Tacones Rojos

"Tacones Rojos" (English: "Red High Heels") is a song co-written and performed by Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra released as the eighth single from his third studio album Dharma (2022), published through the Universal Music Latino label on 22 October 2021.

The single has managed to enter the top ten of the charts in most Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, Uruguay and among others. It is one of the best commercially performing tracks from the singer's album, behind only "Runaway" and "Pareja del Año".

In addition to being a success on radio stations in countries like Spain, where it topped the radio list or in countries like Colombia, Ecuador or Chile where it also topped the charts. On the Monitor Latino charts in Latin America, it topped the charts.

Regarding the certifications, in Spain it received the double platinum certification for sales equivalent to 120,000 units.

The song released a bilingual duet remix with American singer John Legend released on 23 March 2022 as a single.

Background and composition
Yatra co-wrote the song with Juanjo Monserrat, Lofty and Manuel Lara Pablo with the intention of including it on the album. It was released as a single on 22 October 2021 along with the music video. In the historical sheets of Spotify of the song Yatra recounts the following:

"It's about that person who brings me happiness, my piece of sunshine, the apple of my eye. Like a ray of light coming through my window, I like it because it's good and sometimes bad too.

The song deals with Sebastián Yatra's point of view about a girl who dances with red heels, while he describes what he feels with her and for her with a happy background and warm melodies belonging to the pop genre in Spanish "La que me hace sufrir pero no paro de amar", as he says in the bridge of the song.

Music and lyrics
Musically, "Tacones Rojos" is a latin pop song that mixes reggaeton. Lyrically, the song talks about a girl who dances with red heels, while describing what she feels with her and for her with a happy background and warm melodies belonging to the pop genre in Spanish. The lyrics includes, "Mi pedazo de sol / La niña de mis ojos / Tiene una colección, de corazones rotos / Mí pedazo de sol / La niña de mis ojos / La que baila reguetón, con tacones rojos".

Reception
After its release in October 2021, the reception by the public was immediate, a week after it was published, it debuted at number 78 on the streaming charts on Spotify in its native country of Colombia with 141,515 views. In other countries such as Spain, "Tacones Rojos" debuted in weekly streaming position 87 with 503,887 views. In the following weeks, the song would climb until it entered general charts such as PROMUSICAE, which managed to debut in position number 70 in week number 43 of the count and where it continued to climb until it peaked at its number two position in week 51 of the same year. In American countries it got a very good reception, reaching the top 10 in countries like Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay or Peru. In addition to having been number one in Ecuador, Honduras, Colombia, Chile and in the general Latin monitor lists of Latin America.

In Spain, it is the Yatra song that remains at number one on the Top 50 Radios list for the longest time, being a total of eleven consecutive weeks at the peak, as well as being the one that has been the longest of the year.

In the world lists given by Billboard, the song managed to sneak into the count of the 200 most successful songs, receiving Number 76 in the general list as the best position and 45 in the list that excludes the United States. On YouTube it managed to exceed 100 million views in less than 4 months after being published.

Music video
The video was published on 22 October 2021, in the following days it would sneak into YouTube trends in countries such as Spain, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico among others. Reaching 117 million views by 22 March 2022. It currently has more than 350 million views and more than 2 million likes.

In the video, we can see Yatra on a one-story balcony sitting peacefully while singing and playing the guitar, a girl from her opposite window, she opens the window and they exchange glances, from there you can see the couple in a palace-style house dancing around the place, to end up going back to the opening scene of the video only this time it shows the neighbor closing the windows. Recorded in the Madrid Palace of Fernán Núñez, it has the participation of the Spanish actress Clara Galle.

Lyric video
The lyric video from the song was released on 29 October 2021.

Tacones Rojos with John Legend
"Tacones Rojos with John Legend" is the bilingual version of the Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra, together with the American singer John Legend, released as a single on 23 March 2022.

Background and release
Through social networks, Yatra announced the release of his new remix "Tacones Rojos" with American singer-songwriter John Legend for 23 March 2022.

Music and lyrics
Musically, "Tacones Rojos with John Legend" it is also known as a remix of the original version "Tacones Rojos" but the new version with the American singer John Legend and also brings verses in English. Yatra also collaborates for other verses in Spanish. Mix these genres, latin pop and reggaeton. The lyrics includes, "Mi pedazo de sol / La niña de mis ojos, tiene una colección de corazones rotos / You're my piece of the sun / I'm in heaven when / Watch you dance to reggaeton with you red heels high". Said lyrics, a chorus is in Spanish and another in English, and the lyrics of the song also change.

Music video
The official music video was released along with the single simultaneously on 23 March 2022.

The video for this version was shot in Los Angeles and we see Yatra and Legend —who are neighbors in the video clip— talking about that girl who dances reggaeton with red heels that drives the Colombian crazy. Also several scenes of the visual production remind us of the famous movie/musical "La La Land".

Recording and composition
Sebastián Yatra said that although the song has the energy of the original version, he considers it a completely new song. "It has the joy of the original theme, but for me it is a completely new song. It sounds like it was created this way. It was meant to have Legend's voice on it alongside mine," Yatra said in a statement.

"Tacones Rojos" also charted in the TikTok Top 10 and Spotify Global Top 50. In February, the single reached number one on Billboard 's Latin Airplay chart.

Tacones Rojos (Tiësto Remix)
A remix by Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto of "Tacones Rojos" was released on 28 July 2022, along with the deluxe version of Sebastián Yatra's album Dharma +.