radio-stations at the United States to make more promotion to the album, however this version featured only a few lines in Spanish language, mostly because the original version of the song features a line completely sung in Spanish: "Había una chinita sentada en un café" / "con sus dos zapatos blancos" / "y las medias al revés". Composition The song in the making was inspired principally by Estefan's music from her early career with the Miami Sound Machine including "merengue beats mixed with Pharrell's urban sound". This was noted by Estefan in an interview, where she stated that recording dance music was an easy issue for her, mostly because it was the core of her career. She also noted that "Wepa" does not have a literal translation; it was just an expression like "wow" or "hey", which is used mostly by Puerto Ricans and Colombians. Critical reception "Wepa" has received mixed reception from music critics; among those favorable, Estefan has been compared to sound similar to Ke$ha, as Elliot Glazer from BestWeekEverTV.com reviewed the song: "it sounds like a hyperactive dance march that borrows as equally from Ke$ha — the Kween of Tra$hpop — as it does from Celia Cruz and Tito Puente. Although it doesn't necessarily sound like her voice was Auto-Tuned, there is an element of robotic call-and-response that one would more likely expect from, say, The Black Eyed Peas. Basically, Gloria Estefan wants to sit at the kids table, and that is FINE!" Not being Estefan's first collaboration with Cuban rapper Pitbull, they worked together in "No Llores"; a remix made by R3hab was released for further promotion of the single. This version of the song gained positive reception by Sadao Turner in Ryan Seacrest's website, claiming it was "destiny" that brought the duo together. However, there were some negative reviews, as Romeo's Corner said: "I can't help but to think of Jennifer Lopez' "On The Floor" when I listen to it. Gloria Estefan's vocals on the track sound out of place and uninspired". Chart performance The song was sent first to clubs and dance stations where it received a lot of rotation, becoming Estefan's twenty-third song to enter to the "Hot Dance Club Songs" since "Dr. Beat" entered twenty-seven years before, and turned into her sixth number-one song on the same chart, She recorded a video thanking DJs across the United States for their support at