"Vente Pa' Ca" () is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer

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, featuring a guest appearance from Colombian singer

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. It was written by Justin Stein, Martin, Maluma, Nermin Harambašić, Anne Judith Wik, Carl Ryden, CheifOne,

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, and Ronny Svendsen, while the production was handled by Alexander Castillo. The song was released for digital download and streaming as a single by Sony Music Latin on September 23, 2016. A Spanish language

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and pop song, it contains various

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s. The song received widely positive reviews from

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, who complimented its danceable rhythm and fusion of genres. It was ranked as one of the best Latin songs of the year by multiple publications, including ''

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''. The song was nominated for the awards of

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and Song of the Year at the

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. "Vente Pa' Ca" was one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language songs of 2016, reaching number one in seven countries, including Argentina and Mexico, as well as the top five in Spain and on the '' Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. It also reached the summit of the ''Billboard''

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, and

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charts. Additionally, it was ranked among the top 10 best performing songs of 2017 in six Latin American countries. The song has received several certifications, including quadruple platinum in Spain. An accompanying

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, released simultaneously with the song, was directed by

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and filmed at the SLS South Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. It depicts several parties in different locations in the hotel and has received over 1.8 billion views on

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. To promote "Vente Pa' Ca", Martin and Maluma performed it on several television programs and award shows, including both the

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and the

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in 2017. Multiple contestants on various music talent shows have covered the song, including

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and Màxim Huerta. Several remixes and other versions have accompanied the song, such as English versions featuring Delta Goodrem, and

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of Red Velvet. The latter reached number one on

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's international music chart.

Background and release

On August 23, 2016,

and

shared a photo of themselves together in

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, and announced that they were collaborating on a song together, which would be titled "Vente Pa' Ca". The following day, '' Billboard'' revealed the single's release date in an article and mentioned that the song was originally titled "Some Kind of Dream" in English, and was later reverted to Spanish. The article also affirmed that it was Martin's idea to invite Maluma to collaborate for the track. In an interview with ''

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'', Maluma told the newspaper about this collaboration: On September 18, 2016, Martin shared the artwork for the single on his social media. The song was released for digital download and streaming by Sony Music Latin on September 23, 2016 as a single, marking the first collaboration between Martin and Maluma. In an interview with ''Billboard'', Maluma told the magazine: "Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up. He's my idol in the industry."

Music and lyrics

Musically, "Vente Pa' Ca" is a Spanish language

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and pop song, written by Justin Stein, Martin, Maluma, Nermin Harambašić, Anne Judith Wik, Carl Ryden, CheifOne,

, and Ronny Svendsen. Its production was handled by Alexander Castillo, and the song features elements of

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and

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. The track runs for a total of 4 minutes and 19 seconds, and ''Billboard'' described it as "a party track set over a sultry reggaetón beat". Lyrically, "Vente Pa' Ca" which translates to "Come Here" in English, contains various

s, with lyrics including, "Si tú quieres nos bañamos / Si tú quieres nos soplamos / Pa secarnos lo mojao / Si tu boca quiere beso / Y tu cuerpo quiere de eso / Arreglamos" (If you want we can swim / If you want we can dry ourselves / If your mouth wants a kiss / And your body wants that / Then we can manage).

Critical reception

Upon release, "Vente Pa' Ca" was met with universal acclaim from

. A writer of '' Clarín'' wrote that Martin and Maluma "made several generations dance" with the lyrics of the song. An author of

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described the song as "a single that aims to delve into Latin rhythms and make all of Latin America dance". ''

'' staff named the song a "great record that just makes you want to dance". At Culture Leisure, an author described "Vente Pa' Ca" as "a song with a danceable rhythm that perfectly blends the pop and urban genres". An author of ''LatinPop Brasil'' called it "a delicious fusion of rhythms".

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staff described Martin and Maluma as the "Latin Duo of the Year" and stated that they "join forces in the Latin theme" by excellence of 2016, and continued: "Very attentive to this 'Vente Pa' Ca', because it has all the ballots to be the next disco bombshell." Brittny Pierre from ''

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'' acclaimed the song as "a fun party track". Griselda Flores from ''Billboard'' gave the song a positive review, saying it "has us feeling like it's summer all over again". In another article, she named the song "one of the hottest collabs of summer 2016". In his review for

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, Kevin Apaza applauded the song, saying: "It is very catchy, and no doubt clubs in Miami, Latin America and Spain will play it non stop this fall/winter season." Evan Slead from ''

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'' celebrated the song, labeling it "a modern anthem". Writing for ''

