Song · Luis Fonsi
“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber
From the album Vida (2019) Featuring Daddy Yankee and Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber
“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2024 and 2025. It was first released in 2019 on the album Vida. Its best result is #713 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,949 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Luis Fonsi let "Despacito" loose in January 2017 as the lead single from Vida, his tenth studio album, and by the time the album arrived in 2019 the song had long since swallowed the world. The Puerto Rican singer wrote it with Erika Ender and featured guest Daddy Yankee between 2015 and 2016, and Colombian producers Mauricio Rengifo and Andrés Torres built it from reggaeton bounce and Latin pop sheen. The title means "slowly".
Then it went supernova. An English remix with Justin Bieber arrived that April, and the original topped charts in 47 countries and became the first Spanish-language number one on the Hot 100 since "Macarena" in 1996, holding on for 16 weeks. Its video, shot around La Perla in Old San Juan, was YouTube's most-watched from 2017 until 2020, and the 2017 Latin Grammys named it Record and Song of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 830 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 713 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Despacito (Feat. Daddy Yankee).
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