| Looking for Paradise | |
| Cover: | lookingforparadise .jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alejandro Sanz featuring Alicia Keys |
| Album: | Paraíso Express |
| Released: | 23 September 2009 |
| Genre: | Latin pop, R&B |
| Length: | 4:41 |
| Label: | WEA Latina |
| Producer: | Tommy Torres |
| Chronology: | Alejandro Sanz |
| Prev Title: | En la Planta de Tus Pies |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Desde Cuándo |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Looking for Paradise" is a song by Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz featuring American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. It is the first single from Sanz's eighth studio album, Paraíso Express. Released through Warner Music via music download on 23 September 2009, the song topped the Spanish Singles Chart.
Sanz said Billboard about the record: "I told Tommy Torres that I wanted it to have a very British pop sound with the rock touch that the songs call for,... Tommy did a perfect interpretation in that sense. Everything flowed in a very natural way."[1]
In Brazil, the song was included in the international soundtrack of Tempos Modernos.[2]
The song entered the U.S. Billboard charts on the week of 10 October 2009. It debuted at number 10 on the Latin Pop Songs chart. On the next week, it rise to number 4; at number 21 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and later, the song was the airplay gainer, rising to number 9, on its third week rise again to number 7; and at number 32 on the Tropical Songs chart. The song, so far, peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart.On the week of 14 November 2009, the song went to number 1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart and Tropical Songs chart. A week later, the song finally went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. This was Keys' first number one on all three charts, which also made her the first African-American of non-Hispanic origin to reach number 1 on the Hot Latin Tracks.