"La Colegiala" ("the collegian", or "girl student" in Spanish) is a Latin iconic song composed in 1975 by Walter León Aguilar, leader of the Peruvian cumbia ensemble Los Ilusionistas, and made hugely popular in the early 1980s by the Colombian singer Rodolfo Aicardi, crediting it to Rodolfo y su Tipica RA7.
The song was popularized in France and continental Europe in 1980 through the usage of the Rodolfo y su Tipica RA7 version for a Nescafé advertisement broadcast on French television.
Soon, the Rodolfo y su Tipica version was released as a single by RCA, with the B-side containing "La Subienda", composed by Senon Palacio and interpreted by Gabriel Romero.
Further versions were made by the Gipsy Kings, Jean-Claude Borelly (France), Fausto Papetti (Italy), Sandra Reemer (the Netherlands), Miguelo (Chile), Pastor López (Venezuela), and Parchis (Spain).
Richard Gotainer adapted it in the French language titled "Les frappés du café", Serge Nelson as "Les frappés du café (La Colegiala Remix)", and in 2004 Crooked Stilo retitled it as "Mis Colegialas".