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La Nueva y la Ex

"La Nueva y la Ex"
Tropical Remix cover
Single by Daddy Yankee
from the album King Daddy
LanguageSpanish
English title"The New and The Ex"
ReleasedOctober 18, 2013 (2013-10-18)
GenreReggaeton
Length3:16
LabelEl Cartel
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Los de la Nazza
Daddy Yankee singles chronology
"More than Friends"
(2013)
"La Nueva y la Ex"
(2013)
"Moviendo Caderas"
(2014)
Music video
"La Nueva y La Ex" on YouTube

"La Nueva y la Ex" (English: "The New and The Ex") is a single by Puerto Rican singer and rapper Daddy Yankee from his mixtape King Daddy, released on October 29, 2013.[1] The song was written by Daddy Yankee and Jesús Benítez, and was produced by Los de la Nazza.

Background

"La Nueva y La Ex" was written by Daddy Yankee and Jesús Benítez "Benny Benny", and was produced by Puerto Rican duo Los de la Nazza.[2] Daddy Yankee's representative company in Puerto Rico, Perfect Partners, stated on a press release that the song "goes hard on spicy, suggestive and sexy lyrics with a proposal that sings to the girl (the new one) who arrives and who left (the ex)."[3]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "La Nueva y La Ex" peaked at number nine on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart on February 8, 2014 and charted for 20 weeks.[4] The single peaked at number two on the Tropical Airplay chart on February 8, 2014 and also charted for 20 weeks.[5] It also peaked at number one on the Latin Airplay and at number 14 on the Latin Digital Songs charts.[6][7] "La Nueva y La Ex" was the 40th best-performing song on Hot Latin Songs of 2014, as well as the 49th best-selling Latin single and the 26th most-played song of the year in the United States.[8][9][10]

Music video

The music video for "La Nueva y La Ex" was directed by Puerto Rican filmmaker Christian Suau.[11] The filming took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[11] The visual premiered through Daddy Yankee's YouTube Vevo account on February 6, 2014, where it has over 60 million views.[12]

Charts

See also

References

  1. ^ "King Daddy by Daddy Yankee on Apple Music". Apple Music. January 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "King Daddy - Daddy Yankee - Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Agencia EFE (October 21, 2013). "Daddy Yankee lanza "La nueva y la ex", el segundo sencillo de su último disco" (in Spanish). wradio.com.co. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Tropical Airpay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Latin Airpay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  7. ^ "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Latin Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Hot Latin Songs - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "Latin Digital Songs - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "Latin Airplay Songs - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Daddy Yankee estrena video del sencillo 'La nueva y la ex'". Excélsior (in Spanish). February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  12. ^ "Daddy Yankee - La Nueva y La Ex" (in Spanish). YouTube. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  13. ^ "Daddy Yankee Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  14. ^ "Daddy Yankee Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  15. ^ "Daddy Yankee Chart History (Latin Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  16. ^ "Daddy Yankee Chart History (Latin Rhythm Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.