SONG OF THE WEEK: La Isla Bonita

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of "True Blue" (1986), the song of week is "LA ISLA BONITA" (The Beautiful Island).

It was released as the albums final single. The song was originally written for Michael Jackson, but was later accepted by Madonna, in which she wrote the lyrics with Patrick Leonard. The song is noted to be Madonna's first song to have a Spanish influence with arrangement of Cuban drums and Spanish guitar, maracas, harmonicas and mix of synthesized and real drumming.

The songs achieved worldwide popularity, topping in countries such as Austria, Canada, France, Germany and Switzerland. It also became Madonna's fourth number-one single in the United Kingdom, giving her a record for the most number one-singles by a female artist. In the United States, it reached number four.