melodies; "it wouldn't have occurred to me to do anything like that with her. But she liked it", Leonard recalled. "La Isla Bonita" was the first song Madonna recorded that incorporated Spanish motifs and lyrics; She and Leonard would go on to work together on other similarly Latin-inspired songs, such as "Who’s That Girl" ―from the soundtrack of the film of the same name―and "Spanish Eyes" ―from Like a Prayer (1989). To get the translations correct, they talked over the phone with a Hispanic housekeeper. Of working with the producer on the song, Madonna recalled, "Latin rhythms often dominate our uptempo compositions[...] It's like we're possessed. [Leonard and I] both think that we were Latin in another life". She then referred to "La Isla Bonita" as her tribute to the "beauty and mystery of Latin American people". The location of the titular island has been debated, with Cuba, Belize, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic being cited as possibilities. Several sources have speculated that San Pedro Town in Ambergris Caye, Belize, is the factual geographical location; on its official website, the island's Victoria House Resort & Spa posted that the town has been nicknamed "La Isla Bonita" because of the song. During an interview with Rolling Stone, Madonna herself admitted to not knowing where San Pedro was: "I don't know [where San Pedro is]. At that point, I wasn't a person who went on holidays to beautiful islands. I may have been on the way to the studio and seen an exit ramp for San Pedro". "La Isla Bonita" was released as the fifth and final single from True Blue on February 25, 1987. It was included on Madonna's compilation albums The Immaculate Collection (1990) and Celebration (2009), as well as on the Japanese edition of Something to Remember (1995). In 2014, while working on her thirteenth studio album Rebel Heart (2015) with producer Diplo, Madonna recorded a dubplate of "La Isla Bonita" with new lyrics that referenced trio Major Lazer; this version premiered in March 2015 on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Composition "La Isla Bonita" was written and produced by Madonna and Leonard, with additional lyrics by Bruce Gaitsch. Personnel working on the song included Leonard on the keyboard arrangement and programming, Gaitsch on guitars, and Paulinho da Costa as percussionist; background vocals were performed by Siedah Garrett and Edie Lehmann. Described as a Latin pop song by author Rikky