"Debate de 4" (English: "Debate of 4") is a song by American singer

Romeo Santos Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the Bachata (music), bachata group Aventura (band), Aventura. In 2002, the song "Obsesión ...

, featuring Dominican

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singers Luis Vargas,

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and Anthony Santos. It is from his first studio album '' Formula, Vol. 1'' (2011).

Background

This was considered a historic collaboration for its time as Romeo united 3 musicians who are considered the 3 greatest in the bachata genre. Even though at this time Luis Vargas,

and Anthony Santos had personal issues since the mid to late 90s, they were still willing to collaborate with each other for the song. Romeo in an interview explained that when he had the idea to unite the three of them for this song, he wasn't sure if Anthony would want to be part of the song based on the circumstances. To Romeo's surprised, Anthony agreed because he felt like he couldn't say no to Romeo and knew how important it was to make this song.

Composition

"Debate de 4" is mostly a traditional bachata song. The song incorporated the styles of the featured artist and sample a few of their greatest hit songs. From Vargas, it sampled the song "Traición De Hombre Y Mujer" from his debut album ''El Debate: Merengues De Verdad'' released in 1983, which was used to start off the song. The song's title might come from the title of the album. It also sampled Vargas' hit song "Loco De Amor (Con Los Crespos Echos)" from his 1994 album which had the same name. From Rodríguez, it sampled the song "Nereyda" which was also a 1994 smash hit and it came from his second studio album ''Regresa Amor'' which was released the in same year. From Anthony, it sampled the song " Donde Estará" from his third album ''Corazón Bonito'' released in 1993.

Live performances

In February of 2012, Romeo featured Luis and Anthony Santos in his three-night sold-out concerts at

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to perform the song. Unfortunately Raulín wasn't able to be part of the event for personal reasons. The performance was featured in Romeo's first live solo album and concert film '' The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden''. In December of 2012, Romeo would feature all three of them at the sold-out two-night show at the

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, to perform the song live. This was the last time they performed together live.

Chart performance

Certifications

References

Romeo Santos songs Raulín Rodríguez songs Antony Santos songs 2011 songs Songs written by Romeo Santos Songs in Spanish {{2010s-song-stub