No Hay Igual
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"No Hay Igual" (English: "There's No Equal") is a song written by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, Nate "Danja" Hills and Nisan Stewart, and produced by Timbaland, Danja and Stewart for Furtado's third album Loose (2006). Sung mostly in Spanish, it was released in Latin America as the album's second single, and in the United States to digital music stores on April 18 2006 (see 2006 in music). It was the album's first club single.
The single's video was filmed on June 26 2006 in Sector La Perla, San Juan with reggaeton singer René Pérez (AKA Residente) of the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13. Pérez said that the single gave Furtado and Calle 13 the chance to become more popular in Europe, a goal of particular interest for Furtado because she is from a Portuguese family.[1] The video was directed by Israel Lugo and Gabriel Coss, photographed by Sonnel Velazquez and produced by María Estades.[2] It was released on September 6 through Furtado's official MySpace page,[3] and its television premiere was on MTV Tr3s on September 4.[citation needed]
Credits
- Drums by Nisan Stewart
- Keyboards by Danja and Timbaland
- Percussion by Timbaland
- Background vocals by Nelly Furtado and Jim Beanz
- Recording, engineering and mixing by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
- Second engineered by James Roach, Kobla Tetey, Ben Jost and Vadim Chislov
- Additional recording by Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica
- Vocal production by Jim Beanz
- Recorded at The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida
- Mixed at Thomas Crown Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Formats and track listings
- Vinyl 12" single
- "No Hay Igual"
- "No Hay Igual" (instrumental)
- CD single
- "No Hay Igual" (album version)
- "No Hay Igual" (instrumental)
- "No Hay Igual" featuring Pharrell
- "No Hay Igual" (remix) featuring Residente Calle 13
- "No Hay Igual" (single version instrumental)
- CD promo
- "No Hay Igual" (album version)
- "No Hay Igual" (instrumental)
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| German Black Charts | 3 |
| Ibero-America Top 100[4] | 52 |
| Chile Top 100[5] | 7 |
| Colombia Top 100[6] | 23 |
Notes and references
- ^ "Furtado films video in Puerto Rico". Associated Press. June 26 2006. Retrieved November 14 2006.
- ^ "Nelly Furtado graba video en La Perla en el Viejo San Juan junto con Residente de Calle 13" (Spanish). ¡Boom! Online. June 26 2006. Retrieved November 14 2006.
- ^ Geffen. "A Two for One Deal". September 6 2006. Retrieved January 1 2007.
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- Unknown (2006). In Loose [CD liner notes]. United States: Geffen Records.