Daddy Yankee appreciates the recognition “Gasolina” has received

Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee this Wednesday credited “love, passion, determination and discipline” with the inclusion of “Gasolina” as the first reggaeton song to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the United States Congress.

“When you do things with love, passion, determination and discipline And add to that the support of all my beautiful people for over three decades, anything you dream of can come true,” Daddy Yankee said in a tweet after the award was announced.

Besides that “Petrol”the Library of Congress The American added 24 songs, including John Lennon’s “Imagine” (1971), Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” (1971), Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” (1984), the theme from “Super Mario Bros. ” (1985 .) and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” (1994).

These 25 recordings were deemed worthy of preservation “taking into account their cultural importanceHistorical, or Aesthetic in the Nation’s Recorded Sound Heritage,” according to the Library of Congress. This brings the number of titles on the record to 625.

It was in 2004, the time when Daddy Yankee He promoted his career in the “underground” for about 10 years – the term by which the pioneering years of reggaeton are known – for “Gasolina” to appear on the album “Barrio Fino”.

So together with the composer and urban singer Eddie Avila (Eddie Dee) and producer duo Luny Tunes, worked on this explosive song that made the whole world know about the existence of reggaeton.

The album “Barrio Fino” debuted at number one on the chart Billboard Latin Albums, and “Gasolina” was the first reggaeton song to be nominated for a Latin Grammy for Record of the Year.

“Gasolina” was also chosen by the magazine in 2022 rolling stones as number 1 among the 100 reggaeton songs of all time.

Last year’s success of the Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin, “Livin’ la Vida Loca”, It was composed by Draco Rosa and is included in the National Recording Registry of the United States Congress.

Other recordings by Puerto Rican artists that are part of this featured list are the album “Sugar Pa’ Ti”, Eddie Palmieri (1965); “Lamento Borincano”, by Rafael Hernández, performed by Canaria (Manuel Jiménez) and his group, and the album “Dance Mania”, by Tito Puente (1958).

There are other recordings related to Puerto Rico, such as albums “Live at Yankee Stadium”from Fania All Stars (1975) and the original cast of the musical “West Side Story” (1957), which included Chita Rivera.