"La Isla Bonita" (English: "The Pretty Island") is the fifth and final single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her third studio album, True Blue, and it was released on February 25, 1987 by Sire Records. The song later appeared remixed on the 1990 compilation album The Immaculate Collection and in its original form on the Japanese version of the 1995 ballads compilation Something to Remember as a bonus track.
La Isla Bonita was originally written by Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch, and intended for Michael Jackson for his Bad album, who, according to Gaitsch, turned it down. Working with Leonard on the True Blue album, Madonna accepted it in Jackson's place, and re-wrote the song's lyrics, earning herself a co-writing credit. The song was the first Madonna song to employ Spanish motifs, going so far as to include Spanish lyrics. The Spanish theme would recur throughout her career, manifesting itself in lyrics for "Who's That Girl", "Pray for Spanish Eyes", "You'll See" with the version in Spanish: "Verás"; "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Be Careful (Cuidado con Mi Corazon)" a duet with Ricky Martin, "Sorry" and "Lo Que Siente La Mujer", which is the version in Spanish for her song "What It Feels Like for a Girl," and "Spanish Lesson" on the Hard Candy album, and concerts on the Drowned World Tour.
Much has been made of the song's reference to 'San Pedro' and the island to which the song title refers. Some believe the island is Ambergris Caye in the nation of Belize, as the song may also mention the principal village, San Pedro Town. However, Gaitsch has mentioned that at the time, Madonna was spending time in a US town of the same name, and both Madonna and then husband Sean Penn were good friends with San Pedro, California poet and novelist Charles Bukowski.[1] Madonna herself hasn't helped speculation, referring to the song as being only a tribute to Latin America and its people, to an island and to herself.
Madonna and the song appeared in Japanese TV commercials for the "Mitsubishi F-23 Hi-Fi Video" VCR, as part of her ongoing commercial commitment to Mitsubishi in Japan at the time.
"La Isla Bonita" was the fifth US top-five hit from the album (it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March, 1987) and Madonna's second #1 single on the adult contemporary chart, following 1986's "Live To Tell". Internationally, "La Isla Bonita" was a bonafide worldwide hit which reached number one in various countries, including the UK, Mexico, Canada, Italy and Germany. "La Isla Bonita" was Madonna's first #1 in France, where the song spent three weeks at the top spot in July 1987, also making her the first American solo female singer to top the charts since its creation in 1984. It was also one of the biggest hits of the 80's in South Africa, where it spent 8 weeks at #1 in 1987. In Europe, it became her fourth number one hit from True Blue, topping the Eurochart Hot 100 for 3 weeks in 1987.
In 2001, an extended version of "La Isla Bonita" was included on the remastered re-release of True Blue.
Madonna has performed "La Isla Bonita" on many of her concert tours: the Who's That Girl World Tour, The Girlie Show, the Drowned World Tour, the Confessions Tour, and the Sticky & Sweet Tour. To many of her fans, "La Isla Bonita" is seen as an enduring and beautiful product of this fascination with Hispanic culture, whilst to others, "La Isla Bonita" was seen as a blue print for later female stars who would inevitably include the occasional Spanish styled songs on their albums (Tina Arena, Geri Halliwell, Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera or Alizée).
The Mexican Latin Pop singer Byanka sung the 1987 Spanish song of the same title.
Madonna performed "La Isla Bonita" during her Confessions Tour as a dance/tribal remix. She also has given this remix a new twist with Eugene Hutz and Sergey Ryabtsev from the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. Hutz and Ryabtsev performed the song with Madonna onstage at the London Live Earth concert on July 7th, 2007. The song was once again added to the set list of one of her tours in 2008, the Sticky & Sweet Tour, as part of the Gypsy segment of the show, featuring the Arkady Gips band and the Romani-Gypsy folk song "Lela Pala Tute." |
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