“Doing billion-view numbers like it’s nothing”: Fans react as Madonna’s ‘La Isla Bonita’ becomes her first song to cross 1B views on YouTube

Madonna has added yet another feather to her proverbial cap, and fans have celebrated the milestone on X. The music video of the pop legend’s track La Isla Bonita has crossed the billion-view mark on YouTube.

It is Madonna’s first music video to achieve this milestone. The video for La Isla Bonita was uploaded to YouTube in 2009.

In the video, Madonna is dressed in a silk body-contouring dress as she watches a guitarist play outside her window. The music talent also sings about a supposedly fictional island which she fantasizes about.

@PopBase shared news of the song’s success on X, and @horejsiii tweeted in response:

“Queen of Pop doing billion-view numbers like it’s nothing, Iconic.”

Some X users were shocked that Las Isla Bonita was the first Madonna song to reach 1 Billion views on YouTube:

“How is THIS one the first??? Great song but not exactly her best video,” @SarahKimberle15 stated.

“She should have more videos, she’s Madonna,” @Siobhan_added.

“Hung Up, Frozen, Vogue, Papa Don't Preach, Material Girl, Take a Bow, Bad Girl, Express Yourself, Die Another Day, Like a Prayer, Oh Father....are all phenomenal videos that deserve at least 1 billion views too,”’ IrinaOma16 expressed.

Other fans expressed that La Isla Bonita’s achievements showed that Madonna’s legacy is timeless:

“Released in 1987, and still making waves decades later. Queen of Pop proving her legacy is timeless,” @theindiainfocon praised.

“Timeless classic,” @meiamhenry added.

“La Isla Bonita hitting 1 billion YouTube views is a testament to its timeless allure, blending Latin rhythms with her iconic flair,” @RealHazel0 tweeted.

More details about Madonna’s La Isla Bonita track as music video surpasses 1 billion views on YouTube

La Isla Bonita was featured in Madonna’s 1968 album True Blue. Pop legend has it that the song’s instrumental demo was originally offered to Michael Jackson, who rejected it before Madonna hopped on it.

In La Isla Bonita, Madonna croons about an imaginary island, San Pedro. The song features some lines sung in Spanish, and in Mathew Rettenmund’s Encyclopedia Madonnica, the singer calls it her “tribute to the Latin American people.”

Some of the song’s lyrics read:

"Tropical the island breeze, all of nature wild and free(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)/ This is where I long to be, La Isla Bonita/ And when the samba played, the sun would set so high/ (Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)/ Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby."

Mary Lambert directed the accompanying music video.

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In an Instagram post on December 2024, the Material Girl hitmaker teased that she was working on new music with the legendary Stuart Price and would release it in 2025.

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