Evil Devil - La Isla Bonita (Madonna Psychobilly Cover) - Video
PUBLISHED:  Mar 21, 2011
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From '' Breakfast At The Psychohouse ''
Label: Crazy Love -- 64195
Format: CD
Country: Italy
Released: 2003

Tracklist
01. Intro See All 5
02. Immortalise
03. Psycho Is My World
04. I Can't Believe Your Eyes
05. The Stars
06. Chemicals
07. Letter To the Censors
08. Without You
09. La Isla Bonita
10. All Around the World
11. Now You're Mine

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"La Isla Bonita" (English: The Beautiful Island) is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released as the fifth and final single from her third studio album, True Blue, on February 25, 1987 by Sire Records.
Originally written as a lament, the song was first offered to Michael Jackson before Madonna accepted it and re-wrote the lyrics with Patrick Leonard.
"La Isla Bonita" is noted for being the first Madonna song to have a Spanish influence in it with arrangements of Cuban drums and Spanish guitar, maracas, harmonicas and a mix of synthesized and real drumming.
The lyrics of the song tell about a Beautiful Island and was a tribute to the beauty of the Latin people according to Madonna.

Cover Versions

French pop singer Alizee has performed "La Isla Bonita" during her first promotional tours in Europe in 2003.
In 2008, a new studio version was recorded and included on the special edition of her album, Psychedelices, in Mexico.
The song so far has gone on to become Alizee's first top ten single on the Mexico national top ten airplay chart along with reaching number two in her native France.
Indie psychedelic folk singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson recorded a cover for the 2007 Madonna tribute compilation Through the Wilderness.
American heavy metal band System of a Down has performed part of this song in their live shows on guitar. In 1999, female singer Deetah used elements of the song in her single "El Paraiso Rico".
The song was sampled by rapper Black Rob, in his 2000 song "Spanish Fly" (included in his Life Story album) featuring Jennifer Lopez. In the chorus of the song, Lopez sings the part which samples "La Isla Bonita".
In 2004, rapper Mase sampled and interpolated it for his song "My Harlem Lullaby".
A cover has also been performed by Finnish power metal band Twilight Guardians on their record SinTrade.
On the Family Guy episode "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" when discussing Madonna at the end, one of the characters, Peter Griffin, calls her a liar for singing about a nonexistent place (La Isla Bonita) stating that he could not find it in a map.
Madonna and the song also appeared in Japanese TV commercials for the "Mitsubishi F-23 Hi-Fi Video" VCR, as part of her ongoing commercial commitment to Mitsubishi in Japan at the time.

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Lyrics

Last night I dreamt of san pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song.
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away.

Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita.
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby.

I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me.
Te dijo te amo
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast.

Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita.
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby.

I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl.

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away.

Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita.
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby.

Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita.
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby, yeah!
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