El Problema
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| "El Problema" | ||||
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| Single by Ricardo Arjona | ||||
| from the album Santo Pecado | ||||
| Released | 14 October 2002[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Latin pop | |||
| Length | 5:31 (Album version) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ricardo Arjona | |||
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"El Problema" ("The Problem") is a Latin pop song written, produced and performed by Guatemalan Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona. It was released as the lead single from his ninth studio album, Santo Pecado (2002). It is also recognized as one of Ricardo Arjona's signature songs.
Critically and commercially successful, the song became a hit by the singer, staying at No.1 for eight consecutive weeks at the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and twelve weeks at No.1 on the Latin Pop Songs chart, both being the most by any of his singles to date.
On the success of the song, Arjona commented that "it is an accident that happens, and you doesn't now how it is about. I thought 'El Problema' wasn't a song that could sound on radio and it happened."[2] Mario Tarradell from The Dallas Morning News commented that "filled with lengthy verses and a gospellike chorus, the cut hardly sounds like your usual drive-time fodder."[3]
Music video
The music video for "El Problema" was filmed between November 16 and 18, 2002 in Barcelona, Spain. The video features the singer chasing a woman throughout the city to finally find her at the La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona's biggest church, in which he is arrested by the police and sent to prison.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "El Problema" | Ricardo Arjona | 5:31 |