"Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" is a song performed by American electronic music group

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from their album ''

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''. It features vocals from Jamaican singer

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and Dutch producers The Flexican and FS Green and was released on Diplo's

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label and the French

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label. The song is a vocal version of the song "Bumaye" by The Flexican and FS Green, from The Flexican's 2011 release ''Yours Truly: The Mixtape Part II'', which itself is a redux of the 2005 song of the same name originally by The Flexican and

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. "Bumaye", as well as "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)", contains a sample of the song "María Lionza" by

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and

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from their 1978 album ''

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'' and "Carnaval de

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", written by the author Benigno Ballón Farfán from

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. A remix version of the song features Puerto Rican reggaeton singer

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. A remix EP was released for free in June 2013, featuring a variety of remixes and cover versions. Later, a remix by Flinch and a VIP remix by

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and 2Deep were both released for free. The song was featured in trailers for French film '' Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?'', and was certified platinum in France by the UPFI in 2013.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Kingston,

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by Jay Will (Game Over). It features various dancers performing typically Caribbean dance styles as well as wining. It also shows

performing.

Track listing

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Watch out for this - The Original from Jorge Huirse
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