La Santa (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = La Santa
| cover =
| alt =
| type = song
| artist = Bad Bunny featuring Daddy Yankee
| album = YHLQMDLG
| language = Spanish
| released = {{Start date|2020|02|29}}
| recorded =
| genre = Reggaeton
| length = 3:26
| label = Rimas
| writer = * Benito Martínez
| producer = * Tainy
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|JUxITamPWrY|"BAD BUNNY x DADDY YANKEE - LA SANTA [Visualizer]"}}| type = song| header = Visualizer}}
}}
"La Santa" (English: "The Saint") is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny featuring guest vocals from Daddy Yankee from the former's third studio album YHLQMDLG (2020). The song was written by Benito Martínez, Ramon Ayala and Marco Masis with the latter handling the production as Tainy. "La Santa" contains interpolations from "Aquí Está Tu Caldo", written and performed by Daddy Yankee.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9326471/bad-bunny-yhlqmdlg-essential-tracks|title=6 Essential Tracks on Bad Bunny's 'YHLQMDLG': Editors' Picks|magazine=Billboard|last1=Flores|first1=Griselda|last2=Roiz|first2=Jessica|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020}}
Promotion and release
On February 28, 2020, Bad Bunny announced his third studio album that was revealed to be YHLQMDLG during his performance and guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which was released the following day.{{cite magazine|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/2/bad-bunny-yhlqmdlg-album-release-date-jimmy-fallon-performance|title=Bad Bunny Performed and Announced New Album Release on 'Jimmy Fallon'|magazine=Hypebeast|date=February 28, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2022}}
Commercial performance
Following the releasing of YHLQMDLG, "La Santa" charted at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100 dated March 14, 2020 {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2020/03/12/bad-bunny-owns-more-than-10-of-the-hot-100-this-week/?sh=333d575ac148|title=Bad Bunny Owns More Than 10% Of The Hot 100 This Week|magazine=Forbes|date=March 12, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2022}} as well as peaking at number 6 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart upon the same issue date.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunnys-entire-yhlqmdlg-album-is-on-the-hot-latin-songs-chart/|title=Bad Bunny’s Entire ‘YHLQMDLG’ Album Is on the Hot Latin Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2022}} In Spain, "La Santa" reached at number 7.
Audio visualizer
A visualizer video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on February 29, 2020, along with the other visualizer videos of the songs that appeared on YHLQMDLG.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUxITamPWrY|title=BAD BUNNY x DADDY YANKEE - LA SANTA [Visualizer]|via=YouTube|date=February 29, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2022}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-latin-songs|title=Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}
| 25 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "La Santa"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Bad Bunny|title=La Santa|award=Gold|relyear=2020|id=bad-bunny-si-veo-a-tu-mama|access-date=October 15, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Bad Bunny|title=La Santa|award=Platinum|number=12|Spanish=yes|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
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References
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External links
- {{YouTube|O8ldvZVZ_cw|La Santa}}
{{Bad Bunny}}