Shakira - Loca (Spanish Version) ft. El Cata (Video clip)

"Loca" (English: "Crazy") is a single by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, taken from her 7-th studio album, Sale el Sol (2010). Music was recorded by Epic Records as the best song from the

album. The Spanish-language version features Dominican rapper El Cata, and was recorded on 10 September 2010, while the English-language version features British rapper Dizzee Rascal, and was recorded on 13 September 2010. It was composed and make by Shakira, with additional songwriting from Edward Bello, Armando Pérez, and Dylan Mills. The single is a Latin pop and merengue track that lyrically describes Shakira's eccentric infatuation with a man. In August 2014, a senior US district judge found "Loca" to have been indirectly plagiarized from "Loca con su Tiguere", a mid-1990s music composed by Dominican songwriter Ramon "Arias" Vasquez. The case was dismissed in August 2015 after it was found that Vasquez had fabricated the evidence he had presented in court.

Upon music release, "Loca" received generally favourable reviews from critics, who complimented the inclusion of merengue music on the recording. The English version of the track became a worldwide commercial success and peaked inside the top 5 of the record charts of countries including Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary and Italy. The Spanish version peaked atop the charts of Spain and Switzerland, and became a hit on the Latin record charts in the United States, topping the Billboard Hot Latin Songs, Latin Pop Airplay, and Tropical Songs charts. "Loca" received record certifications in various countries around the world, including a diamond certification in Colombia and multi-platinum certifications in Italy, Mexico, and Spain.