he had never met. “De Pies a Cabeza” (From music is what moves Fher. Yes, we wanted THE LATIN LEGENDS The Head to Toe), a sultry reggae track with a to release a single to complement the tour, dancefloor-ready beat, was never a single in but Fher’s main motivation is always “What No.ls its original version, but the new mix, which is it going to sound like?” (FROM LEFT) received heavy airplay in Jam’s native Puerto , Fher Olvera, Ulises Rico and on urban and tropical stations, VALLÍN We like to experiment as long as Calleros [manager], Alex González, climbed to No. 1. The song debuted at No. 47 we feel it flows naturally, and that’s what Sergio Vallín on the chart in August, rising to the top on happened. We wanted to hear one of our “DE PIES A CABEZA” Oct. 1 to make Maná the group with the most tracks done with a reggaetón act, but at Top Latin Airplay chart (1 week) No. 1s — five — in the chart’s history. “When the end of the day, the new version of the ’s most respected and successful you have such a big song, everybody knows song is influenced more by Bob Marley than band, Maná was steady news fodder in 2016 what to do,” Warner Music Latin America & anything else. We feel Nicky gave the song a thanks to its vocal criticism of president- Iberia president Iñigo Zabala tells Billboard. current and very danceable vibe. elect Donald Trump while on its sold-out “Our goal was to be No. 1 in every territory, arena tour. The timing proved serendipitous and that’s what we did.” OLVERA Nicky sings with great swing. for the , -bred group, He has a great sense of rhythm and an which took its 1992 fan favorite “De Pies OLVERA We had never worked with energetic vocal timbre. And as a person, a Cabeza” and revamped it with current a reggaetón or rap act, but the band is he’s big. Recording was a blast. We wanted hitmaker (and Maná fan) Nicky Jam. The very open. We’ve always like to extend a fusion: slower than reggaetón, faster than group had been mulling the possibility of a parameters. The song has sexy, provocative reggae. We put our two producers to work

Photographed by collaboration for months but hadn’t taken lyrics and the music is still current. until we reached a point where we both felt Ryan Young on Nov. 7 any concrete steps until this year when lead comfortable. We had a few beers and got up at The Intercontinental singer Fher Olvera reached out to Jam, whom U. CALLEROS The pleasure of making and danced. —LEILA COBO San Francisco.

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