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Post by Glove Slap on May 8, 2018 22:40:03 GMT -5
28. "You'll See" Something To Remember (1995) "I have truth on my side You only have deceit"(Range: 82) | Points: 1342 | | Average: 36.30 | | Median: 38 | | Std. dev: 19.45 |Promotion for Bedtime Stories was cut short (i.e. no tour) due to Evita finally getting the green light, and Madonna securing the title role. She spent late 1995 in London (presumably not her preferred choice due to how brutal the British tabloids and press had been since Erotica, although she met Princess Diana during this period) recording the soundtrack prior to filming starting the following year. But it was decided that new product was a good idea, so a ballads compilation was assembled, with Madonna writing in the linear notes that she hoped it would put the focus back to her music after scandal and controversy had overshadowed it over the past several years. Originally, the Marvin Gaye cover was meant to be the single, but after that broke down, this took its place. Continuing the step on Bedtime Stories to work with more mainstream producers, this found her working with David Foster, who had found massive success on high-gloss productions for Chicago, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, and Céline Dion. She also recorded a Spanish version, Verás, which served as main version in Spanish-speaking markets. While this wasn’t one of her biggest hits on paper, it was enough to give a good boost to the set, which reached #1 in Australia and went multiplatinum on both sides of the pond. The video was a sequel to Take A Bow from the previous year, with the bullfighter reappearing. Somewhat notably, she made her first appearance in over a decade on Top Of The Pops to push this while she was in London. We lose our last bottom ranking with this. Leo ✔ - 3 Juanca - 7 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 9 Mirago - 18 alexcuse - 18 mamooshka - 19 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 23 summers - 24 God - 24 kmbgs - 25 @mirza - 26 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 27 .indulgecountry - 28 Glove Slap - 36 Unhinged - 38 Football - 40 Ginger Spice - 44 ry4n - 44 Sambalada - 44 Troublemaker - 46 andrewantonio - 50 Albie - 53 Doc Indie Party Rock - 57 †ealsünset - 58 bat1990 - 62 @antigonerising - 62 someguy - 85 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | Zeebz | {Hot 100 run and Peak Week}
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Peak: 12/16/1995
01 01 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day 02 02 Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) 03 03 LL Cool J - Hey Lover 04 04 Mariah Carey - Fantasy 05 05 Coolio f/ L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise 08 06 Madonna - You’ll See 06 07 TLC - Diggin’ On You 07 09 R. Kelly - You Remind Me Of Something 09 09 Goo Goo Dolls - Name 10 10 Janet Jackson - Runaway
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Peak: 12/15/1995
01 01 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day 02 02 Goo Goo Dolls - Name 04 03 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany’s 07 04 Madonna - You’ll See 06 05 TLC - Diggin’ On You 08 06 Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket 03 07 Janet Jackson - Runaway 05 08 Mariah Carey - Fantasy 10 09 Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down 09 10 Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life
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Peak: 11/18/1995
01 01 Robson & Jerome - I Believe/Up On The Roof 03 02 Coolio f/ L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise 02 03 Oasis - Wonderwall 06 04 Everything But The Girl - Missing 08 05 Madonna - You’ll See 05 06 East 17 - Thunder NE 07 Happy Clappers - I Believe 04 08 Queen - Heaven For Everyone 07 09 Meat Loaf - I’d Lie For You (And That’s The Truth) NE 10 Tina Turner - Goldeneye
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Post by Leo ✔ on May 8, 2018 22:43:28 GMT -5
Excuse me!?!??!?!?! Are you kidding me!?!? This should have been my #1. "Verás" is so damn gorgeous.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 8, 2018 23:04:12 GMT -5
