Editing She Bangs (section)

== Composition and lyrics ==
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Musically, "She Bangs" is a [[dance music|dance]] song that features [[Latin music|Latin]] and [[salsa music]] influences, and lasts for 4:42.<ref name="Billboard Vegas">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8459128/ricky-martin-william-hung-sing-she-bangs-video|title=Ricky Martin Joins 'Idol' Star William Hung For an Overdue Duet of 'She Bangs' in Vegas|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 25, 2021|archive-date=March 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325092059/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8459128/ricky-martin-william-hung-sing-she-bangs-video|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="chicagotribunereview">{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-19/news/0011190319_1_ricky-martin-ballads-and-dance-numbers-substance-free|title=Ricky Martin Sound Loaded (Columbia) Almost two..|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|last=Stewart|first=Allison|date=November 19, 2000|access-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063350/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-19/news/0011190319_1_ricky-martin-ballads-and-dance-numbers-substance-free|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="billboardreview">{{cite magazine|year=2000|title=Spotlight - Ricky Martin - She Bangs|magazine=Billboard|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhAEAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle:billboard+she+bangs+review&pg=PA24|access-date=May 18, 2012|issn=0006-2510|volume=112|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061544/https://books.google.mk/books?id=uhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=intitle:billboard+she+bangs+review&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5Z2MVKjwCsTCgwTC7oNo&redir_esc=y|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Alfred Music|Alfred Publishing Company]]'s [[digital sheet music]] for the song, "She Bangs" is composed in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[F minor|F♯ minor]] and set in the [[time signature]] of common time, with a [[Groove (music)|groove]] of 142 [[Tempo|beats per minute]].<ref name="musicnotes"/> Martin's vocals span from the low note of [[D (musical note)|D<sub>4</sub>]] to the high note of [[F (musical note)|F♯<sub>5</sub>]].<ref name="musicnotes">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0038154|title=Ricky Martin&nbsp;– She Bangs Sheet Music (Digital Download)|date=November 28, 2000|publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517054842/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0038154|archive-date=May 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The song's instrumentation features "powerful" percussion, trumpet blasts, and [[Tropical music|tropical]] beats.<ref name="billboardreview"/><ref name="latimesreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-13-ca-50937-story.html|title=Ricky, Act II|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=November 13, 2000|access-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212105145/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/13/entertainment/ca-50937|archive-date=December 12, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris Willman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that the song begins with a "teasing snatch" of a "sputtering" [[Classical guitar|Spanish guitar]], before the [[disco]] beats start. The beats are followed by an "equally inevitable [...] driving" [[horn section]], which Willman called reminiscent of the one on Martin's 1999 single "[[Livin' la Vida Loca]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,65048,00.html|title=Sound Loaded (2000)|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=November 13, 2000|access-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213651/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,65048,00.html|archive-date=May 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> "She Bangs" was written by [[Desmond Child]], [[Walter Afanasieff]], and [[Draco Rosa]], while the production was handled by Afanasieff and Rosa. Also, [[Glenn Monroig]], Julia Sierra and Daniel López joined the original version's lyricists to write the Spanish version.<ref name="Notes"/>

Lyrically, "She Bangs" is similar to the singer's previous singles "[[María (Ricky Martin song)|María]]" (1995) and "Livin la Vida Loca"; it tells a "tale of a wild woman who may be hard to let go and even harder to hold".<ref name="latimesreview"/> Desmond Child told [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] that "She Bangs" is "a metaphor for the universe", and explained about it: "You know the [[Big Bang|big bang theory]]? So the universe is really this 'mother universe' — she bangs, and explodes [...] She moves. The planets, the galaxies, are all moving. That's what it means."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=113184&page=1| title=Ricky's Hitmaker Explains It All| publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]| access-date=March 25, 2021| date=January 6, 2006| archive-date=March 25, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325153347/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=113184&page=1| url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote that the song's lyrics are "insane" and will make cynics drive away in a triumph, "Talk to me, tell me the news/ You'll wear me out like a pair of shoes/We'll dance until the band goes home/Then you're gone, yeah baby."<ref name="billboardreview"/>