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'', Amanda Mitchell ranked the track as Martin's seventh best song on her 2019 list. Also from ''O, The Oprah Magazine'', Celia Fernandez ranked the track as Maluma's sixth best song on her 2019 list. Suzette Fernandez from ''Billboard'' credited it as the song that helped Maluma "to establish his name within the Latin market" and ranked the track among his best collaborations ever. Tommy Calle from ''

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'' labeled the song " mega hit", and ''

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''s Elias Leight labeled it "a billion-views global ear-worm featuring a cheerful appearance from Maluma". Noelia Bertol from Cadena Dial ranked it as one of "Ricky Martin six collaborations that have us moving the skeleton", going on to observe "the way to unite two of the most acclaimed voices in Latin music", and said that the song "met all our expectations, at least!" In another article, she listed the track among his ten "songs that brighten up summers". An author of

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called it a "hit that's very hard to resist". In his review for ''

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'', Esteban Villaseñor ranked the song among Martin's most popular songs.

Accolades

In October 2016, ''The Guardian'' placed "Vente Pa' Ca" on their "The 20 best Latin American records of the past 12 months" list. ''Musica Roots'' ranked the track as the third Top Latin Song of 2016 and ''

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'' ranked it at number 11 on their "15 songs that marked 2016" list. '' Metro Puerto Rico'' placed the track on an unranked list of the most listened songs of the 2010s, and

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ranked it as the 42nd Best Latin song of the decade. Also,

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ranked the track at number five on their list of "10 Top Latino Songs to Get You Moving". "Vente Pa' Ca" has received a number of awards and nominations. It was nominated for both

and Song of the Year at the

, but lost to "

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" by

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featuring

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in the categories.

Commercial performance

"Vente Pa' Ca" was one of the biggest Spanish-language songs of 2016. The song debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart on October 15, 2016, with a first-week tally of 5,000 downloads sold, 1.1 million streams, and 14 million radio impressions. Thus, it became Martin's 27th top 10 on the chart and Maluma's third. The song also debuted at number one on both the US

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and

charts, becoming Martin's second and Maluma's first number one on the former. On the latter, it became Martin's 16th crowning hit and Maluma's third, making Martin continue to hold the second-most number ones on the list, trailing only Enrique Iglesias. The song later peaked at number one on both the

and

charts, becoming Martin's 11th number one and Maluma's first on the former, and Martin's fifth number one and Maluma's third on the latter. Additionally, it reached number seven on the US Latin Streaming Songs on January 21, 2017, and has since become Martin's longest-charting hit, spending 39 weeks on the chart. The song finished 2017 as the 16th biggest hit on the US Latin Streaming Songs year-end chart. Besides the United States, "Vente Pa' Ca" hit the charts in several European countries, including the top 20 in the Netherlands and Hungary. In Italy and Switzerland, the song was certified platinum and double platinum by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), for track-equivalent sales of over 50,000 and 60,000 units, respectively. In Spain's El portal de Música chart, it debuted at number 29 on October 2, 2016. The song subsequently peaked at number two on the chart for four consecutive weeks, being held off the top spot by "

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" (2016) by Carlos Vives and

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in its first week, and by " Safari" (2016) by

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in the next three weeks. "Vente Pa' Ca" was later certified quadruple platinum by the

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(PROMUSICAE), for track-equivalent sales of over 160,000 units in the country. In Latin America, it peaked at number one in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Uruguay, and reached the top 10 in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Venezuela, and on the

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Latin America chart. The track was later ranked as one of the top 10 best performing songs of 2017 in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay. In Mexico, the song was certified diamond + triple platinum + gold by the

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(AMPROFON), for track-equivalent sales of over 510,000 units. It was also certified triple platinum by

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for track-equivalent sales of over 180,000 units in Brazil. Additionally, it was certified gold by the Music Canada, for track-equivalent sales of over 40,000 units in Canada.

Music video

On August 23, 2016, Martin shared a

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of himself and Maluma on the set of filming "Vente Pa' Ca"

. In the first images of the video, the singers were seen wearing fully white outfits and having fun next to a beautiful woman with brown hair. The following day, ''Billboard'' announced that it would be released alongside the song on September 23, 2016. The video was filmed at the SLS South Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and directed by Dominican director

, who had previously directed the videos for Martin's singles " Adrenalina" and " Que Se Sienta El Deseo". The visual begins with Martin and Maluma accidentally running into each other while at a luxurious hotel. After sharing a selfie together on social media, the two singers host a beach party at the SLS South Beach Hotel, which has a Miami-style. It includes several parties in different locations of the hotel, comprising a rooftop soiree and a

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. Cristal Mesa from

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named the visual Martin's seventh best music video on her 2018 list, and an author of Cultura Colectiva listed it among the "13 Videos to Appreciate Ricky Martin's Talent and Sickening Good Looks". As of September 2018, the visual has received over 1.4 billion views on

, making it the ninth most viewed Spanish-language video of all time.

