It was the first single off Barrio Fino, the hits-packed Yankee album that blended reggaeton with other tropical beats. “Gasolina” exploded 10 years ago this August, irrevocably altering the business, sound and aesthetic of Latin music. “It’s one of the most innocent songs I’ve ever written.” “That track is completely literal,” he insists. And I think part of the success of the track was people looking for some hidden meaning: Was I talking about alcohol, about drugs?” “The word gasolina - everyone in the world knew what it meant. “The verse was so simple and easy to remember,” Yankee says. It was an eminently commercial take on what was then an underground, subversive genre shunned by major labels.
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