Ella Me Levantó

"Ella Me Levantó" (English: "She Picked Me Up"), is a 2007 reggaeton single by Daddy Yankee. Known for its combination of the "reggaeton" and "merengue" genres, the song helps define the new subgenre of reggaeton and merengue, "merenguetón".

"Ella Me Levantó"
Single by Daddy Yankee
from the album El Cartel: The Big Boss
Released	August 8, 2007
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Reggaeton merengue
Length	3:29
Label	Interscope El Cartel
Songwriter(s)	Ramón Ayala
Producer(s)	Elvis "Mr. G" Garcia Nely "El Arma Secreta" Tainy DJ Nunny
Daddy Yankee singles chronology
"Impacto" (2007) "Ella Me Levantó" (2007) "Pose" (2008)

It was released after "Mensaje de Estado," and Yankee also performed the song at the Latin Grammy Awards in December 2007.

In the U.S., the song peaked at number two on the Hot Latin Tracks chart.^[1]

Music video

The music video for "Ella Me Levantó" features Ayala in what appears to be a restaurant-club type setting. The video begins with people playing billiards, suddenly when Yankee starts performing the song. The video features multiple dancers in the club as Yankee performs the song on a stage. The main dancer for this video has also been featured in a number of other videos by Daddy Yankee.

Chart positions

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Argentina Single Charts (CAPIF)[2]	5
Chile (Top 100)[3]	1
US Latin Songs (Billboard)[4]	2
US Tropical Songs (Billboard)[4]	4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)	20
Venezuela Top 100 (Record Report)[5]	13
Venezuela Top Latino (Record Report)[6]	2