Casanova (Paulina Rubio song)

"Casanova" is a song recorded by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio for her sixth album Border Girl (2002). It was written by Calanit Ledani, Darryl Zero, Jeeve and Kevin Colbert, whilst it was produced by Sal Gaustella and released as the album's third single on December 9, 2002. A Spanish version titled "Baila Casanova" was also released in Latin American and Spain.

"Casanova"
Single by Paulina Rubio
from the album Border Girl
Released	October 9, 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Latin pop dance-pop
Length	3:36 (English Version) 3:46 (Spanish Version)
Label	Universal Records
Songwriter(s)	Calanit Ledani Darryl Zero Jeeve Kevin Colbert
Producer(s)	Sal Gaustella
Paulina Rubio singles chronology
"The One You Love" (2002) "Casanova" (2002) "Libre" (2003)
Audio video
"Casanova" on YouTube
Audio video
"Baila Casanova" on YouTube

Music video

The video was directed by Colombian director Simón Brand, who in the same week, filmed the music video for the song "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)". The video was shot at the National Palace of the Dominican Republic. ¡Hola!'s staff wrote that in the video Rubio "appears spectacular a la Marilyn Monroe."^[1]

The video premiered in the month of October 2002 on Sol Música.

Usage in media

The song appeared in the 2003 American-Australian film Kangaroo Jack,^[2] and also appeared on the film's soundtrack released by Hip-O Records.^[3] It also appeared for 15 seconds on the trailer for the 2003 American teen comedy The Lizzie McGuire Movie.^[4]

Charts

Chart (2002-2003)	Peak position
Spain (Music & Media)[5]	4
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[6]	37
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[7]	22
US Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay (Billboard)[8]	17

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Rank
Spain (AFYVE)[9]	16

References

1. "Paulina Rubio, más sensual que nunca en su nuevo vídeo musical" (in Spanish). ¡Hola! Spain. 27 February 2003. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
2. "Paulina Rubio's 'Casanova' in Kangaroo Jack"
3. "Kangaroo Jack"
4. "The Lizzie McGuire Movie (Trailer)"
5. "Major Market Airplay" (PDF). Music & Media. 5 October 2002. p. 25. Retrieved 23 May 2022 – via American Radio History.
6. "Top Music Charts - Hot Latin Songs"
7. "Top Music Charts - Latin Pop Airplay"^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8. "Top Music Charts - Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay"
9. "Los 50 títulos más utilizados en la radio en 2002" [The 50 most used titles on local radio stations in 2002] (in Spanish). AFYVE. p. 64. Retrieved 11 November 2021. Click on Radio.