"Ella Baila Sola" | ||||
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Single by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma | ||||
from the album Desvelado | ||||
Language | Spanish | |||
English title | "She Dances Alone" | |||
Released | March 17, 2023 | |||
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Length | 2:45 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Pedro Tovar | |||
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Eslabon Armado singles chronology | ||||
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Peso Pluma singles chronology | ||||
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"Ella Baila Sola" on YouTube |
"Ella Baila Sola" (transl. "She Dances Alone") is a song by the American regional Mexican group Eslabon Armado and Mexican singer Peso Pluma. It was released on March 17, 2023, through DEL Records and Prajin Parlay, as the lead single for the group's album Desvelado (2023). "Ella Baila Sola" is a sierreño song that lyrically talks about two guys seeing a woman dancing alone. The song was written and produced by Pedro Tovar, with co-production being handled by Maurillo Pineda Jr. and Ernesto Fernandez.
Originally teased as a short clip on TikTok, "Ella Baila Sola" would go viral on the platform days before its official release on streaming platforms. Its virality would eventually lead up to it becoming the first regional Mexican song in history to reach the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four, as well as the first to top the Billboard Global 200. The song also appeared on charts in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland. It was critically acclaimed, with Rolling Stone naming it the best song of 2023, as well as placing it on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
"Ella Baila Sola" received several nominations and was certified 21× Platinum, in the Latin field, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 1 million copies. Other certifications were given by Italy, Portugal and Spain. To date, it is the group and the singer's most commercially successful single, with over 1 billion streams on Spotify; the milestone was reached at the end of 2023, making it the first regional Mexican song to do so. Peso Pluma would release a remix version of "La Bebé" with Yng Lvcas, simultaneously with "Ella Baila Sola", where it also performed successfully, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 along with the latter's peak.