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{{short description|2021 single by C. Tangana and Nathy Peluso}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox song
| name           = Ateo
| cover          = AteoTangana.jpg
| alt            =
| type           = single
| artist         = [[C. Tangana]] and [[Nathy Peluso]]
| album          = [[El Madrileño|La Sobremesa]]
| language       = Spanish
| English_title  = "Atheist"
| released       = 8 October 2021
| recorded       =
| studio         =
| genre          = * [[Bachata (music)|Bachata]]
| length         = 3:59
| label          = [[Sony Music|Sony Spain]]
| writer         = *[[C. Tangana|Antón Álvarez]]
*[[Alizzz|Cristian Quirante]]
*[[Nathy Peluso|Natalia Peluso]]
* Víctor Martínez
| producer       = *C. Tangana
*Víctor Martínez
*Alizzz
*[[Rafa Arcaute]]
| chronology     = [[C. Tangana]]
| prev_title     = Ya No Vales
| prev_year      = 2021
| next_title     = Tocarte
| next_year      = 2021
| misc           = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Nathy Peluso]]
| type       = single
| prev_title = Mafiosa
| prev_year  = 2021
| title      = Ateo
| year       = 2021
| next_title = [[Pa Mis Muchachas]]
| next_year  = 2021
}}
{{External music video |{{YouTube|Y9WJOopLYBQ|"Ateo"}}
}}
}}
"'''Ateo'''" (Spanish for "Atheist") is a song recorded by Spanish singer [[C. Tangana]] and Argentine singer [[Nathy Peluso]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-06|title=C. Tangana anuncia tema con Nathy Peluso|url=https://estacion40.com.py/c-tangana-anuncia-colaboracion-con-nathy-peluso/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Estación 40|language=es-AR}}</ref> Written by both performers alongside [[Alizzz]] and Víctor Martínez and produced by the mentioned plus [[Rafa Arcaute]], the track was released on 8 October 2021 through [[Sony Music|Sony Music Spain]] as a single from the reissue of the 2021 album ''[[El Madrileño]]'', titled ''La Sobremesa'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2021-10-05|title=Nathy Peluso y C. Tangana buscan 'provocar y algo más' con el anuncio de su colaboración|url=https://www.rollingstone.com.co/musica/nathy-peluso-y-c-tangana-buscan-provocar-y-algo-mas-con-el-anuncio-de-su-colaboracion/|access-date=2021-11-04|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=es}}</ref> "Ateo" met great commercial success, debuting at number one on the [[Productores de Música de España|Spanish charts]], becoming Peluso's first number one single in the country as well as Tangana's fourth.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-19|title='Ateo' de C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso, número 1 en España|url=https://jenesaispop.com/2021/10/19/420719/ateo-de-c-tangana-y-nathy-peluso-numero-1-en-espana/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=jenesaispop.com|language=es}}</ref>
Its music video, filmed inside the [[Toledo Cathedral]], sparked enormous controversy between the [[Catholic Church in Spain|Spanish ecclesiastical community]], eventually causing the resignation of the cathedral's [[Dean (Christianity)|dean]] Juan Miguel Ferrer after discrepancies of opinions between him and the archbishop [[Francisco Cerro Chaves]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-12|title=Ateo: Dimite el deán de la Catedral de Toledo por la polémica del videoclip de Nathy Peluso y C.Tangana|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211012/7784940/dimite-dean-catedral-toledo-polemica-ateo-nathy-peluso-c-tangana.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}}</ref>
== Background ==
Rumors about a possible collaboration between the two performers started in mid-September after they were both spotted in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cero|first=Milla|title=Cómo C. Tangana moviliza a una ciudad entera para purificar una Iglesia|url=https://www.millacero.es/articulo/cultura/como-c-tangana-moviliza-ciudad-entera-purificar-iglesia/20211020115600005992.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Milla Cero|date=2 November 2021 |language=es}}</ref> The track was officially announced through social media on 6 October 2021, alongside a trailer that featured an ensemble cast of journalists talking about a non-shared picture of Tangana grabbing Peluso's hair, "ironizing past sexist allegations of Tangana in the media".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bravo|first=Eduardo|date=2021-10-16|title=La Iglesia contra el pop: siete escándalos que precedieron al de C. Tangana|url=https://elpais.com/icon/actualidad/2021-10-16/la-iglesia-contra-el-pop-siete-escandalos-que-precedieron-al-de-c-tangana.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=El País|language=es}}</ref>
== Music video ==
