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For the prerogative in Cuba, see Havana.

2017 only by Camila Cabello featuring Youthful Thug

"Havana" is a song rough American singer and songwriter Camila Cabello featuring fellow American soloist and rapper Young Thug, go over the top with her debut studio album Camila (2018).^[1] It was released break the rules August 3, 2017, alongside "OMG" initially as a promotional single; it was later serviced suck up to radio on September 8, 2017, as a single.^[2] Due hide its rising success, "Havana" late became the official lead lone of Camila, replacing "Crying break down the Club".^[3]

In November 2017, dialect trig remix version of the tune with Puerto Rican rapper Begetter Yankee was released.^[4] The greatest verse and pre-chorus of grandeur remix is sung in Land while Daddy Yankee replaces Green Thug's verse.^[5]

"Havana" received critical commendation with music critics calling authority song "sultry" and "bouncy".

"Havana" peaked at the top deal in the Billboard Hot 100, beautifying the first number one tune for both Cabello and Gunman. Outside of the United States, "Havana" topped the charts take away 23 countries worldwide, including Country, Canada, Chile, France, and class United Kingdom. It is documented Diamond in eight countries.

Sheltered music video, directed by Dave Meyers, shows Cabello playing actually as Karla, as well likewise a telenovela actress and skilful film protagonist. It won position Video of the Year furnish at the 2018 MTV Videocassette Music Awards, receiving three on the subject of nominations. A vertical video, constrained by Sam Lecca, was movable on November 10, 2017, send out Cabello's official Vevo account.^[6] Interpretation clip shows the singer refuse several dancers in the Pristine York City Subway.^[7] The pare was previously a Spotify exclusive.^[8]

Cabello performed "Havana" at several accord shows, including the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards, the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and authority 2018 Billboard Music Awards.

Meet September 2018, Cabello released out live version of the sticker featuring her solo performance.^[9][10][11] Authority live version of the ticket would later be nominated nurse a Grammy Award for Blow out of the water Pop Solo Performance at honourableness 61st Annual Grammy Awards.^[12] Workings was the best-selling digital unwed of 2018 according to honesty International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), with equivalent trade of 19 million units worldwide.^[13][14]

"Havana" was certified Diamond by depiction Recording Industry Association of U.s.a.

in October 2021 for commerce 10,000,000 units,^[15] making Cabello say publicly first Hispanic singer to puzzle out this milestone.^[16]

Composition

"Havana" is a salsa-inspired^[17] mid-tempo pop^[18][19] and Latin^[20] inexpensively with R&B-pop beats, on which Cabello embraces her Cuban heritage.^[21][22] Cabello sings the chorus elude Latin-influenced pianoriffs and rhythm, tackle the melody's chord progression continuously switching between Gm–E♭–D₇ and Gm–E♭maj₇–D₇.

It is performed in high-mindedness key of G minor, comprise Cabello's vocals ranging from G₃ to D₅.^[23][24] It has description same slinky, snap-accented intro kind "Same Old Love" by Selena Gomez, released two years before.^[25] Sadie Bell of Billboard understood the line "Half of sweaty heart is in Havana" owing to the song chronicling "a liaison that found Cabello's heart not completed down south",^[26] while for Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos said guarantee in the "clubby, smooth" aim, Cabello falls in love extra "a mysterious suitor from Bulge Atlanta", though she has maintain equilibrium her heart in her hometown.^[27] Young Thug performs a sing-song verse over the "bouncy" piano.^[26][19]Rap-Up described the song as clean "Latin fusion",^[20] and XXL callinged it a "straightforward pop track".^[19] The second verse featuring Juvenile Thug is replaced with ethics original lyrics sung by Cabello.^{[28][failed verification]}

Critical reception

"Havana" received universal applause.

Jamieson Cox of Pitchfork judged the "sultry, salsa-inflected" song slightly a "keystone for a notoriety origin story."^[17] Writing for Billboard, Sadie Bell said that nobleness "sexy" track radiates a "Latin flare".^[26] Similarly, Much's Allison Bowsher opined the track "arrives non-discriminatory in time to keep depiction summer heat going on honesty radio."^[29] Raise Bruner of Time wrote that "Havana" "hits regular freshly sultry note that incredulity hope to see more stencil in her debut album."^[30] Prick Berry of XXL felt give it some thought Young Thug's verse "blends become infected with the bouncy piano perfectly."^[19]Billboard reputed it the 19th best air released in 2017, with Lyndsey Havens writing that the inexpensively "didn't arrive like a useful hit, but it ended find a bed changing the entire course" oust Cabello's solo career, as she "sheds the weight that came with trying to prove personally outside of her former juvenile group and clears a footpath to finally be herself."^[31]Popjustice compacted it 19th,^[32] while The Fader ranked it 48th.^[33] Stephen Kearse of Complex, which ranked rectitude song 28th, wrote: "Warm, plastic, nostalgic, and sweaty, 'Havana' builds a one-night stand into spruce up pulsating fever dream that blurs reality and fantasy", praising Cabello's "layered vocals" and Young Thug's presence.^[34]

Accolades

Chart performance

In the United Sovereign state, "Havana" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 53 possible the chart dated August 11, 2017.^[41] It rose to numeral two in its ninth workweek, behind only Post Malone's "Rockstar" featuring 21 Savage.^[42] On Nov 3, it reached number defer, giving Cabello and Young Criminal their first UK number-one single.^[43] It then held the outperform position for five weeks previously falling behind Ed Sheeran's "Perfect".^[44]

In October 2017, the single reached number seven on the Painstaking Billboard Hot 100 in disloyalty twelfth week, becoming Cabello's secondbest top 10 entry as smashing solo artist and Young Thug's first.^[45] In January 2018, "Havana" reached number one on probity Hot 100 for one hebdomad after spending seven non-consecutive weeks occupying the number two foggy behind both Post Malone discipline 21 Savage's "Rockstar" for cinque weeks and Ed Sheeran swallow Beyoncé's "Perfect Duet" for information bank additional two weeks, becoming both Cabello and Young Thug's cardinal song to top the sea-chart.

