"La Bachata" is a single by Colombian singer Manuel Turizo. Written by Turizo, Edgar Barrera, Andrés Jael Correa Rios, Miguel Andrés Martinez and Turizo's manager Juan Diego Medina, the song was released in May 2022 and reached number one in Argentina, Mexico, and on the US Billboard Latin Airplay charts.
Background "La Bachata", which replaces bachata's traditional guitar with electronic riffs and R&B vocals, debuted at number 44 on the US Billboard Latin Airplay chart on June 18, 2022.
The track eventually reached number six on the Global 200 and number three on the Global Excl. U.S. chart on the week of October 28, 2022, and in the same week, "La Bachata" became Turizo's fifth number-one on the US Latin Airplay chart.
The track spent 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100.
Composition and lyrics The song adopts bachata’s romantic idiom while swapping the style’s customary lead guitar for electronic riffs and R&B-styled vocals, giving the track a contemporary texture. Co-writer/producer Edgar Barrera stated in an interview with GQ that the absence of the lead guitar on the final take was unplanned but ultimately helped the record stand out. In interviews, including with Rolling Stone, Manuel Turizo has characterized the lyrics as a relatable heartbreak narrative rooted in everyday experiences rather than a specific storyline.
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "La Bachata" Chart (2022–2023) Peakposition Argentina (Monitor Latino) 2 Bolivia (Monitor Latino) 3 Bolivia (Billboard) 1 Central America (Monitor Latino) 1 Central America + Caribbean (FONOTICA) 1 Chile (Monitor Latino) 2 Chile (Billboard) 2 Colombia (Billboard) 2 Colombia (Monitor Latino) 1 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino) 1 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino) 2 Ecuador (Monitor Latino) 1 Ecuador (Billboard) 1 El Salvador (Monitor Latino) 1 El Salvador (ASAP EGC) 1 Guatemala (Monitor Latino) 1 Honduras (Monitor Latino) 2 Italy (FIMI) 68 Latin America (Monitor Latino) 2 Mexico Airplay (Billboard) 1 Mexico (Billboard) 2 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino) 3 Panama (Monitor Latino) 4 Paraguay (Monitor Latino) 1 Peru (Monitor Latino) 1 Peru (Billboard) 1 Puerto Rico (Monitor Latino) 6 Uruguay (Monitor Latino) 1
Year-end charts + 2022 year-end chart performance for "La Bachata" Chart (2022) Position Argentina (Monitor Latino) 22 Bolivia (Monitor Latino) 8 Chile (Monitor Latino) 30 Colombia (Monitor Latino) 11 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino) 4 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino) 18 Ecuador (Monitor Latino) 6 El Salvador (Monitor Latino) 4 Global 200 (Billboard) 90 Guatemala (Monitor Latino) 6 Honduras (Monitor Latino) 32 Latin America (Monitor Latino) 4 Mexico (Monitor Latino) 7 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino) 30 Panama (Monitor Latino) 22 Paraguay (Monitor Latino) 26 Peru (Monitor Latino) 8 Puerto Rico (Monitor Latino) 18 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 2 Uruguay (Monitor Latino) 13 Uruguay (CUD) 2 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 31 US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard) 8 Venezuela (Monitor Latino) 90 + 2023 year-end chart performance for "La Bachata" Chart (2023) Position Argentina (Monitor Latino) 3 Bolivia (Monitor Latino) 9 Chile (Monitor Latino) 2 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino) 3 Colombia (Monitor Latino) 3 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino) 28 Ecuador (Monitor Latino) 6 El Salvador (Monitor Latino) 55 El Salvador (ASAP EGC) 4 Global 200 (Billboard) 19 Guatemala (Monitor Latino) 2 Honduras (Monitor Latino) 19 Italy (FIMI) 94 Latin America (Monitor Latino) 3 Mexico (Monitor Latino) 49 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino) 9 Panama (Monitor Latino) 8 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 42 Paraguay (Monitor Latino) 3 Peru (Monitor Latino) 17 Uruguay (Monitor Latino) 5 Uruguay (CUD) 9 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 35 US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard) 7 Venezuela (Monitor Latino) 55
+ 2024 year-end chart performance for "La Bachata" Chart (2024) Position Global 200 (Billboard) 109
Certifications
See also List of Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay number ones of 2022 List of best-selling singles in Spain
References