“Despacito” is a reggaeton song about the act of having sexual intercourse, moving slowly on the rhythm and dual attraction between the male and the female for who this song is written.

The track was moderately successful before the Justin Bieber remix, reaching #44 on the Hot 100 and topping the Hot Latin Songs chart. However, the week after Bieber’s remix dropped, the song exploded to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first top ten of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee and the twelfth of Bieber. The song climbed on to the #1 spot on May 27th and has stayed there for a consecutive period of 16 weeks, making it the only song along with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s single, “One Sweet Day.” However, on July 29, 2019, the song “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X beat out both songs with its 17 weeks on top of the Hot 100.

On July 19, 2017, “Despacito” became the most-streamed song of all time with 4.6 billion plays across streaming platforms.

Also, on August 4, 2017, the official video became the most-watched video on YouTube history, surpassing “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa and becoming the first video to ever reach 3 billion views on YouTube. As of October 2018, it has over 5 billion views.