Gasolina

"Gasolina" (Spanish for "Gasoline") is a song on Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino (Nice 'Hood). Glory sings the line "dame más gasolina" ("give me more gas"), although she is not credited. The song was released as the album's lead single in October 2004 and became a hit in 2005, peaking inside the top 10 on some of the charts it entered. "Gasolina" was the first reggaeton song to be nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

"Gasolina"
Single by Daddy Yankee
from the album Barrio Fino
LanguageSpanish
B-side"Machete"
ReleasedOctober 2004 (2004-10)
GenreReggaeton
Length3:12
Label
  • VI Music
  • UMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Luny Tunes
Daddy Yankee singles chronology
"King Daddy"
(2004)
"Gasolina"
(2004)
"No Me Dejes Solo"
(2005)
Music video
"Gasolina" on YouTube

In 2015, the song was ranked number nine on the "50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time" list according to Billboard. In 2018, it was ranked number 38 on Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Latin Pop Songs. In 2017, it was included on Billboard's "12 Best Dancehall & Reggaeton Choruses of the 21st Century" at number eight. In 2021, it was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and a year later it was ranked at the first place on their 2022 "100 Greatest Reggaeton Songs of All Time" list. In 2023, "Gasolina" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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