Music Videos
Ricky Martin "She Bangs"
The music video for “She Bangs” was directed by Wayne Isham and shot at the Atlantis Paradise Island hotel in the Bahamas. Isham had worked on some of Martin’s previous videos, including the ones for “La Copa de la Vida” (1998) and “Shake Your Bon-Bon”.[5] The singer described the concept of the video as being part of a trilogy with “María” and “Livin’ la Vida Loca”, “with this girl who drives me crazy because she’s crazy, she won’t talk to me or tell me her name”.[55] Martin told Univision he envisioned the visual taking place in Atlantis and felt that the Bahamas was the perfect place to film it.[56] Jamie King was responsible for the creative direction of the video and over 100 people were involved in the production process.[57] A body double for Martin was used during the scenes with sharks.[56] The Spanish version of the music video premiered on September 26, 2000, for the Hispanophone market, while the English version debuted on MTV’s Making the Video series the following day.[58]
The video begins with a group of women on a beach at night swimming to an underwater nightclub, with Martin following them. Martin explained that filming the scene was hard for him because he had to resist without taking air for a long time, as well as having to mime the lyrics without blowing bubbles out of his mouth.[55] Upon entering the nightclub, Martin proceeds to sing “She Bangs” as he dances with the people in the club, with several scenes resembling an orgy. In one scene, Martin sees himself being seduced by mermaids and is later taken into a closet, in which he dances erotically with several women. Near the end of the visual, Martin spills a bottle of water on himself and the people nearby him. The music video concludes with him returning to the surface at daylight.[59] American actor and dancer Channing Tatum makes an appearance in the video as a shirtless bartender and dancer among many other dancers, which was at the beginning of his career.[60][61]
Date:
September 30, 2000
Director:
Wayne IshamProducer:
Jil Hardin