[[File:Sala Capitular Juicio Final.jpg|thumb|left|Mural painting by [[Juan de Borgoña]] at the cathedral's chapter house inspiring the cover art.<ref name=playz>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/playz/20211011/tangana-nathy-peluso-simbologia-ateo/2187121.shtml|website=[[Playz]]|title=C. Tangana, Nathy Peluso y la simbología detrás del videoclip de "Ateo", su último y polémico éxito musical|date=11 October 2021}}</ref>]]
The music video for "Ateo" premiered on [[YouTube]] alongside the song. It was written and directed by C. Tangana and produced by his company Little Spain, which also produced all music videos extracted from ''[[El Madrileño]]''. It was primarily filmed inside the [[Toledo Cathedral]] in mid-September after filming permissions being denied at the [[Burgos Cathedral|Burgos]] and [[Segovia Cathedral]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Camazón|first=Alba|date=2021-10-20|title=La Catedral de Burgos rechazó la propuesta de C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso para grabar el videoclip de 'Ateo'|url=https://www.eldiario.es/castilla-y-leon/catedral-burgos-rechazo-propuesta-c-tangana-nathy-peluso-grabar-videoclip-ateo_1_8415483.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=ElDiario.es|language=es}}</ref> The production reportedly paid €15,000 to shoot in the cathedral.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/noticias/trending/catedral-toledo-tangana-peluso-video-ateo|website=[[Univision]]|title=Bachata en la catedral de Toledo: C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso arman un gran revuelo en España con su video 'Ateo'|date=13 October 2021}}</ref>
The video features Tangana and Peluso dancing in the cathedral grinding against each other,<ref name=grauniad>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/08/archbishop-apologises-for-steamy-video-filmed-in-spanish-cathedral|website=[[The Guardian]]|title=Archbishop apologises for steamy video filmed in Spanish cathedral|date=8 October 2021|first=Sam|last=Jones}}</ref> as well as guest appearances by [[Brays Efe]], [[Elizabeth Duval]], [[Josep Pedrerol]], [[Cayetana Guillén Cuervo]] and Miranda Makaroff, among others.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aragón|first=Heraldo de|title=Polémica por la publicación de 'Ateo' de C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso rodado en la Catedral de Toledo|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/2021/10/08/c-tangana-nathy-peluso-se-reunen-publicar-ateo-catedral-toledo-se-disculpa-videoclip-1525010.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=heraldo.es|date=8 October 2021 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/ateo-nathy-peluso-c-tangana_es_615ff204e4b0fc312c9585c8|website=[[HuffPost]]|title=De Pedrerol a María Pombo: quién es quién en 'Ateo', el nuevo videoclip de C. Tangana|date=8 October 2021|first=Marina|last=Prats}}</ref> The last four are seen debating in a panel about some images of C. Tangana pulling Peluso's hair.<ref name=elconf>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2021-10-08/cancion-nathy-peluso-tangana_3303557/|website=[[El Confidencial]]|title=La 'pasión religiosa', según C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso en su explícita canción 'Ateo'|date=8 October 2021}}</ref> The cover art of the single is directly inspired by one of the mural paintings displayed in the cathedral's [[chapter house]] that features a woman held by her hair by a demon to prevent her salvation at the Last Judgment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/castilla-la-mancha/c-tangana-nathy-peluso-ateo-catedral-toledo-arzobispado-defiende-conversion_1_8380081.html|website=[[eldiario.es]]|title=El videoclip de la discordia: bronca entre el arzobispo y el deán de la catedral de Toledo por C. Tangana y Nathy Peluso|first=Fidel|last=Manjavacas|date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
=== Controversy ===
[[File:Toledo Cathedral, from Plaza del Ayuntamiento.jpg|thumb|The Toledo Cathedral]]
Controversy rose upon the release of the music video as Catholic purists expressed their repulse against it. Juan Miguel Ferrer, dean of the primary council of the Toledo Cathedral, stated that "the video presents a story of conversion though human love (...) that opposes "the understanding and acceptance of the Church" in a provocative visual language that does not affect faith". Ferrer continued to say that "the goal was exclusively to favor the dialogue with contemporary culture, always preserving faith and Church".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-14|title=El deán Juan Miguel cayó en la tentación de C. Tangana por 15.000 €: su liturgia en Radio María|url=https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/20211014/juan-miguel-tentacion-tangana-eur-radio-maria/619189248_0.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=El Español|language=es}}</ref> Despite the statement, multiple gatherings against Ferrer and the project took place outside the cathedral; resulting in the dean's resignation over discrepancies with the archbishop [[Francisco Cerro Chaves]].
