Pegaito a la Pared
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"Pegaito a la Pared" is the first single by Puerto Rican reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

 performer Tego Calderón
Tego Calderón
Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...

 from his upcoming fifth album Mr. T
Mr. T (album)
El Que Sabe, Sabe is the upcoming fifth album by Tego Calderón. Its first single is called "Pegaito a la Pared" and has been released on iTunes and Amazon. The single got a remix with Plan B. The remix was also released on iTunes along with an exclusive reggaeton remix.-Background:The album is said...

. It was released on iTunes
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 on November 1, 2008 through Jiggiri Records
Jiggiri Records
adaJiggiri Records is a reggaeton and hip-hop record label that was founded in Loíza, Puerto Rico. Jiggiri was founded in the year 2001.-Studio albums:Tego Calderón* 2006: The Underdog/El Subestimado* 2007: El Abayarde ContraatacaVoltio...

. The single is produced by Nely "El Arma Secreta". An official remix with Plan B
Plan B (duo)
Plan B is a Puerto Rican Reggaeton duo, consisting of Chencho , born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico and Maldy , born in Guayama, Puerto Rico...

 was released on February 3, 2009. The remix is also available on iTunes. "No Se Ve" was the first version to reach the charts, debuting at # 20, and peaking at # 18. During Summer 2009, the original version of Pegaito a la Pared reached the Latin Rhythm Airplay charts debuting at # 23. An instrumental version of the song was released on iTunes
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.

Background

Pegaito a la Pared and its remix are the first singles for Tego's upcoming album Mr. T
Mr. T (album)
El Que Sabe, Sabe is the upcoming fifth album by Tego Calderón. Its first single is called "Pegaito a la Pared" and has been released on iTunes and Amazon. The single got a remix with Plan B. The remix was also released on iTunes along with an exclusive reggaeton remix.-Background:The album is said...

. The lyrical theme of the song is like old school reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

 music, although the song has new music quality. Having old school lyrics, Tego featured Plan B
Plan B (duo)
Plan B is a Puerto Rican Reggaeton duo, consisting of Chencho , born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico and Maldy , born in Guayama, Puerto Rico...

 for the songs remix, a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 duo that makes old school reggaeton up to this day. Tego Calderón said that he doesn't like how the genre of reggaeton is changing to much to pop, so he decided to go away from reggaeton a little, and bring more of a dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 and different kind of urban sounds than reggaeton, and still make his album a bomb. That's one of the reasons that Tego Calderón is singing more than rapping in this song.

Remix and other official versions

  • The original version includes Tego Calderón only.
  • The official remix has Plan B added with the original beat.
  • A reggaeton beat (Dembow) was added to a Reggaeton Mix to the original version which appears on the remixes single on iTunes.
  • There is another version of the remix which also features Plan B only with a different beat which was produced by Nely "El Arma Secreta" titled "No Se Ve".
  • "No Se Ve" has a remix featuring Poeta Callejero.
  • DJ Giann released an instrumental single of "Pegaito a la Pared" on iTunes
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    .

Track listings and formats

Digital download single
  1. "Pegaito a la Pared" - 3:53


Pegaito a la Pared "The Remixes" Digital download ep
  1. "Pegaito a la Pared (Reggaeton Mix)" - 3:56
  2. "Pegaito a la Pared (remix) (feat. Plan B
    Plan B (duo)
    Plan B is a Puerto Rican Reggaeton duo, consisting of Chencho , born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico and Maldy , born in Guayama, Puerto Rico...

    )" - 4:42
  3. "Pegaito a la Pared (remix) (feat. Plan B, Franco "El Gorila", Adrian Banton, Jowell & Ñejo)- 5:37


Tego Pegaito a la Pared Instrumental Digital download single
  1. "Tego Pegaito a la Pared Instrumental" - 3:59

Charts

"No Se Ve" was the first version of Pegaito a la Pared to appear on the charts, and appeared on the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart. Since then, it has jumped around going higher and lower. It debuted at number 23 and peaked at number 18.

The second version to reach the chart was the original version of Pegaito a la Pared. It recently reached the charts, and debuted at # 23. It's currently peaking at #22.

No Se Ve

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Latin Rhythm Airplay 18

Pegaito a la Pared

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Latin Rhythm Airplay 22

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