Looking for Paradise

"Looking for Paradise"
Single by Alejandro Sanz featuring Alicia Keys
from the album Paraíso Express
Released	September 23, 2009 (download)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2008–2009 (Barcelona, Spain) (New York City)
Genre	Latin, R&B
Length	4:41
Label	WEA Latina
Writer(s)	Alejandro Sanz, Alicia Keys
Producer	Alejandro Sanz, Tommy Torres, Bob Clearmountain, Swizz Beatz
Alejandro Sanz singles chronology
"En La Planta De Tus Pies" (2007) "Looking for Paradise" (2009) "Desde Cuándo" (2010)
Alicia Keys singles chronology "Doesn't Mean Anything" (2009) "Looking for Paradise" (2009) "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" (2009)

"Looking for Paradise" is a 2009 single by singer Alejandro Sanz which features Alicia Keys. It is the first single from Sanz's eighth studio album, Paraíso Express. Released through Warner Music via music download on September 23, 2009.

Music Video

The music video was directed by Gil Green, and filmed in Barcelona, Spain during September.

Release

The single was first released to a members-only section of Sanz's fan club website on September 18, 2009, as a preview of the material; being completely released five days before through digital download.

Sanz said Billboard about the record: "I told Tommy Torres that I wanted it to have a very British pop sound with the rock touch that the songs call for,... Tommy did a perfect interpretation in that sense. Everything flowed in a very natural way."

In Brazil, the song was included in the international soundtrack of Tempos Modernos.

Chart performance

The song entered the U.S. Billboard charts on the week of October 10, 2009. It debuted at #10 on the Latin Pop Songs chart. On the next week, it rise to #4; at #21 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and later, the song was the airplay gainer, rising to #9, on its third week rise again to #7; and at #32 on the Tropical Songs chart. The song, so far, peaked at #67 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart. On the week of November 14, 2009, the song went to #1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart and Tropical Songs chart. A week later, the song finally went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. This was Keys' first number one on all three charts, which also made her the first African-American of non-Hispanic origin to reach #1 on the Hot Latin Tracks.

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)	1
European Hot 100 Singles[citation needed]	80
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Songs	8
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	4
Venezuelan Latin Chart	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
Spanish Singles Chart	17

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by "Kalemba (Wegue-Wegue)" by Buraka Som Sistema	Spanish Singles Charts number-one single November 23, 2009	Succeeded by "Kalemba (Wegue-Wegue)" by Buraka Som Sistema
Preceded by Esclavo de Sus Besos by David Bisbal	U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay number-one single November 14, 2009 - January 9, 2010	Succeeded by Se Me Va la Voz by Alejandro Fernández
Preceded by "Esclavo de Sus Besos" by David Bisbal	U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs number-one single November 21, 2009 December 5, 2009	Succeeded by "Gracias a Tí by Wisin & Yandel featuring Enrique Iglesias
Preceded by "Ojos Que No Ven" by Alexis & Fido	Venezuelan Latin Chart number-one single November 26, 2009	Succeeded by "Lloro Por Ti (Remix)" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin & Yandel