Conga

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"Conga" is a 1985 Latin pop-dance hit by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine that popularized Latin rhythms in mainstream American pop music.

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instanceOf single
song
albumArtist Miami Sound Machine NERFINISHED
associatedDance conga line
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play hit
Billboard Hot Latin Songs hit
chronologyFollowedBy Bad Boy NERFINISHED
chronologyFollows Dr. Beat NERFINISHED
composer Enrique Garcia NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre Latin freestyle
Latin pop
dance-pop
has12InchMixLength 6:00
hasBand Miami Sound Machine NERFINISHED
hasBside Mucho Money NERFINISHED
hasCulturalImpact became a staple of 1980s dance music
widely used at parties and sporting events
hasFormat 12-inch single
7-inch single
cassette single
hasLength 4:14
hasLiveVersion Conga (live) NERFINISHED
hasMainArtist Gloria Estefan NERFINISHED
hasMusicalFeature dance-oriented tempo
horn section riffs
syncopated Latin percussion
hasRadioEditLength 4:14
hasReleaseYear 1985
hasSignatureLine Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga NERFINISHED
hasSingleType lead single
includedInTourSetlist Gloria Estefan world tours
Let It Loose Tour NERFINISHED
Primitive Love Tour NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Enrique Garcia NERFINISHED
musicVideoDirector Don Taylor NERFINISHED
notableFor popularizing Latin rhythms in mainstream American pop music
partOfAlbum Primitive Love NERFINISHED
performer Miami Sound Machine NERFINISHED
performerNationality Cuban-American
producer Emilio Estefan Jr. NERFINISHED
Lawrence Dermer NERFINISHED
Rafael Vigil NERFINISHED
recordLabel Epic Records
releaseDecade 1980s
vocalist Gloria Estefan NERFINISHED

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