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Mercedes (Becky G and Oscar Maydon song)

2024 single by Becky G featuring Oscar Maydon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ125577794 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Mercedes" (stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by Mexican American singer Becky G and Mexican singer Óscar Maydon. The song was written by Gomez, Sara Schell and Hector Guerrero. It was released by Kemosabe Records, RCA Records and Sony Music Latin on April 11, 2024, as the lead single from Gomez's fourth studio album, Encuentros.

Music video

The music video was released on April 11. It was directed by Jared Malik Royal. Actor Danny Ramirez appears in the music video as Gomez's love interest.

Live performances

Gomez and Maydon performed the song together live for the first time at the Latin American Music Awards 2024 on April 25, 2024.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mercedes (Becky G and Oscar Maydon song)” as 2024 single by Becky G featuring Oscar Maydon. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2024-04-11. The account is most persuasive where Mercedes, Becky and Oscar can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 2024 single by Becky G featuring Oscar Maydon. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mercedes (Becky G and Oscar Maydon song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.