This Madonna classic is her first music video that reaches 1 billion Youtube shows, and that’s not the one you think

This Madonna Track is now one True Blue Classic in the middle of a new milestone.

Madonna’s hit song from 1986 “La Isla Bonita” from her album True Blue became The seven-time-gramy winner First music video to meet 1 billion views on Youtube. The video was directed by Mary Lambert, known for her work with music videos for Janet JacksonSting, Eurythmics and Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl” and more.

The Latin music -inspired single has Spanish flamenco guitar and maracas. Madonna, 66, is seen playing two versions of the same person – one that wears a red dress similar to the typical regali of flamenco dancers as she dances through a living room, and the other a young Catholic woman who secretly crushes on a musician playing live on the street below.

While “La Isla Bonita” now has the record for Madonna’s most considered music video on Youtube, the music video for her song from 1989 “Like A Prayer” contained the most cultural notority when it was released. The track aroused controversy at that time for its use of Catholic religious images in a sensual context.

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The song and video play for Madonna’s signature forces and explore push and pull between her Catholic identity with her sexuality. Similar themes are explored famous in her smash -hit “Like a Virgin” and throughout her career.

“La Isla Bonita” got a new lease agreement partly because of a series of Tiktok trends. Over 200,000 videos have been published for this sound over the past year, with users who often sound their fashion and holiday videos with the song.

Madonna’s next The most displayed videos on Youtube Is “Hung Up”, with 531 million views, “Bitch I’m Madonna” with Nikki Minaj with 368 million views, followed by “Like A Prayer” with 341 million views.

In December 2024, the pop music icon announced plans to release new music in 2025 and confirmed that she worked with producer Stuart Price again. Price and Madonna previously collaborated on their tracks in 2005 “Get Together”, “Jump” and more. Price has also worked with Kylie Minogue, murderers and pet shop boys.

“The last few months have been medicine for my soul. Songwriting and Making Music is the area where I don’t have to ask anyone for their permission … I’m so excited to share it with you,” she wrote on Instagram.