Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello & Young Thug
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
“Havana” is about Camila falling in love “with this bad boy from Havana.” It is also an ode to her hometown. Camila was born in Cojímar, award – or consejo popular – that belongs to the municipality of La Habana Del Este, which is a district of Havana. Camila immigrated to the US when she was still...
[Intro: Pharrell Williams]
Hey
[Chorus: Camila Cabello & Pharrell Williams]
Havana, ooh na-na (Ayy)
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (Ayy, ayy)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na, ah
Oh, but my heart is in Havana (Ayy)
There's somethin' 'bout his manners (Uh-huh)
Havana, ooh na-na (Uh)
[Verse 1: Camila Cabello & Pharrell Williams]
He didn't walk up with that "how you doin'?" (Uh)
When he came in the room
He said there's a lot of girls I can do with (Uh)
But I can't without you
I knew him forever in a minute (Hey)
That summer night in June
And papa says he got malo in him (Uh)
He got me feelin' like...
[Pre-Chorus: Camila Cabello & Pharrell Williams]
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Ayy)
I knew it when I met him (Ayy), I loved him when I left him
Got me feelin' like, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
And then I had to tell him, I had to go
Oh na-na-na-na-na (Woo)
[Chorus: Camila Cabello & Pharrell Williams]
Havana, ooh na-na (Ooh-ooh; ayy, ayy)
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (Ooh-ooh; ayy, ayy, uh-huh)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na (Ooh-ooh)
Oh, but my heart is in Havana (Ooh-ooh; huh)
My heart is in Havana (Ayy)
Havana, ooh na-na
[Verse 2: Young Thug]
(Jeffery)
Just graduated, fresh on campus, mmm
Fresh out East Atlanta with no manners, damn (Fresh out East Atlanta)
Bump on her bumper like a traffic jam
Hey, I was quick to pay that girl like Uncle Sam (Here you go, ayy)
Back it on me (Back it up)
Shawty cravin' on me, get to eatin' on me (On me)
She waited on me (And what?)
Shawty cakin' on me, got the bacon on me (Wait up)
This is history in the makin', homie (Homie)
Point blank, close range, that B (Tah, tah)
If it cost a million, that's me (That's me)
I was gettin' mula, baby
[Chorus: Camila Cabello & Pharrell Williams]
Havana, ooh na-na (Ooh-ooh; ayy, ayy)
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (Ooh-ooh; ayy, ayy, uh-huh)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na (Oh, no)
Oh, but my heart is in Havana (Ooh-ooh; huh)
My heart is in Havana (Ayy)
Havana, ooh na-na
[Bridge: Starrah & Camila Cabello]
Ooh na-na, oh, na-na-na (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Take me back, back, back like...
Ooh na-na, oh, na-na-na (Yeah, babe)
Take me back, back, back like...
Ooh na-na, oh, na-na-na (Yeah, yeah)
Take me back, back, back like...
Ooh na-na, oh, na-na-na (Yeah, babe)
Take me back, back, back
Hey, hey...
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Hey)
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Hey)
Take me back to my Havana...
[Chorus: Camila Cabello & Pharrell Williams]
Havana, ooh na-na
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (Oh, yeah)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na (Ayy, ayy)
Oh, but my heart is in Havana
My heart is in Havana (Ayy)
Havana, ooh na-na (Uh-huh)
[Outro: Starrah & Camila Cabello]
Oh, na-na-na (Oh, na, yeah)
Oh, na-na-na
Oh, na-na-na (No, no, no, take me back)
Oh, na-na-na
Havana, ooh na-na
Havana was written by Kaan Güneşberk & Louis Bell & Ging & Young Thug & Pharrell Williams & watt & Brian Lee & Ali Tamposi & Starrah & Camila Cabello.
Havana was produced by Ging.
Camila Cabello released Havana on Thu Aug 03 2017.
Camila posted a picture on August 1st stating that the “double summer feature” of “Havana” and “OMG” and expanded details throught pictures that she posted on her Instagram and Twitter accounts. Check them out here:
Double Summer Feature Announcement
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Spotify Teaser
Music Video Set Tea...
[Working with Pharrell] was insane. That was crazy. So I went in with my executive producer Frank Dukes—he’s amazing. … [For] “Havana,” we wrote verses for that like three different times and the last time was with Pharrell. I basically tricked him into doing that ad-lib track for me because, at fi...
I feel like people have only seen one side of me, like, the performer Camila. That’s kinda the side of me that most of the world has seen, so I wanted to do something that showed more of my personality and my essence. This kind of represents my life before The X Factor. I still am super introverted....
The song has done quite well on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As of the chart issued January 27th, 2018, Cabello’s single “Havana” has reached a peak of #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Before “Havana”, Cabello reached a #4 peak as featured artist on the song “Bad Things” by Machine Gun Kelly. As a membe...
One of the reasons Camila wanted Young Thug on this song is because he is from Atlanta. During the chorus of this song, Camila does name drop Atlanta:
Havana, ooh na-na (ayy)
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (ayy, ayy)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na, ah
Oh, but my heart is in Hav...
Camila commented on why she recruited Young Thug to rap on “Havana:”
I have been a really big fan of Young Thug. And I think because ‘Havana’ is an unconventional song … I didn’t want just a go-to, mainstream rapper that has done a bunch of pop features. I felt like he would bring just the right fl...
Yes. “Havana” is the most streamed song by a female artist at 3.4 billion streams worldwide. On January 8, 2019, “Havana” surpassed Adele’s previous record with “Hello” which had 3.36 billion streams.
“Havana” was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA on May 4, 2020.