# Daddy Yankee — Gasolina

Daddy Yankee’s Gasolina (2004) is No. 1 in our Reggaeton ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 2004
- **Label:** El Cartel
- **On one list:** Reggaeton
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Daddy Yankee](https://waxonia.com/artist/daddy-yankee/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/daddy-yankee--gasolina/

## What we say

### No. 1 in [Reggaeton](https://waxonia.com/genre/reggaeton/)

The record that took the genre worldwide, and the one every subsequent argument about it starts from. Four notes, a chant, and no let-up whatsoever.

## Analysis

6 sections, the first drop of 4 at 0:16, 6% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 95.7 BPM — holds throughout
- **Dynamic range:** 5.3 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 4:14

- `0:00` A · **intro**, sung — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: vocals, other
- `0:10` B · **peak** (bar 4), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals, other
- `1:30` B · **peak** (bar 36), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals, other
- `1:52` B · **breakdown** (bar 45), sung — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, vocals, other
- `2:13` B · **peak** (bar 53), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals, other
- `3:04` C · **peak** (bar 73), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals

**Drops** at 0:16 (bar 6), 1:17 (bar 31), 1:41 (bar 40), 2:19 (bar 56). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Daddy%20Yankee%20Gasolina) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CCF1_jI8Prk)

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