[1985-1989 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1987, #58
Ever have a friend who goes on vacation - to, let's say Ireland - and they come back and think they're now the authority on all-things-Irish: "Did you know that the color associated with Saint Patrick was originally BLUE?" Dude, shut up.
This is what I first thought about La Isla Bonita. Madonna spends a week in Belize and now she thinks she's the freakin' Chiquita Banana lady! (...which is very much her - why exactly does she have a British accent??)
No doubt Madonna was well aware of the sudden popularity of Gloria Estefan and her Miami Sound Machine, and capitalized on the Latin craze. Gee, where would she have been without that?
But in the end, it's a beautiful song. It's Latin-inspired, but still Pop in melody. Madonna's vocals are rich and rangy, with both high and low notes sounding pure. By this point in her career she had really matured as a singer, a songwriter and a musician, and it all comes together here (like a giant fruit salad hat).
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