La Isla Bonita
spent two weeks at No.1 in the UK from 25th April 1987. It was a
world-wide hit and was the last single to be released from Madonna's
third studio album True Blue.
Amazingly, the song was originally turned down by
Michael Jackson for his Bad album. Madonna accepted the song
(obviously!) but re-wrote the lyrics.
The four other singles from the True Blue album were Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach, True Blue and Open Your Heart, and they were all Top 5 hits in the UK.
True Blue remains my favourite Madonna album, mainly because every track is a perfectly constructed pop song and wasn't destroyed by thumping dance beats!
