"" ('I Want To Dance') is a song by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen, from the platinum edition of her third studio album, Diva (2003). It was composed by Queen alongside her then-husband Gran Omar, produced by Iván Joy and released as the lead single from the album in 2004. Lyrically, "the song talks about a guy expecting sex after a dance like it was a bad thing."
The song along with the album Diva are considered to be an important factor to reggaeton's mainstream exposure in 2004 alongside Daddy Yankee's Barrio Fino and Tego Calderon's El Enemy de los Guasibiri. The song became the first Spanish-language song to reach #1 on Miami's WPOW Rhythmic Top 40 while reaching the Top 10 of the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay chart. The song has become known as the first female reggaeton feminist anthem among songs that lyrically degraded women. An accompanying music video was filmed for the song. It features cameos from her ex-husband Omar Navarro, known artistically as Gran Omar. Ivy Queen performed the song as a part of the set of her 2008 World Tour which was held from the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In 2019, the song was re-recorded by a women-led team of engineers and released as a single on International Women’s Day. In 2022, Rolling Stone magazine listed the song at number two on their list of the best Reggaeton songs of all time.
Background
After the disappointing commercial performance of Ivy Queen's first two studio albums En Mi Imperio (1997) and The Original Rude Girl (1998), she was dropped from the Sony label and took a hiatus from her musical career in 1999. Though the moderate hit, "In The Zone" with Wyclef Jean was able to chart in the United States, the unsuccessful second single "Ritmo Latino" and the album The Original Rude Girl were not and were overlooked and soon forgotten. However, it was critically acclaimed by many including an editor for Allmusic who awarded the album four out of five stars and listed it as a selected "Allmusic Pick". This occurred after she left Sony and "stepped out of Wyclef Jean's shadow".
In 2001 and 2002, Queen began appearing on reggaeton compilation albums spawning hits like "" which is originally from The Majestic 2 and "Quiero Saber" from Kilates. In 2003, Queen and her then-husband Gran Omar signed with Real Music, an independent label based in Miami, Florida and established by Jorge Guadalupe and Anthony Pérez. They appeared on the label's first album Jams Vol. 1 which Pérez released after several major record labels turn him down. She benefited from Pérez producing the important reggaetón television show "The Roof", which aired on mun2 and detailed urban music and lifestyle by frequently appearing and performing on the show. After the success of her third studio album Diva (2003), which would be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Ivy Queen released a platinum edition to the album in 2004 with bonus tracks, of those included are "" and the singles "Quiero Saber", "Papi Te Quiero" and "Tu No Puedes".
Composition
"Quiero Bailar" was written by Ivy Queen. It was produced by the Puerto Rican reggaetón producer Iván Joy, who also produced "Quiero Saber". Originally featured on Iván Joy's reggaetón compilation album, The Majestic (2002), the song was also later included on Queen's fifth studio album, Flashback (2005) and second compilation album, Reggaeton Queen (2006) and first EP, e5 (2006).
The song incorporates the Liquid riddim, a musical riddim produced by the "Jamaican cross-over guru" Jeremy Harding. The song's lyrics warn her dance partner not to misinterpret her moves. In the song, she berates a lover who thinks that just because they dance she is automatically going to bed with him.
Release and chart performance
"Quiero Bailar" was released in 2003 as the lead single from the album by Universal Music Latino followed by five more singles. On the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, the song debuted at thirty-five for the week of September 3, 2005, becoming the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week and peaked at number twenty-nine for the week of September 17, 2005. Billboard Latin Rhythm Songs chart, the song peaked at number eight. On the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, the song debuted as "Yo Quiero Bailar" at number thirty-seven on the week of December 20, 2003 and peaked at number twenty-four on January 17, 2004.