La Bomba (Ricky Martin song)

"La Bomba"
Single by Ricky Martin
from the album Vuelve
Released April 13, 1998
Format CD single
Recorded 1997
Genre Latin pop
Length 4:34
Label Sony Music Latin, Columbia
Writer(s) Luis Gómez Escolar, K. C. Porter, Draco Rosa
Producer(s) K. C. Porter, Draco Rosa
Ricky Martin singles chronology
"La Copa de la Vida"
(1998)		 "La Bomba"
(1998)		 "Perdido Sin Tí"
(1998)
Alternative cover

"La Bomba" (English: "The Bomb") is the third single from Ricky Martin's album Vuelve. It was released on April 13, 1998. "La Bomba" was remixed by Pablo Flores.

Music video

The music video was shot by Wayne Isham in April 1998 in Miami.

Chart performance

The song reached number twenty-seven on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States and number five in Spain. In non Spanish-language countries, "La Bomba" peaked at number twenty-seven in Australia, number thirty-one in Sweden, number forty-five in France and number ninety in Germany.

Formats and track listings

Australian CD maxi-single

  1. "La Bomba" (Remix – Radio Edit) – 4:17
  2. "La Bomba" (Remix – Long Version) – 9:43
  3. "La Bomba" (Remix – Dub Mix) – 7:47
  4. "The Cup of Life" – 4:28

European CD maxi-single

  1. "La Bomba" – 4:34
  2. "La Bomba" (Remix – Radio Edit) – 4:17
  3. "La Bomba" (Remix – Long Version) – 9:43

US CD maxi-single

  1. "La Bomba" (Spanglish) – 3:50
  2. "La Bomba" (Remix – Radio Edit) – 4:17
  3. "La Bomba" (Remix – Dub Mix) – 7:47
  4. "La Bomba" (Remix – Long Version) – 9:43
  5. "La Bomba" – 4:34

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[1] 27
Finnish Top 50 Hits[2] 30
French Singles Chart[1] 45
German Singles Chart[3] 90
Spanish Singles Chart[4] 5
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 31
US Billboard Hot Latin Songs[5] 27
US Billboard Latin Pop Songs[5] 11
US Billboard Tropical Songs[6] 13

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ricky Martin – La Bomba (song). Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 205. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  3. ↑ Single-Chartverfolgung. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  4. ↑ Listas de Afyve. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 La Bomba – Ricky Martin. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ Billboard Singles. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

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