A reggaeton song entered the United States Library of Congress: what is it and who sings it.

Puerto Rican reggaeton singer

attributed this Wednesday to "love, passion, determination and discipline"

"When you do things with love, passion, determination and discipline, and to all that you add the support of all my beautiful people for more than three decades, everything you dream of can be possible," said Daddy Yankee in a tweet, after announcing the distinction.

Daddy Yankee in September 2022, during his tour 'La Ultima Vuelta World Tour'.

Photo: AFP

More chosen themes

In addition to

, the American Library of Congress added 24 songs, including

 John Lennon's

(1971), Led Zeppelin's

 (1984), and

 by Mariah Carey (1994).

Madonna was also elected to the United States Library of Congress, with her hit "Like a Virgin."

These 25 recordings were deemed worthy of preservation "taking into account their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance in the nation's recorded sound heritage," according to the Library of Congress.

This brings the number of titles in the registry to 625.

Last year, Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin's hit

, composed by Draco Rosa, was inducted into the US Congressional National Recording Registry.

Ricky Martin entered the United States Library of Congress with "Livin' la vida loca."

Photo: AFP

Other recordings by Puerto Rican artists that are part of this distinguished list are the album

by Eddie Palmieri (1965);

o, by Rafael Hernández, performed by Canario (Manuel Jiménez) and his group, and the album

by Tito Puente (1958).

And there are other recordings linked to Puerto Rico such as the album

, by the Fania All Stars (1975), and the original cast of the musical

 (1957), which included Chita Rivera. 

Gasoline's history

In 2004

appeared on the album Barrio Fino by Daddy Yankee

, who had been promoting his career in the "underground" for about 10 years, a term with which the pioneering years of reggaeton are known.

Thus, together with the composer and urban singer Eddie Ávila (Eddie Dee) and the duo of producers Luny Tunes, they worked on this explosive song that caused the entire world to find out about the existence of reggaeton.

Daddy Yankee's tweet upon learning of Gasolina's distinction..

It is considered one of the most representative and reproduced songs in the history of reggaeton.

Eddie Ávila (Eddie Dee), Luis M. Gomez also collaborated in writing the song.

It also features Glory, who sings the phrase "Give me more gasoline" and producers Luny Tunes, who created the track.

album

debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Latin Albums chart, and

 was the first reggaeton song to be nominated for a Latin Grammy for Record of the Year.

Gasolina

was also chosen in 2022 by Rolling Stone magazine as number 1 among the 100 reggaeton songs of all time.

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