Wild Wild Love

"Wild Wild Love" is a song by American rapper Pitbull featuring American recording artist group G.R.L. The song was released February 25, 2014 and serves as the lead single off of Pitbull's eighth studio album Globalization. It was written by Pitbull, Ammar Malik, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Alexander Castillo Vasquez, Michael Everett (co-composer), and Henry Walter, with the production handled by the latter five.

"Wild Wild Love"
Single by Pitbull featuring G.R.L.
from the album Globalization
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)
Genre
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pitbull singles chronology
"Mmm Yeah"
(2014)		 "Wild Wild Love"
(2014)		 "Can't Get Enough"
(2014)
G.R.L. singles chronology
"Wild Wild Love"
(2014)		 "Ugly Heart"
(2014)
Music video
"Wild Wild Love" on YouTube

Critical response

Mike Wass of Idolator was complimentary of the song describing it as a "killer single". He did label Pitbull's lyrics "questionable" but are overlooked as he "injects enough humor into the song".[2] Steve Adams of the Winnipeg Free Press gave the song a lukewarm review, giving it two and half stars. He wrote that, compared to "Timber", "Wild Wild Love" was not "nearly as gratingly awful, but it's not anything amazing either".[3] Rolling Stone's Joe Gross only commented that Pitbull "doesn't sound entirely sure who [G.R.L.] are".[4]

Commercial performance

"Wild Wild Love" peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Pitbull's seventeenth top 40 hit; it became G.R.L.'s only single to impact the chart before the group disbanded in 2015. It sold 767,000 copies in the US as of March 2015.[5] The song was also a commercial success in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom .

Music video

The interior scenes of the music video for "Wild Wild Love" was shot in February 2014 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, California.[6] The scenes in the second half of the video were done at Viscaya in Miami.[7] The video was first aired on Pitbull's official Facebook page on 31 March 2014.

Usage in media

"Wild Wild Love" was used in the newest trailer and Big Game Spot of The Secret Life of Pets.[8] [9]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 10
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[11] 3
Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[12] 3
Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 2
Brazil (Billboard Hot 100)[13] 67
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14] 22
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[15] 17
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 13
Finland (Suomen virallinen radiolista)[17] 16
France (SNEP)[18] 90
Ireland (IRMA)[19] 30
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 87
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 25
Norway (VG-lista)[22] 7
Scotland (OCC)[23] 3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[24] 23
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[25] 36
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 36
UK R&B (OCC)[27] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[28] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 30
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[30] 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[31] 15
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[32] 29

Year-end charts
Chart (2014) Position
Australia (ARIA)[33] 85

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[34] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[35] Platinum 80,000^
United States — 767,000[5]
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[36] Gold 1,300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Date Format Label
France[37] February 25, 2014 Digital download
Italy[38]
Spain[39]
United States[40]
March 18, 2014 Contemporary hit radio
Rhythmic radio

References
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