"Sangria Wine" is a song by American singer-songwriters
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...
and
Camila Cabello
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the Pop music, pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl gro ...
, released as a single on May 18, 2018. It was written and produced by the two performers with additional songwriting from Bia.
Background
Williams previously co-wrote and provided background vocals for Cabello's "
Havana
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Composition
"Sangria Wine" is a
salsa
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* Salsa (dance), a Latin dance associated with Salsa music
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-influenced
pop
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song, which also comprises elements of
reggae
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. Cabello sings in English and Spanish on the track. The pre-chorus of the song features lines in Spanish. The chorus sees Williams and Cabello's vocals coming together to sing the title phrase. Lyrically, the track sees the two performers in a "playful" back and forth, with him praising her dance moves and drawing comparisons between them and the beverage. Williams describes the titular dance move in the song's
hook
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.
Live performances
On May 20, 2018, Williams and Cabello gave the first televised performance of the song at the 2018 ''Billboard'' Music Awards.
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...
– lead vocals, songwriting, production
*
Camila Cabello
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the Pop music, pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl gro ...
– lead vocals, songwriting, production
* Bia – songwriting
* Brent Paschke – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Jesse McGinty – trombone
* Mike Larson – record engineering, editing
* Andrew Coleman – record engineering
* Edwin Carranza – record engineering
*
Manny Marroquin
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– mixing engineering
* Chris Athens – mastering engineering
* Chris Galland – assistant engineering
* Todd Hurtt – assistant engineering
* Scott Desmarais – assistant engineering
* Ben Sedano – assistant engineering
* Madoka Kambe – assistant engineering
* Jacob Dennis – assistant engineering
* Masayuri Hara – assistant engineering
* Robin Florent – assistant engineering
* Thomas Cullison – assistant engineering