enrique iglesias (english language) singles poll

*votes for "escape" and runs*

"escape" is amazing

not that anyone would've voted for it but i think this is missing "don't turn off the lights"

"I Like To Conjugate Bailar"

leaning towards "escape" but the absence of "don't turn off the lights" IS making me feel bad because it's great

for me it's between "escape" "be with you" and "baliaNDO", though i'll admit to not having heard/not remembering a few of his more minor ones

i also appreciated how "don't turn off the lights" came out around the same time as "turn off the lights" by nelly furtado - a worthwhile debate

so difficult!
i've had many good nights bowling to 'i like it' so i'd be doing it a disservice voting elsewhere
(agree escape/escapa is a jam too btw)

huh i must have accidentally deleted "don't turn off the lights" when i copied and pasted from wikipedia, apologies

"Escape" holds a special place in my heart because it coincidentally sounded a lot like a song that my brother and I were recording a few months before that album's release, which I believe was titled "Run Away".

guitar harmonics on "don't turn off the lights" are really great, i forgot how much i liked this

escape for sure. just did a lipsync performance with my wife to that song a few weeks back

baby he was born to sing over four on the floor

i.e. I voted for "Escape."

basically the first four singles are the worst on this list

rhythm devine is so bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njKo3l0MKQ0

this song is so good and underrated, back when it came out the singer in the band i was in was obsessed with it and we covered it

i admire the "we really, really need Pitbull" transparency of Enrique and J.Lo's late period discographies

and Ne-Yo's.

Really solid career and that's not even considering his spanish singles which were also huge hits in Latinamerica.

His mid nineties Spanish singles are crap, and he got a major airplay push here.

"I'm a Freak"

Hero is a song I could live with never hearing again, Escape is a song that I never hear enough and so is winning my vote.

"escape" by a miiiiile

hero kinda works for me. love the back half of it tbf

i fuck with "hero" -- it's basically a babyface song?

i think "bailamaos" is better than "escape" but both are great

soft spot for the ping pong song, but i should relisten the majority of the singles in this list.

"Hero" would be tolerable if he didn't sing like the producer held a knife to this throat.

idk its kinda vulnerable?

and where is his collab with ciara? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w55Nib4uf1U

Part of my hesitation lies in my resistance to a certain kind of late nineties balladry.

idk a Babyface production would sport acoustic strums or cool harmonies. "Hero" is low key Celine Dion.

ouch

the 'can you feel the rhythm' part at the end of "rhythm divine" is lolsobad to the point where i basically enjoy it

i have very fond memories of screaming along to "escape" in the car w/ my hs friend but my fav here is "bailamos"

tbh i think the majority of his english-language singles after the ping pong song ("dimelo" is the better-sounding version anyways) are pretty bad. "bailando" was great tho, altho he has already come close to ruining it by hopping on the shameless facsimile "el perdon" this year

fave album track - very "escape" but that's no crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fWOKZJlxtU

Would vote for "Ring My Bells" - had thought it was a single, heard it around enough! - but as much as I love "Bailando", I have a soft spot for "Bailamos" ever since my brother won two copies of the Wild Wild West soundtrack off the local radio station.

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some weird songs getting multiple votes but good winner

"tonight (i'm fucking you)" getting as many votes as "bailando" ;_;

eh smh