Isla Bonita

Isla Bonita ( the Beautiful Island ) is an individual of Madonna left in 1987. Co-written by Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch, the song is the ultimate one extracted the album True Blue.

Information on the title

Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch know themselves since they are child and grew together, it is into 1986 that the two friends compose the music in a few minutes and propose it has Michael Jackson which is at the time the artist more in sight. Refused by the singer, she is then proposed in Madonna who writes of them the words at the time of a voyage in China, on the beauty of an island (San Pedro, city of the Belize) and on her individual search, baptizing itself her song " Isla Bonita"

The song was one of the first of the artist to have a Spanish impulse, going until introducing Hispanic words there: " Como puede ser verdad" and " El dijo that you ama" (hear: " How that can it be réel" and " He says to you that it you aime") , this topic will be recurring during its career for the songs " Who' S That Girl" , " Pray for Spanish Eyes", " Verás" , " Don' T Cry for Me Argentina" , " Sorry" and " Lo That Siente Mujer".

Chronology

"Isla Bonita" was the first individual one to be classified with the first position of the classification of individual in France, spending three weeks consecutive in July 1987
Madonna interprets there the song at the time of its round world of Who' S That Girl Tour, Girlie Show, Drowned World Tour and the Confessions Tower
In 1990, the title is taken again on compilation: The Immaculate Collection in a version remasterized by Shep Pettibone and Goh Hotoda
In 1995, the individual one is republished out of individual CD for Germany as well as the majority of the other individual ones of Madonna and the piece is available on compilation Something to Remember only to Japan like opposite B individual Human Nature always in the same country.
In 2007, Madonna sang the song near Eugene Hütz and Serge Ryabtsev of the group " Gogol Bordello " with the Wembley Stadium of London the July 7th 2007 like Ray off Light, Hung Up. and Hey You for the concert of Live Earth

Video clip

The turning of the video clip was held in Los Angeles and was directed by Mary Lambert, already direct on the clips of " Borderline " and of " Like has Prayer " in the Eighties. The video was diffused for the first time on the music channel MTV, on March 6th, 1987.

One can see Madonna there interpreting two different roles, two alter ego, one representing piety and the other passion, the difference as of these two roles appears by the decorations contrasted with on the one hand colors pale and sober and the other in let us tons chatoyants and endiablés. the young woman of the clip seems divided between two alternatives; to preserve its faith, to remain at it to continue its peaceful life or to leave in the street and méler to people who dance there.

Directing: Mary Lambert
Producing: David Naylor and Sharon Oreck
Director of the photography: Bryan Loftus
assembly: Glenn Morgan
Place: Los Angeles
producing Company: O Pictures

Official versions

Album Version (4: 03)
Extended Remix (5: 24)
Remix Edit (4: 01)
Instrumental (5: 24)
7" Instrumental (4: 21)
Video Insipid Version/(3: 53)
The Immaculate Collection Version (3: 48)

Classifications

Recoveries

In 1999, the singer Deetah uses portions of the song in its individual " El Paraíso Rico".
In 2000, Jennifer Lopez take again part of the song in the song " Spanish Fly" of the rappor Black Rob for his album " Life Story".
In 2004, the rappor Ma$e Sample part of the title for its song " My Harlem Lullaby".
the song was also interpreted by Alizée, the Twilight Guardians, System off has Down, TrueBliss (1999) and by Mad' House.
In 2006, the song is parodied for the studio amateur Paral & Piped by Sophie Duverger under the title " The mujer bonita".

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