"Lolita" is a song by

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singer-songwriter

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, released as the first promotional single from her third studio album ''

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''. The song was composed by Jimmy Harry, Alaina Beaton, Belinda and Nacho Peregín.

Cultural references

The song refers to the 1955 novel of the same name in the line "Sin duda Nabokov fue el que me escribió", which literally translates as "No doubt, Nabokov was the one who wrote me."

''Niñas mal''

''Lolita'' was used as the opening theme of

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's soap opera ''Niñas mal'' – ''Bad Girls'' in English – which premiered on September 10, 2010.Lolita de Belinda. la canción de la telenovela Niñas mal
/ref> A music video was filmed and shown on the channel on August 23, 2010.

Music video

The

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was filmed in July, 2010 in

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and was directed and produced by

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's creative team. It shows the main characters of the soap opera "''Niñas Mal''" causing chaos in a supermarket.

Release

The song was released as a digital download via the

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on March 2, 2010.Lolita - Single
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Track list

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Digital download # "Lolita" (Jimmy Harry, Belinda, Nacho Peregrín & Alaina Beaton) — 3:26

Versions

* Lolita (Album Version) * Lolita (''Niñas Mal'' version)

Charts

References

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