Hasta Abajo (Don Omar song)

Hasta Abajo (English: "Get Down") is a song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as promotional single from the album on October 27, 2009 through Machete, VI.[1] A remake of the song is also featured in the movie Unstoppable (2010 film). The song was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010 on the category for "Best Urban Song".[2]

"Hasta Abajo"
Promotional single by Don Omar
from the album Meet the Orphans
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)
GenreReggaeton
Length3:53
LabelUniversal Latino, Machete
Songwriter(s)William Landrón, Eliel Lind, Everton Bonner, John Taylor, Sly Dunbar, Lloyd Willis
Producer(s)Eliel

Background

The song was produced by Eliel. A verse in the song references putting on and listening to music from reggaeton artists El Cangri (Daddy Yankee), Wisin & Yandel, Randy, Ivy (Ivy Queen), Plan B and Tego Calderón, among others.[3] The song was originally planned to be included on the re-release edition of iDon,[4] titled iDon 2.0 or Prototype 2.0 but later was cancelled. On May 9, 2010 an official remix with Daddy Yankee was recorded and confirmed via Don Omar's official Twitter-page.[5] It was premiered on December 8, 2009.

Music video
Don Omar in the video.

Two music videos were made for the single, the video for the solo version was filmed on New York City in November 2009.[4] In December 2009 Don Omar stated through his official website that Daddy Yankee would appear on the second music video for the remix version, and that it would be directed by Carlos Pérez.[6] The music videos for both versions were filmed on January 12, 2010, the Haiti earthquake day, according with Don Omar's Twitter.[7] 2 teasers of the video were posted, the first on August 11, 2010 and the second on September 2, 2010.[8][9] The music video for the version with Don Omar only, almost a year after the release of the song, was premiered on November 14, 2010.[10] The video for the remixed version with Yankee, remains unreleased.

Chart performance

The song debuted on number #25 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs, reached number #9, on the Tropical Songs debuted on number #4 making it most highest debut without having a music video or album for this song, on this chart peaked to number #2, "Hasta Abajo" is also Don Omar's third number #1 hit on the Latin Rhythm Airplay Chart, topped for five weeks consecutives.[11] The song is also charted on the Latin Pop Songs on number #12 and topped the Venezuelan Singles Chart for third time.[12]

Charts
Chart (2009–2010) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[13] 9
US Latin Rhythm Airplay (Billboard)[14] 1
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[15] 2
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[16] 12
Venezuelan Singles Chart[12] 1
Venezuelan Latin Chart[12] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2010) Position
US Latin Songs Year End 2010[17] 43
US Latin Tropical Songs Year End 2010[17] 10

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Worldwide October 30, 2009 Radio premiere Machete, VI
November 17, 2009 Digital download[18]

References
  1. Don Omar se va Hasta abajo en Nueva York Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Esmas.com Retrieved 2010-06-25
  2. Universal Music Publishing Group - 52 Latin GRAMMY nominations UMPG Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  3. El Cangri, Wisin & Yandel and Calderón on lyrics from "Hasta Abajo"
  4. "Hasta Abajo" music video filmed on November in New York
  5. "Hasta Abajo" remix confirmed with Daddy Yankee
  6. "Hasta Abajo Con Daddy Yankee y Don Omar". Archived from the original on 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  7. Don Omar Twitter Hasta Abajo dando pela y ahora vamos a filmar el video y el video remix... Twitter.com/OfficialiDon Retrieved Jan-15-2010.
  8. Don Omar - Hasta Abajo (Trailer) YouTube.com Retrieved 2010-09-06.
  9. Don Omar - Hasta Abajo (Trailer 2) YouTube.com Retrieved 2010-09-06.
  10. Don Omar - Hasta Abajo (Video) Wikiton Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  11. "Hasta Abajo" topped on the U.S. Latin Rhythm Songs
  12. ""Hasta Abajo" Venezuelan Singles Chart". Recordreport.com.ve. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  13. "Don Omar Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
  14. "Hasta Abajo" this week topped on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Songs Musica.Aol.com
  15. "Don Omar Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard.
  16. "Don Omar Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  17. "2010 Year-End Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  18. Hasta Abajo single by Don Omar iTunes.apple.com
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