"Wepa" is a song recorded by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan for her twelfth studio album, Miss Little Havana. The song was written by Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. and by American producer and musician Pharrell Williams, while production was credited to Estefan Jr. and Williams. The single was released by Verve Forecast Records on July 24, 2011, digitally worldwide as the lead single from Miss Little Havana. Backed by strong synthesizers, "Wepa" is a dance-pop song with strong elements of latin house music, merengue rhythms, and a bit of Hi-NRG. Upon its release the song received favorable reviews, praising her connection with the early records with the Miami Sound Machine dance-numbers. Commercially, the single was a success, becoming Estefan's sixth number-one song on the "Hot Dance Club Songs" chart, being her twenty-third entry on the chart, since she began with her first dance-hit "Dr. Beat" back in 1984. An accompanying music video was premiered to support the single; the song was also remixed to fit different formats, including several remixes done by global DJs such as Ralphi Rosario, Chuckie and R3hab, who featured a special collaboration with rapper Pitbull. Background On April 7, 2011 Gloria Estefan announced via Twitter that she was recording new English-language material made by The Neptunes' producer, Pharrell Williams, who had also worked before with other major artists including Britney Spears, Shakira, and Madonna. Gloria said that Williams called her telling he wanted to record something together, wanting to show a couple of songs he would like to show her. Both were enthusiastic, and that was the main reason they worked together on nine songs for the album. Distribution This single became her first commercial release to the English market since "I Wish You" back in 2003 for her previous English album, Unwrapped. The song announced as the lead single of the new album, which consists principally of dance music and Latin rhythms, was returning to Estefan's career beginning. The song is basically a preview of what the album includes as the fresh new image Estefan wanted to show in this new era of her career and the return to the dance market, which is one of the main markets Estefan first started out in with the Miami Sound Machine; her last dance project was made for her 1998 album Gloria! A Spanglish-language version of the song was also distributed, specially to Hispanic