"Livin' la Vida Loca" (translated as "living the crazy life" in English) is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released in 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Childdiscography.html" target="_blank">http://www.desmondchild.com/index_discography.html and _Ricky Martin and topped the charts during 1999. It received various Grammy nominations and helped Ricky Martin obtain enormous success inside the United States and worldwide.
The video was directed by Wayne Isham, and received six nominations at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, (Video Of The Year, Best Male Video, Best Pop Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Viewers Choice), winning Best Pop Video, Best Dance Video and two extra awards for Viewers Choice internationally.
"Livin la Vida Loca" was Ricky Martin's first number-one hit (and only to date), it stayed at number one in the U.S. for five weeks and peaked at number 10 on the year-end charts of 1999.
In the Japanese TV show "Bakuten", the Japanese comedian Masaki Sumitani (Razor Ramon HG) uses this song as his theme; in the Hiromi Gō episode, he admits to using this song without permission. Sumitani also used the song as his entrance music for his appearances in the HUSTLE professional wrestling promotion.
This song was named one of the 20 Most Annoying Songs by Rolling Stone.
