"Mi Religión" (My Religion) is a single by Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

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from his fourth studio album '' Update''. It was released on May 5, 2017 under

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as the record's lead single. A music video premiered on May 26, 2017. The song was written by Yandel, Egbert "Haze" Rosa and Jesús Nieves, and was produced by Haze.

Composition

"Mi Religión" is a

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song composed in

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( time). It was written by Yandel, Egbert "Haze" Rosa Cintrón and Jesús Nieves Cortés. Haze and Willy Colón, producer and guitarist in Yandel's 2015 single " Encantadora", respectively, maintain their roles for "Mi Religión". According to Yandel, the song "goes back to the roots of reggaeton".

Chart performance

In the United States, "Mi Religión" peaked at number 25 on the US

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chart on July 15, 2017. Internationally, it reached number 47 on ''

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''s Mexico Español Airplay chart, number 27 in Venezuela, and number 93 in Spain.

Music video

The music video premiered on May 26, 2017 on Yandel's

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channel. The clip was directed by Puerto Rican director and designer Carlos Pérez and was filmed at the Coyote Dry Lake Bed in

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. Yandel and Carlos Pérez previously worked on music videos for "Te Deseo" (2013, with

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), " Hasta Abajo" (2013), " Moviendo Caderas" (2014, with

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), and "Encantadora" (2015). The music video features

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while Yandel is shown performing the song standing on the ground and while driving a luxurious car through the

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Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *Willy Colón –

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*Miguel Correa – assistant engineer *Edwin Díaz – assistant engineer *Mike Fuller – mastering *Andre Mendoza – assistant engineer *Jesús Nieves Cortés – songwriting *Egbert "Haze" Rosa Cintrón – producer, songwriting *Roberto "Earcandy" Vázquez – recording engineer, mixing *

– lead vocals, songwriting

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Certifications

References

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