La Isla Bonita

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

The song began as an instrumental demo by Patrick Leonard, offered first to Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones before Madonna took it and wrote the lyrics. [1] It marked Madonna's first Latin pop recording, built on flamenco guitar, maracas, and Latin percussion played by Paulinho da Costa. [2] Its music video, shot with over 500 Hispanic extras including a then-unknown Benicio del Toro, became the most requested video on MTV for 20 consecutive weeks. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Remixed by Madonna, La isla bonitasource
• Remixed by Madonna, La isla bonita (extended remix)source
• Sampled by Kanye West, Last Nightsource
• Written by Bruce Gaitschsource
• Written by Patrick Leonardsource
• Written by Madonnasource
• Covered System of a Downsource
• Covered Alizéesource
• Covered Equatronicsource
• Covered Royal Philharmonic Orchestrasource
• Covered Who’s That Girlsource
• Covered Bitumesource
• Covered Squeeze Up feat. Teishan & Rod Famesource
• Covered Twilight Guardianssource
• Covered David Hasselhoffsource
• Covered Dolapdere Big Gangsource
• Covered Unicantesource
• Covered Jonathan Wilsonsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Switzerlandch · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-19#19865#115
   #198
3. Brazilbr · spotify2026-06-202026-07-16#18516#115
   #185
4. Austriaat · shazam spotify2026-06-242026-08-12#18337#124
   #183
5. Germanyde · shazam spotify2026-07-022026-08-15#18229#60
   #182
6. Cypruscy · spotify2026-07-022026-07-02#1471#147
   —
7. Venezuelave · deezer shazam2026-07-202026-10-16#789#22
   #78
8. Croatiahr · deezer shazam2026-07-202026-09-19#9534#24
   #95
9. Tunisiatn · applemusic deezer shazam2026-07-202026-10-25#264#26
   #26
10. Show all 54 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-09-25#20053#59
   #200
3. Global feedglobal · youtube2026-07-202026-10-28#46092#243
   #460

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Editions

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