La_Perla_(Calle_13_song) References

"La Perla"
"La Perla"
Single by Calle 13 featuring La Chilinga and Rubén Blades
from the album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
Released	April 9, 2009
Recorded	2008
Genre	Latin, alternative hip hop, samba
Length	6:56
Label	Sony BMG
Songwriter(s)	Eduardo Cabra, Rene Perez, Rubén Blades
Producer(s)	René Pérez, Eduardo Cabra
Calle 13 featuring La Chilinga and Rubén Blades singles chronology
Rubén Blades singles chronology

"La Perla" (English: The Pearl) is the third single by alternative rap band Calle 13 taken from their third studio album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, released on April 9, 2009 by Sony BMG. The song is about the historical shanty town of the same name, located astride the northern historic city wall of the Old San Juan and features Panamanian salsa singer Rubén Blades and samba group La Chilinga. A music video was made and released for this song. Calle 13 and Ruben Blades performed the song at the Latin Grammy Awards for 2009.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay^[1]	39

v t e Calle 13
Residente Visitante PG-13 (iLe)
Studio albums	Calle 13 Residente o Visitante Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo Entren Los Que Quieran Multi_Viral
Singles	" Atrévete-te-te" " Tango del Pecado" " No Hay Nadie Como Tú" " Electro Movimiento" " La Perla" " Fiesta de Locos" " Latinoamérica" " Multi_Viral"
Featured songs	" Chulin Culin Chunfly" " No Hay Igual"
Other songs	" Querido FBI"
Related articles	Entren Los Que Quieran Tour Discography

v t e Rubén Blades
Studio Albums	De Panamá a New York (1970) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (1975) Metiendo Mano! (1977) Siembra (1978) Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos (1981) The Last Fight (1982) Buscando América (1984) Antecedente (1988) Caminando (1991) Amor y Control (1992) Tras La Tormenta (1995) Mundo (2002) Cantares del Subdesarrollo (2009) Tangos (2014) Salsa Big Band (2017) SALSWING! (2021)
Live Albums	Rubén Blades y Son del Solar... Live! (1990) Una Noche con Rubén Blades (2018)
Compilation Albums	Una Década (2003) A Man And His Music: Poeta del Pueblo (2008)
Soundtracks Albums	Crossover Dreams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Songs	" Pedro Navaja" " Tiburón" " Caminando" " Champions"
Featured singles	" La Perla" " Hoy Es Domingo" " Almost Like Praying" " Color Esperanza 2020"
Songs Written	" El Cantante" " Cántalo"
Related articles	" Willie Colón" " Héctor Lavoe" " Roberto Delgado & Orquesta" " Fania Records"

v t e Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
2000s	" No Me Dejes de Querer" – Gloria Estefan (2000) " She Bangs" – Ricky Martin (2001) " Suerte" – Shakira (2002) " Frijolero" – Molotov (2003) " Más y Más" – Robi Draco Rosa (2004) " Volverte a Ver" – Juanes (2005) " Atrévete-te-te" – Calle 13 (2006) "Ven a Mi Casa Esta Navidad" – Voz Veis (2007) " Me Enamora" – Juanes (2008) " La Perla" – Calle 13 featuring Rubén Blades (2009)
2010s	" Bien o Mal" – Julieta Venegas (2010) "Calma Pueblo" – Calle 13 (2011) " Me Voy" – Jesse & Joy (2012) "Eres Tú" – Alex Cuba (2013) "Flamingo" – La Vida Bohème (2014) "Ojos Color Sol" – Calle 13 featuring Silvio Rodríguez (2015) "Gallo Negro" – Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas (2016) " Despacito" – Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee (2017) "Pa'Dentro" – Juanes (2018) "Banana Papaya" – Kany García & Residente (2019)
2020s	" TKN" – Rosalía and Travis Scott (2020) " Un Amor Eterno" – Marc Anthony (2021) "This is Not America" – Residente and Ibeyi (2022) "Estás Buenísimo" – Nathy Peluso (2023)