Global Warming (Pitbull album)

On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. With the shutdown, Pitbull, and all other artists previously signed to these three labels, will instead release future material on the RCA Records brand. In April 2012, it was announced that his seventh studio album would be titled Global Warming. Pitbull announced in May 2012, via Facebook, that the album would be released on November 19, 2012. It was also announced that the lead single from the album would be attached to the Men in Black 3 soundtrack. "Back in Time", which samples "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia, was released on March 27, 2012. The second single, "Get It Started" featuring singer Shakira, was released in June 2012. A tour promoting the album in the United States began in August 2012. In October, Pitbull confirmed that Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez, The Wanted, Enrique Iglesias and Havana Brown would all be featured on the album. The song "Last Night" was originally intended for Paris Hilton, and Nicole Scherzinger had recorded a demo of "Outta Nowhere" in 2012. Complex named the album cover the second worst of 2012. "Feel This Moment" was included in the Emoji Movie score; "Do It" from the Meltdown EP was included in the soundtrack for the movie Step Up: All In. ==Singles==

The album spawned four singles from its songs. The first single, "Back in Time" was released as the album's lead single on March 27, 2012. The song was released as the main theme from Men in Black 3, appearing over the end credits of the film. The song eventually peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 3 in France, number 4 in Canada, number 4 in Australia and number 5 in Germany. The second single, "Get It Started" was released on June 25, 2012. The song features guest vocals from Colombian singer, plus songwriter Shakira. It peaked at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The third single, "Don't Stop the Party" was released on September 25, 2012. The song contains a sample of the song "Funky Vodka" performed by TJR. The single peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number seven in the UK and number nine in Canada. The fourth and final single, "Feel This Moment" was released on January 18, 2013. The song features Colombian-American recording artist Danny Mercer. The music video was shot and filmed during July 2013, however, Pitbull decided not to release it. ==Critical reception==

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 63, based on 8 reviews indicating "Generally favorable reviews". Sam Lansky of the website Idolator stated the music and large range of featured artists are "mostly what fans of his clubby hip-pop have come to expect, so don't be surprised when it's blasting at your local mall for the next year." He noted Pitbull's collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, "Drinks for You (Ladies Anthem)" to be one of the album's stand-out tracks. ==Commercial performance==

Global Warming debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard 200, selling 64,000 copies in its first week. As of December 2013, the album has sold 355,000 copies in the US. On September 19, 2025, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over three million units in the United States. ==Track listing==

;Notes • signifies an additional producer • signifies a co-producer • The clean version of "Tchu Tchu Tcha" is used for the explicit version of Global Warming on iTunes. • There is another version of "Outta Nowhere" featuring a verse from Jamie Drastik, a New York emcee who is a protégé and former artist of Pitbull. ;Sample credits • "Global Warming" contains a portion of the composition from "Macarena" written by Antonio Monge and Rafael Ruiz. • "Don't Stop the Party" contains a sample from "Funky Kingston" written by Frederick Hibbert, as performed by Toots & The Maytals. • "Feel This Moment" contains a portion of the composition "Take On Me", written by Pål Waaktaar, Morten Harket, and Magne Furuholmen, as performed by A-ha. • "Back in Time" contains a sample from "Love is Strange", written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, and Ellas McDaniel, as performed by Mickey & Sylvia. • "Have Some Fun" contains a portion of the composition "All I Wanna Do", written by David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, and Kevin Gilbert, as performed by Sheryl Crow. • "Tchu Tchu Tcha" contains a portion of the composition "Eu Quero Tchu, Eu Quero Tcha", written by Shylton Fernandes, as performed by João Lucas & Marcelo. • "I'm Off That" contains a sample from "Pacha on Acid", written by Nick van de Wall, as performed by Afrojack. • "Timber" contains a portion of the composition "San Francisco Bay", written by Lee Oskar, Keri Oskar, and Greg Errico; as well as a sample of one of Pitbull's own songs, "11:59" featuring Vein. ==Charts==

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