Puente (song)

"Puente"
Single by Ricardo Arjona
from the album Poquita Ropa
Released	August 9, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Latin pop
Length	8:29 (Album Version) 4:46 (Album Version)
Label	Warner Latina
Songwriter(s)	Ricardo Arjona
Producer(s)	Ricardo Arjona, Dan Warner[1]
Ricardo Arjona singles chronology
"Tocando Fondo" (2009) "Puente" (2010) "Vida" (2010)

"Puente" is a latin pop song by Guatemalan recording artist Ricardo Arjona, released on August 9, 2010 as the lead single from his twelfth studio album, Poquita Ropa (2010). The song was written by Arjona, who produced it with longtime collaborators Dan Warner and Lee Levin under their stage name Los Gringos. Two versions of the song were made, one of them being a mixture of salsa, merengue along with Cuban music influences; and the other an acoustic version made with piano and percussion.

Lyrically, "Puente" is a song related to the actual situation of Cuba and the immigration to the United States. The song received critical praise, with a critic stating that it "brings the album to an extraordinary conclusion", and received comparisons with Fito Páez's song "Habana". Commercially, "Puente" did not attain commercial success, managing only to reach number 36 on the US Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.

An accompanying music video for "Puente" was released in August 2010. It was directed by Joaquín Cambré and filmed between Mexico and Argentina. The clip, which showcases the problematic issues of migration in Cuba, was filmed by Arjona while he was on the Quinto Piso Tour with the collaboration of children from 5 to 13 age old. As of 11 July 2012, the video has reached 1.4 million views on YouTube.