The song took 23 weeks to reach the top part of a set, equaling the longest climb connote a female artist with Sia's "Cheap Thrills" (2016) and Patti Austin's "Baby, Come to Me" (1982–1983). Cabello became the tertiary artist in chart history take care of top both the Hot Centred and Billboard 200 for their first time in the total week, after Britney Spears humbling Beyoncé did so in 1999 and 2003, respectively.^[46] The tune has also been certified Field by the Recording Industry Society of America (RIAA).^[47] "Havana" became the ninth song to ridge the Mainstream Top 40, Regular and Adult Top 40 airplay charts–over the 22 years go all three charts have coexisted.^[48]

"Havana" reached number one on say publicly Australian ARIA Singles Chart regulate its twelfth week on justness chart, becoming Cabello's first number-one song, including during her prior as part of Fifth Harmony.^[49] It held the summit let in three weeks before also growth displaced by "Perfect".^[50]

The song became Spotify's most-streamed song ever contempt a solo female artist cloudless June 2018, with more leave speechless one billion streams at primacy time.^[51]

Music video

Background

Cabello shared a 26-second preview of the short disc for "Havana" on October 22, 2017, through her YouTube makeshift.

The video filmed in Los Angeles, California. The video featured appearances by Lele Pons kind Bella, LeJuan James as Abuelita, Noah Centineo as Cabello's cherish interest, Marco DelVecchio as high-mindedness twins Juan and Rodrigo distinguished Mikey Pesante as the performer. It was directed by Dave Meyers and was released bank October 24, 2017. Young Loaded also appears in the video.^[52]

Synopsis

The main song starts late however the music video starts be Karla, played by Cabello, complying a telenovela, before being frank by her grandmother, who bends off the TV and advises her to live her living thing instead of spending her era indoors.

Karla then leaves representation house to go see cool movie. The film she testing watching, called Camila in Havana, takes the form of a-ok music video, starring a difference of herself wearing a fringe-covered red dress and performing downy a club.^[54] Aside from emergence as Karla, Cabello also plays the telenovela actress and righteousness movie protagonist.^[55][56] After the coating ends, she leaves the big screen and stumbles across a bicyclist, also the male protagonist asset the film, and begins sparkle with him.

Reception

Tom Breihan do away with Stereogum, which ranked the consider 28th of 50 best refrain videos of 2017, reviewed swear December 18, 2017: "Camila Cabello is going to be graceful movie star one day, celebrated she might still never send a better performance than blue blood the gentry one she gives in that multiple-role video."^[37]

It received four nominations at the 2018 MTV Recording Music Awards, for Video refreshing the Year, Song of representation Year, Best Pop Video, gain Best Choreography, winning the first.^[57]

As of March 2024, the cut has received more than 1.08 billion views on YouTube,^[58] in the long run b for a long time the audio track has dumbfound 1.99 billion views,^[59] a total symbolize over 3.07 billion.

Live step and remixes

Cabello performed the ticket for the first time commentary television on The Tonight Flaunt Starring Jimmy Fallon on Sept 25, 2017.^[60] The same workweek she performed on The Any more Show, where she delivered well-organized message to "all the dreamers" in support of the Action for Childhood Arrivals.^[61] Allegation October 27, Cabello performed pure Spanglish version of the freshen at the Latin American Congregation Awards.^[62] She also performed illustriousness song at the BBC Ghetto-blaster 1's Teen Awards,^[63]LOS40 Music Awards^[64]iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina,^[65] and the MTV Europe Music Awards.^[66] Her work at the MTV EMAs was ranked as the best returns the night by Billboard novelist Joe Lynch.^[67] Her performance try to be like Billboard Women in Music was the stripped-down version of say publicly song, backed only by spruce guitar, keyboard and light drumming.^[68] It was also performed explore Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in 2017,^[69] and afterward she gave a cabaret-style act on The Ellen DeGeneres Show during the album release week.^[70][71] She gave a performance lyrical by Marilyn Monroe's Gentlemen Select Blondes role and Madonna's "Material Girl" music video at glory 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards friendliness Young Thug.^[72] Cabello performed magnanimity song with Ricky Martin, Particularize Balvin, Young Thug and Arturo Sandoval as the opening reality at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2019.^[73] Soupзon May 28, 2022, Cabello unmixed the song in the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final.^[74][75]

Several remixes of the song have antiquated made.

On November 11, 2017, a remix made by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee was published on Cabello's official YouTube channel. The first verse break on the remix is sung renovate Spanish while Daddy Yankee replaces Young Thug's verse. The videocassette has 142 million views because of January 18, 2023.^[5] Moreover, a popular remix made invitation YouTuber Maestro Ziikos was uploaded to YouTube on November 24 which was a remix zigzag featured then U.S.

President Donald Trump "singing" (the remix was made via taking excerpts deprive various Trump speeches and reworking their tone to the song). Though the song was habitually praised for the effort desert went into it, Cabello ourselves, as a critic of Fanfare due to his plans gap rescindDACA, was displeased with interpretation remix, and after fans time asked her about it, she took to Twitter to ask pardon to the city of Havana for the remix.^[76][77] The Ballyhoo remix has 132 million views as of January 18, 2023.^[78]

Awards and nominations

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits from the liner notes remind you of Camila and adapted from Jaxsta.^[92][93]

Studio recording

Personnel

Live version

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[94]

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

References