"Taki Taki" is an English-Spanish song by French DJ and record producer

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featuring vocals from American singer

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, Puerto Rican singer

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and American rapper

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. The song was released on 28 September 2018 as the second single from DJ Snake's second studio album ''

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'' (2019). It was written by DJ Snake, Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B, Ava Brignol, Jorden Thorpe, Juan Vasquez and Vicente Saavedra. Ozuna opens the

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and

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song in Spanish, while Cardi B and Gomez follow in English and Spanish. The song's music video, directed by

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, was released on 9 October 2018 and features the four artists dancing in a lava-drenched crater of a volcano. The single reached number one in sixteen countries including Argentina, Portugal and Spain. It received a Diamond

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in France, quadruple Platinum in the US, and won nine

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s. "Taki Taki" made Cardi B the first female rapper to top the

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chart, extended her record as the first female rapper with multiple billion-streamers on the platform, and made Ozuna the artist with the most one billion-view videos on

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. It has amassed over two billion views on the platform.

Background

In July 2018, Cardi B confirmed a collaboration with DJ Snake, Ozuna and a third mystery guest. The following month,

and Cardi B teased a behind-the-scenes look at the song's music video shoot, which was filmed in

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. On 17 September 2018, DJ Snake announced the release date.

Composition

"Taki Taki" is a

and

song. The whistle sample is from Sounds of

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Vol.2. It runs for three minutes and thirty-two seconds. Ozuna opens the track and provides the hook, while Cardi B and Gomez follow performing in English and Spanish. Lyrically, the song sees the performers expressing their ways to seduce and interpreting what their partners are thinking.

Music videos

The music video for "Taki Taki" premiered on 9 October 2018 on DJ Snake's YouTube channel. The video was directed by

. A short teaser clip was shown at the

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. The video is set in a

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world. The clip transitions with various landscapes showing the quartet together with a volcano in the background and in the solo scenes. These scenes include DJ Snake out in the storm near a

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, Ozuna in a women-filled pit, Cardi B wearing a black bodysuit covered by a black cape accompanied by dancers, and Gomez in a green monochromatic outfit in the forest. It became the fifth fastest video of 2018 to reach 100 million views, and ranked among the top 10 fastest overall. "Taki Taki" made Ozuna the artist with the most 1 billion-view videos on YouTube, with over seven videos. As of August 2022, the video has received over 2.3 billion views on

. A pixel video for "Taki Taki" was released on 11 December 2018 on YouTube, which featured animated pixel versions of the four artists dancing in various backgrounds. The lyrics "Booty explota como ''nagasaki''" (Booty blows up like Nagasaki) was criticized by Japanese media for belittling the

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and the experience of its survivors. The lyrics were changed to "Booty explota como saki saki" (Booty blows up like saki saki), as requested by Universal Music LLC. This change in the lyrics was made in the official video.

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Taki Taki" debuted at number one on the

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, where Ozuna replaced himself at the top with "

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", while bowing at number 27 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It eventually reached number 11 on the Hot 100 during its fourth week. It became Gomez's 16th consecutive top 40 entry on the Hot 100, the longest active run of any artist. In the US

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chart, it became the first number one for both DJ Snake and Gomez, the eighth for Ozuna and third for Cardi B. In addition, "Taki Taki" reached number one in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela; the song also reached the top 10 in Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Paraguay, the Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland; as well as the top 20 in Austria, Finland, Ireland, Lebanon, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. The song had a strong international impact, reaching the top of the

Global 50 chart where it has stayed for over four weeks. This made Cardi B the first female rapper to achieve such a feat. It became DJ Snake's third song to reach a billion streams on Spotify, as well as Cardi's third and Gomez's and Ozuna's first. Cardi B extended her record as the first female rapper with multiple billion-streamers. As of November 2018, the song has reached number one on the official charts of 15 countries and the top 10 of 33 countries around the world.

Live performances

Ozuna and Cardi B performed the song together live for the first time at the Dominican Republic's Electric Paradise Festival on 22 December 2018. Ozuna also performed the song at the 2019 Premios Lo Nuestro. On 15 March 2019, Ozuna performed the song in a medley alongside "

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" on ''

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''. DJ Snake, Ozuna, Cardi B and Selena Gomez performed the song at

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in 2019. Ozuna performed the song at the Celebrating America Inauguration Special in 2021.

Awards and nominations

Track listing

*Digital download #"Taki Taki" – 3:32 *CD single #"Taki Taki" – 3:33 #" Magenta Riddim" – 3:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

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