"Oye Mi Canto" ( en, "Hear My Song") is a

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The song was originally released in 2004 as the lead single from the album ''1 Fan a Day'', which was heretofore unreleased. It is his second biggest hit, peaking at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was later included on the 2006 album '' N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe''. The song features

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and reggaeton artists Gem Star,

Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, and actor. Known as the " King of Reggaetón" by music critics and fans alike, he is the artist who coined ...

and Big Mato. The song originally featured

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in place of Daddy Yankee but was later changed for the video. However, the Tego version was released by famous reggaeton label Planet Records Italy, instead of Island Def Jam, N.O.R.E.'s original label. It's N.O.R.E.'s first venture into the increasingly popular Latin genre reggaeton. In a 2006 interview with

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, N.O.R.E. says of the single, "I fell in love with this music. I did this joint originally for a mixtape. The Latino people haven't been spoken to in a while, since igPun died. They haven't felt like they had something proud n hip-hopto stand on, so being both Latin and black, I wanted to rep my Latin side for once. Why not do it with this new music, instead of doing a Spanish rap record? This is what speaks for the inner-city Latino youth." The song was included on ''Billboard''s 12 Best Dancehall & Reggaeton Choruses of the 21st century at number two.

Track listings

; Def Jam single (Daddy Yankee version) # "Oye Mi Canto" (radio) # "Oye Mi Canto" (explicit) # "Oye Mi Canto" (instrumental) # "4 a Minute" (radio) # "4 a Minute" (explicit) ; Planet Records "Reggaeton Mix" single (Tego Calderón version) # "Oye Mi Canto" ("original" dirty mix) # "Oye Mi Canto" (clean mix) # "Oye Mi Canto" (instrumental) ;Def Jam 1-track single (Daddy Yankee version) # "Oye Mi Canto" (radio edit)

Translation

"Oye Mi Canto" literally translates to "Hear My Song" in English. ''Oye'' is the imperative conjugated form of

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of the infinitive verb ''oír'' (to hear). or the second singular person ''tú'' (Oye) in imperative, nor ''vos'' (Oí / Oid), neither ''usted'' (Oiga), the personal pronoun in spanish here is implicit

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