Spanish Lullaby
Whyme, a member of Madonna Tribe’s forum communities has posted some interesting infos about how one of Madonna’s most famous songs, La Isla Bonita, came to life. Here’s what he has to say.
“Ok, so I think La Isla Bonita is M’s best song and one of the greatest of all time. The music is absolutely amazing, so I did some research to find out what the origins of this song was, how it was created. I managed to get in touch with the writer, Bruce Gaitsch, to get the inside scoop:
Patrick Leonard and and Bruce came up with the music for La Isla Bonita one day after seeing the preview of “Top Gun” that the studio held for writers. They weren’t interested in writing for a macho war movie, so they instead decided to write a song about an Island paradise.
Patrick played it for Micheal Jackson and got no response from him. Bruce suggested they send it to Madonna who was in China shooting Shanghai Surprise with Sean Penn. She loved it and wrote the words. What inspired her was the groove and the lyrics. She was in China for a while and wanted to be somewhere else…an island somewhere.
Madonna’s demo was the first with music + vocals together.
Bruce also mentioned that he felt very lucky to work with such a big artist. It ended up becoming a huge hit worldwide, one of her biggest, and won an ASCAP award.
So there you have it. Hope this was interesting for you guys.
ps…he plans on re-recording the song in the near future!”
Madonna directed by Mary Lambert in 1987 for the La Isla Bonita video
Special thanks to our community member Whyme for sharing this story with The Tribe