"Ritmo" (also known as "Ritmo (''Bad Boys for Life'')") is a song by American group Black Eyed Peas and Colombian singer

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, released by Epic Records on October 11, 2019, as the first single from the

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of the 2020 film ''

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''. It is also included on the group's eighth studio album ''

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''. The song features a prominent

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of the 1993 song "

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" by the Italian group

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(the song is performed by Italian singer

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, the ghost-voice involved in the project). Musician/actress Jennifer Lopez was originally intended to appear on the remix version, but

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(in which his father starred in the third film) appeared on the remix instead. The song was performed live at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the

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Music video

The official video of the song was released on

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on October 11, 2019, on the official Black Eyed Peas channel and received 130 million views in just three weeks. As of September 2022, it has over 1 bilion views. It was directed by

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Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 100 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and peaked at number 26, staying on the chart for 27 weeks. It became the Black Eyed Peas' 17th Hot 100 entry and their first since " Don't Stop the Party" peaked at number 86 in 2011, as well as their first top 40 entry since " Just Can't Get Enough" peaked at number 3 in 2011. On ''Billboard''s Mainstream Top 40 chart, the song peaked at number 8. The song spent 24 weeks at number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

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