El Pañuelo Explained

El Pañuelo
Cover:	Romeo Santos & Rosalía - El Pañuelo.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Romeo Santos and Rosalía
Album:	Formula, Vol. 3
Released:	September 2, 2022
Recorded:	December 2021
Genre:	Bachata
Length:	3:54
Label:	Sony Latin
Chronology:	Romeo Santos
Prev Year:	2022
Next Title:	Bebo
Next Year:	2022

"El Pañuelo" (English: "The Handkerchief") is a song recorded by American singer Romeo Santos alongside Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía. It was released on 2 September 2022 through Sony Latin as the third single of Santos' fifth studio album Formula, Vol. 3 (2022).^[1] The song, a bachata, was written and produced by both performers alongside Diego el Cigala, Alexander Caba, Joaquín Díaz and Ramón Jiménez.^[2] It samples and interpolates the 1985 track "No Sé Qué Hacer", performed by Carlos Manuel "El Zafiro".

Chart performance

Commercially, "El Pañuelo" entered major market charts including the Global 200, and the Billboard Hot Latin Songs. It peaked at number seven on the PROMUSICAE chart in Spain.

Music video

An accompanying music video for "El Pañuelo" filmed at an indoor studio in Los Angeles and produced by Canada and Park Pictures was shared on YouTube upon the record's release.

Personnel

Production personnel

• Romeo Santos – production, lyrics, composition; vocals, vocal arrangement
• Rosalía Vila – lyrics, composition, vocal production; vocals, background vocals
• Mate Traxx – production, composition; drums, synthesizer
• Alexander Caba – composition; vocal arrangement: guitar
• Joaquín Díaz – composition; keyboards, piano, bass
• Juan Abel Martínez – guira, bongos
• Adán Gómez – bass
• Eric Rivera – guitar
• Isiah Parker – synthesizer

Technical personnel

• David Rodríguez – mixing
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Mate Traxx – assistant mix engineer
• Tom Brick – mastering

Charts

Chart (2022–2023)! scope="col"

Peak position
Dominican Republic (SodinPro)^[3]	19
Dominican Republic Bachata (Monitor Latino)^[4]	8
El Salvador (Monitor Latino)^[5]	6
Guatemala (Monitor Latino)^[6]	5
Mexico (Monitor Latino)^[7]	1
Peru (Monitor Latino)^[8]	13
Puerto Rico (Monitor Latino)^[9]	2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[10]	7
Spain (Billboard)^[11]	8

Release history

Region! scope="col"

Date	Format	Label
Various	2 September 2022		Sony Latin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romeo Santos & Rosalía - El Pañuelo. Qobuz.
2. News: Rosalía se une al legendario Romeo Santos en 'El Pañuelo', canción coescrita con Diego 'El Cigala' . Nacho Serrano. September 3, 2022 . ABC. September 2, 2022 . Spanish.
3. Web site: TOP 50 SEMANAL REPUBLICA DOMINICANA – 23/09/2022 - 29/09/2022. Sociedad Dominicana de Productores Fonográficos. October 4, 2022. es. https://archive.today/20221003155644/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Af1GK85Y45pPYzq7yzw5Bqzv9N82t8d1/view. October 3, 2022.
4. Web site: monitorLATINO . Top 20 Bachata Monitor - Dominican Republic. November 24, 2022 . charts monitorLATINO . es.
5. Web site: Top 20 El Salvador – General – Del 10 al 16 de Octubre, 2022. Monitor Latino. October 10, 2022.
6. Web site: Top 20 Guatemala – General – Del 10 al 16 de Octubre, 2022. Monitor Latino. October 10, 2022.
7. Web site: Top 20 Mexico – General – Del 17 al 23 de Octubre, 2022. Monitor Latino. November 6, 2022.
8. Web site: Top 20 Perú – General – Del 3 al 9 de Octubre, 2022. Monitor Latino. October 10, 2022.
9. Web site: monitorLATINO . Top 20 General Monitor - Puerto Rico . January 8, 2023. . es.
10. Web site: Top 100 Canciones: Semana 36. Productores de Música de España. September 13, 2022.
11. Web site: Romeo Santos Chart History (Spain Songs). Billboard. September 13, 2022.