The Colombian singer’s trilingual bop featuring Freshlyground — which served as the official FIFA song for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa — earned an 8.4 of 10 score based on danceability, energy, speechiness , and valence ,“The main phrase ‘Waka Waka’ has been repeated a significant number of times to emphasize its importance ,” Jacob Cohen, professor of music appreciation from Baruch College, New York, said in a press statement.
The methodology included: collating the top 25 World Cup songs from platforms Deezer, NME, ThisIsDig, and UDiscoverMusic; scraping data from the Spotify API; and views from YouTube videos were also considered. Data was collected on Nov. 22, 2022. Airplay, and Latin Pop Airplay charts in July 2010. On the Latin Rhythm Airplay, it peaked No. 8 and reached a No. 38 high on the Billboardchart during the same period. It also spent 42 weeks at No.