Tacata' (alternative writings Tacatà and Tacatá) is an international hit by

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Tacabro Tacabro is an Italian dance music trio from Catania (Sicily), Italy, initially made up of Italian DJs and record producers Mario Romano and Salvatore "Salvo" Sapienza, and later also of Cuban singer Martínez Rodríguez, better known as Ruly MC. ...

with

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n artist Martínez Rodríguez as main vocalist for the release on 541 / N.E.W.S. labels in Italy, France and Sweden and with

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in Denmark. The music is composed by the

duo Mario Romano and Salvatore Sapienza known as Romano & Sapienza and lyrics by Raul-Rodriguez Martinez. "Tacata'" was originally a hit in Italy and was credited to Romano & Sapienza featuring Rodríguez reaching number 4 on the Italian Singles Charts. The same name was used for the initial Swiss release. Releases on other European charts were credited to the formation Tacabro and charted as such in France, Denmark and Sweden. The song has gained recognition in North America, reaching number 83 in

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where it was the most popular outside Europe.

Releases

Singles

;''Tacata' ''(by Tacabro) #Tacata' (4:49) ;''Tacata' ''(by Tacabro feat. Rodriguez) #Tacata' (Radio edit) (3:30) #Tacata' (Extended mix) (4:44)

EPs

;''Tacata' Remixes'' #Tacata' (Radio Edit) (3:30) #Tacata' (Extended) (4:44) #Tacata' (Stylus Josh, Eros Remix) (5:34) #Tacata' (Marco Branky Radio Remix) (3:34) #Tacata' (Marco Branky Remix) (5:02) #Tacata' (Karmin Shiff Remix) (6:09) #Tacata' (DJ Willy Remix) (5:31) #Tacata' (Dany Lorence Remix) (4:50) #Tacata' (El Berna Jam) (3:31) #Tacata' Video (3:46) #Tacata' (Whoami Remix By Victote and Usra) (3:19)

Appearances

"Tacatà" Radio edit version credited to Tacabro featuring Rodriguez appears as title track in the compilation albums ''Tacatà Compilation'' and ''Latino - Greatest Hits 2012 Vol. 2''.

Music video

Two separate music videos were released for "Tacata'" produced by Danceandlove, the first in January 2012 and the second in February 2012. The videos are directed by Alex Bufalo and DOP by Francesco Fracchionio. The music videos show Martínez Rodríguez singing and dancing in front of a banner reading Tacabro or through visual effects in the background. With Rodríguez dancing the Tacata', there is vocal as well as music accompaniment and mixing by Mario Romano and Salvatore Sapienza. In other scenes of the music video, Martínez Rodríguez is joined in by other girls dancing the Tacata' with him.

Charts

Originally released in

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on 5 January 2012, it became a hit in Italy, and in many dance venues all over Europe. The song reached #4 on the Italian Singles Chart and #1 on the Danish Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May 2012. In France for the initial three weeks, two versions were in the French SNEP charts. On 21 April 2012, the two versions appeared at #98 and #134 simultaneously in first week of release. On chart dated 28 April they both appeared at #50 and #65 and for chart dated 5 May 2012 at #33 and #42 simultaneously. But SNEP coupled both listing into one for chart dated 12 May 2012, with the single rising to #6 in the French chart.

Peak positions

;Romano & Sapienza feat. Rodriguez version ;Tacabro version

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other versions

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released his own remixed version entitled "Tacata" on 23 April 2012 on Beat Factory label that appeared at #187 in the French Singles Top 200 and rising to #133 during May 2012. Mr. Takata released a cover version as "Tacatà". This version charted in the French Singles Top 200 for one week reaching number 114. It also charted in Austrian Singles Chart for two weeks reaching number 57.Lecharts.com Mr. Takata - "Tacatà" song page
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References

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External links

Tacabro Official websiteOriginal label's websiteMusicJam.if: Tacata' Lyrics
2012 singles Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Denmark SNEP Top Singles number-one singles Number-one singles in Israel Number-one singles in Switzerland 2011 songs