Live performances

Martin and Maluma gave their first live performance of "Vente Pa' Ca" on

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during Martin's the One World Tour concert in

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on September 23, 2016. The song was also included on the

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s for Martin's the All In residency, the Ricky Martin en Concierto, the Movimiento Tour, and the Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin Live in Concert tour, and Maluma's the

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, the F.A.M.E. Tour, the 11:11 World Tour, and the Papi Juancho Tour. Martin delivered a performance of the track at the 29th Lo Nuestro Awards on February 23, 2017, and the following day, Maluma performed it along with his other hits during the 58th Viña del Mar International Song Festival. Later that year, Maluma performed a medley of "

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" and "Vente Pa' Ca" at the 14th Annual Premios Juventud on July 6. Martin also performed "Vente Pa' Ca" along with his other hits during the 61st Viña del Mar International Song Festival on February 23, 2020. He filmed his live performance of the song live from

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during the Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin Live in Concert tour for the Global Citizen Live in September 2021.

Appearances in media and other versions

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performed the song as " Lechuza" on the first season of the Mexican television series '' ¿Quién es la máscara?'' in 2019. In 2020, on its second season,

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and

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performed it as " Pantera" and "Quetzal", respectively. In the same year, Màxim Huerta performed the track as "

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" on the first season of '' Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta''. "Vente Pa' Ca" has been used four times in Argentine dance competition television series ''

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'';

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and Florencia Vigna danced to it on the 2017 season in August, María Sol Pérez and Fernando Bertona on the same season in December,

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, Camila Mendes, and Stéfano de Gregorio on the 2018 season, and Mora Godoy and Bianca Iovenitti on the 2019 season. Additionally, Simon Zachenhuber and Patricija Belousova danced to it on the fourteenth season of '' Let's Dance'' in 2021. A single, titled "Vente Pa' Ca (feat. Maluma) emixes, which includes three remixes of the song, was released alongside the original on September 23, 2016. One of the remixes was produced by Eliot 'El Mago D'Oz', who had also worked on a remix for Martin's previous single " Perdóname" (2016). Almost three months later, on December 27, an English version of the song, featuring Australian singer Delta Goodrem, was released for digital download and streaming by Sony Music Latin. Goodrem tweeted about it: "My dear friend Ricky Martin and I, got together to record a special version of 'Vente Pa' Ca'." Another English version was released on the same date, featuring K-pop singer

of South Korean girl group Red Velvet, while co-produced by Sony Music Entertainment and K-pop's main production agency

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. The song reached number one on

's international music chart. In 2021, Alexis Hodoyan-Gastelum from

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ranked the song as one of her seven favorite "Latin x K-Pop Collaborations", saying "Wendy's input gave the ''popetón'' song a more tender, youthful touch". Also, ''Gizmo Chronicle'' staff placed it on their five "Favorite Latin x K-Pop Collaborations" list in the same year. Two other versions, featuring Taiwanese singer

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and Indian singer

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, were released for digital download and streaming by Sony Music Latin on February 14 and February 17, 2017, respectively.

Track listings

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] – 3:47 *Digital download and streaming (Delta Goodrem version) # "Vente Pa' Ca" (feat. Delta Goodrem) – 4:09 *Digital download and streaming (Wendy version) # "Vente Pa' Ca" (feat.

) – 4:09 *Digital download and streaming (A-Lin version) # "Vente Pa' Ca" (feat.

) – 4:09 *Digital download and streaming (Akasa version) # "Vente Pa' Ca" (feat. Akasa) – 4:09 *Digital download and streaming – A-Class remix # "Vente Pa' Ca" (feat. Maluma) (A-Class Remix) – 3:56

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vocal, composer, lyricist, associated performer *

vocal, composer, lyricist, associated performer, featured artist * Justin Stein composer, lyricist * Nermin Harambašić composer, lyricist * Anne Judith Stokke Wik composer, lyricist * Carl Ryden composer, lyricist * Lars "CheifOne" Pedersen composer, lyricist * Mauricio Montaner composer, lyricist *

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composer, lyricist * Ronny Vidar Svendsen composer, lyricist * Alexander Castillo producer, recording engineer * Julio Reyes Copello recording engineer, vocal producer * Natalia Ramírez recording engineer * Gene Grimaldi mastering engineer * Clint Gibbs mixing engineer

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