"Easy" is the fourth single from Paula DeAnda

Paula DeAnda

Paula DeAnda is a Mexican American pop singer-songwriter and actress. She first came to prominence with her first single "Doing Too Much" that became a hit in the Southwest. She then got the opportunity to audition for Clive Davis who signed her to Arista Records on the spot...

's self titled album.

Song information

The album version features rapper Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

, but many radio stations play the single version, which replaces Wayne with Bow Wow. A Spanish

Spanish language

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 version of the song, "Facil", exists; it only has her vocals without Bow Wow or Lil Wayne. (Facil means easy in Spanish.) It is included in the bonus edition of her album Paula DeAnda

Paula DeAnda (album)

-Singles:-Samples:"Good Girl" contains a portion of the composition "That's How It Is" written by Eddie Watkins, Jr., published by EMI Longitude Music...

.

Chart information

"Easy" peaked at #64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and it spent a total number of 11 weeks on the Hot 100; its final position was #90 during the charting week of September 22, 2007 it dropped off the Hot 100 the following week.

Music video

The video was shot by Billie Woodruff. It was shown for the first time on television on TRL

Total Request Live

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 on July 18. The video features appearances by Baby Bash

Baby Bash

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, Wilmer Valderrama

Wilmer Valderrama

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, Bow Wow's artist Khleo Thomas, and Bow Wow himself. In the video, DeAnda can be seen applying make up and driving around in a Aston Martin

Aston Martin

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, being chased continually by men. She shows off her more sexual side for the first time in this video. So far, the video has been on TRL

Total Request Live

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for twenty four days and held the number one spot four times.

TRL mutes the word "gun" out of the video which interrupts the correct instrumental.

Promo single

1. "Easy" (feat. Lil Wayne) (Original version)
2. "Easy" (Instrumental)

U.S. single

1. "Easy" (feat. Lil Wayne) (Original version)
2. "Easy" (feat. Bow Wow) (Released single version)

Remixes

1. "Fácil (Easy)"(Spanish version)
2. "Easy" (Aspuration Remix Edit)
3. "Easy" (Nu Shooz Mix) (Remixed by The Flyntstones)

Personnel

• Danja – producer
• Timbaland
  Timbaland
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   – additional production
• Mad Scientist – vocal production
• Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica
  Marcella Araica
  Marcella Araica is an American recording and mixing engineer, who has recorded and mixed tracks for artists including Britney Spears, Madonna, Pink, Duran Duran and Keri Hilson.-Biography:...
  
   – engineering
  Audio engineering
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  , mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	64
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	32
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	29