo Nuestro 2008. The official remix features American singer Fergie.

Song information

The song was produced by

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and

producer

Tainy Marcos Efraín Masís Fernández (born August 9, 1989), known professionally as Tainy, is a Puerto Rican record producer and songwriter. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on ''Mas Flow 2' ...

.Reggaeton News - "El Impacto" Lyrics by Daddy Yankee
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featuring Fergie, which is also featured in the same album and features more

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lyrics than the original version. Additionally, the song is featured in the

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'' and

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''. Daddy Yankee made another remix of "Impacto" featuring the reggaeton group

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Music video

According to an interview by ''

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'' news, who were on the set of the remix version video, Daddy Yankee says there will be two videos, one for the remix featuring pop and R&B singer Fergie and a second for the original. The original video features many cities including London, Tokyo, New York, San Juan and Mexico City. The remix video includes bits and pieces from the original video, adding Fergie and her parts. According to Daddy Yankee, it was one of the most expensive music videos he had taken a part of at the time. The video premiered on ''

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'' on May 8, 2007, and reached number one.MTV.com - TRL Daily Countdown
/ref> The remix has been viewed more than 40 million times on

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with the original being viewed more than three million times,Daddy Yankee Impacto Official Music Video
''YouTube''. Accessed February 25, 2009. adding up to more than 16 million views. The music video earned the

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Track listing and formats

;US CD promo #"Impacto" (album version) #"Impacto" (instrumental version) #"Impacto" (clean remix) (featuring Fergie) #"Impacto" (dirty remix) (featuring Fergie) ;US CD single #"Impacto" (album version) #"Impacto" (remix) (featuring Fergie) #(B-side) #"Impacto" (music video)

Chart performance

Media appearances

; Video games * The song was used for 2008's ''

'' soundtrack. * The song was used for 2007's ''

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'' EA Trax. * The remix version was used as a playable song in 2011's ''

''. ; Other media * The song was used for a 2007's

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commercial.

References

External links

* {{authority control Fergie (singer) songs Daddy Yankee songs 2007 singles Record Report Pop Rock General number-one singles Song recordings produced by Scott Storch Spanish-language songs Spanglish songs Songs written by will.i.am Songs written by Fergie (singer) Songs written by Daddy Yankee 2007 songs Interscope Records singles