Cover Versions and Popular Culture Appearance
French pop singer Alizée 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, Psychédélices, in Mexico. The song so far has gone on to become Alizée'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. In 1999, female singer Deetah used elements of the song in her single "El Paraíso 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 Sin Trade. The alternative metal band, System of a Down, has covered this song partially for some live performances, however, it was never released on any album. In 2012 the song was covered by Turkish producer Ahmet Portakal featuring singer Betul Demir.
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. American recording artist Britney Spears recorded a track titled "Love 2 Love U", which heavily samples "La Isla Bonita". The track leaked on December 2, 2011. The song was also covered in the Fox TV show, Glee in the episode "The Spanish Teacher". It was sung by Naya Rivera who plays the character Santana Lopez and Ricky Martin who guest stars in the episode. It was filmed and recorded in January, then was broadcasted in February 2012.
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