A [[Ritual purification|purification]] of the Toledo Cathedral, conducted by Cerro Chaves, took place on 17 October to "repair the sins".<ref>{{Cite web|title=La catedral de Toledo celebra un acto de "purificación" después del videoclip de Nathy Peluso y C. Tangana|url=https://www.publico.es/sociedad/catedral-toledo-celebra-acto-purificacion-despues-videoclip-nathy-peluso-c-tangana.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.publico.es|date=18 October 2021 }}</ref>
== Personnel ==
Adapted from [[Jaxsta]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jaxsta|url=https://jaxsta.com/release/2853a98e-aa4c-58b3-bf9e-61ea165de26f/761c5996-5d4f-5030-bff4-6dcfb4acb400/overview|access-date=2021-11-04|website=jaxsta.com}}</ref>
'''Production'''
* C. Tangana – production, composition, songwriting; vocals
* Alizzz – production, composition; keyboards, synthesizer
* Nathy Peluso – composition, songwriting; vocals
* Víctor Martínez – songwriting
* Rafa Arcaute – production
* Yasmil Marrufo – bass, guitar
* Richard Bravo – percussion
'''Technical'''
* Harto Rodríguez – recording engineer
* Lewis Pickett – mixing engineer
* Chris Athens – mastering engineer
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (2021–2022)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardargentinahot100|76|artist=C. Tangana|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 3, 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| Colombia ([[National-Report]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://national-report.com/top-colombia/|title=Top 100 Colombia – Semana 4 del 2021 – Del 21/01/2022 al 27/01/2022|publisher=[[National-Report]]|access-date=3 February 2022|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203030004/https://national-report.com/top-colombia/|archive-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>
| 83
|-
{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|83|artist=C. Tangana|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 3, 2021}}
|-
! scope="row" |Mexico ([[Mexico Espanol Airplay|Airplay]])<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=C. Tangana|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/c-tangana/chart-history/mpe/|access-date=2021-11-04|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
| 30
|-
{{single chart|Spain|1|artist=C. Tangana con El Niño de Elche & La Húngara|song=Tú Me Dejaste de Querer|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 3, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardtropicalsongs|16|artist=C Tangana|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2021}}
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|title=Ateo|artist=C. Tangana, Nathy Peluso|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2021|certyear=2023|access-date=21 November 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Ateo|artist=C. Tangana, Nathy Peluso|type=single|award=Platinum|number=7|id=c-tangana-nathy-peluso-ateo|relyear=2021|certyear=2024|access-date=21 November 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Ateo|artist=C. Tangana & Nathy Peluso|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2021|certyear=2022|Spanish=true|access-date=27 February 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Country
! Date
! Format
! Label
|-
! scope="row"| Various
| 8 October 2021
| {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Sony Music|Sony Spain]]
|-
! scope="row"| Spain
| 17 October 2021
| [[Contemporary hit radio]]
|}
== References ==
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{{Nathy Peluso}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:2021 singles]]
[[Category:2021 songs]]
[[Category:Nathy Peluso songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Spain]]
[[Category:Songs in Spanish]]
[[Category:Bachata songs]]
[[Category:Music videos shot in Spain]]
[[Category:Music video controversies]]
[[Category:C. Tangana songs]]