27. "I'll Remember" OST With Honors (1994) "Say good-bye To not knowing when The truth in my whole life began"(Range: 78) | Points: 1352 | | Average: 35.93 | | Median: 41 | | Std. dev: 20.43 |Not much recalled today, this is probably one of the more vital single releases of Madonna’s career along with Rain, giving her a huge stateside hit when she really needed one following the immense backlash over the previous year. At a time when a good amount of her 80s contemporaries found their contemporary appeal waning sharply (this notably found Madonna in the top 10 with Prince for the last time, as he would never hit the top 10 again), Madonna held on. It found her re-teaming with Patrick Leonard for Alek Keshishian’s (who directed Truth Or Dare) film With Honors, and notably the song is absent of the Urban & R&B influences that the albums this landed in between of exhibited. I actually remember this from when I was little, but it wasn’t until years later that I realized that it was Madonna of all people who sang this. It was included on Something To Remember a year later and that was it. Another #1 ranking falls with this reveal. alexcuse - 1 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 5 summers - 7 kmbgs - 8 Glove Slap - 14 mamooshka - 16 Unhinged - 18 ry4n - 18 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 24 @antigonerising - 25 Doc Indie Party Rock - 31 Juanca - 34 someguy - 37 Troublemaker - 41 Mirago - 41 bat1990 - 44 Albie - 45 andrewantonio - 48 Football - 48 .indulgecountry - 49 Sambalada - 49 Leo ✔ - 52 †ealsünset - 52 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 53 @mirza - 65 Ginger Spice - 66 God - 79 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | Zeebz | {Hot 100 run and Peak Week}
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Peak: 05/28/1994
01 01 All-4-One - I Swear 02 02 Madonna - I’ll Remember 02 03 Ace Of Base - The Sign 04 04 Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 07 05 Enigma- Return To Innocence 06 06 Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way 10 07 Toni Braxton - You Mean The World TO Me 05 08 R. Kelly - Bump N’ Grind 09 09 Tevin Campbell - I’m Ready 15 10 Aaliyah - Back & Forth
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Note: AT40 and R&R are different for this, it went to #1 on the former, and #2 on the latter I believe.
Peak: 05/20/1994
02 01 Madonna - I’ll Remember 01 02 Counting Crows - Mr. Jones 07 03 All-4-One - I Swear 03 04 Enigma- Return To Innocence 05 05 Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 06 06 Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way 04 07 Ace Of Base - The Sign 09 08 Ace Of Base - Don’t Turn Around 11 09 Toni Braxton - You Mean The World To Me 10 10 General Public - I’ll Take You There
R&R peak: 05/27/1994
01 01 All-4-One - I Swear 03 02 Madonna - I’ll Remember 02 03 Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 11 04 Ace Of Base - Don’t Turn Around 08 05 Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way 09 06 Toni Braxton - You Mean The World To Me 04 08 Tevin Campbell - I’m Ready 07 09 Enigma- Return To Innocence 06 10 Ace Of Base - The Sign
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Peak: 04/09/1994
NE 01 Take That - Everything Changes 01 02 Doop - Doop 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia NE 04 Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 03 05 Ace OF Base - The Sign 04 06 D:ream - U R The Best Thing 10 07 Madonna - I’lll Remember 05 08 Reel 2 Real f/ Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It 06 09 Mariah Carey - Without You 07 10 Salt N Pepa & En Vogue - Whatta Man
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Post by Glove Slap on May 8, 2018 23:19:06 GMT -5
26. "True Blue" True Blue (1986) "I've heard all the lines I've cried oh so many times Those tear drops, they won't fall again I'm so excited, 'cause you're my best friend"(Range: 70) | Points: 1406 | | Average: 33.93 | | Median: 28 | | Std. dev: 19.90 |Unsurprisingly, this is the first song from the parent album to go. Which isn’t to say it’s bad at all, it’s just tough competition when the others are arguably among the greatest pop songs of all time. Though not remembered too much today, it was another huge hit for Madonna at the time, hitting the top 3 in the US, and going to #1 in the UK to become one of her biggest sellers there. A good amount of the album channels the 1950s, but this is the only one of the singles to show it, which follows it into the video. Notably, in the US it had a different video that was done through an MTV contest. Madonna wore the outfit she does in the video to the VMAs in 1986 when she became the first woman to receive the Video Vanguard award which was presented to her by Robert Palmer. The song was inspired by Madonna’s then husband Sean Penn, and she actually sang it with him in the crowd on the Rebel Heart Tour nearly 30 years later. kmbgs - 4 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 6 Ginger Spice - 8 alexcuse - 12 Doc Indie Party Rock - 13 Unhinged - 17 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 23 Juanca - 23 Albie - 23 Mirago - 23 Glove Slap - 24 mamooshka - 24 summers - 26 Football - 28 Troublemaker - 32 Butterflies & Hurricanes 33 @antigonerising - 34 ry4n - 40 someguy - 40 God - 55 bat1990 - 55 @mirza - 56 Sambalada - 56 Leo ✔ - 62 †ealsünset - 62 andrewantonio - 63 .indulgecountry - 74 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | Zeebz | {Hot 100 run and Peak Week}
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Peak: 11/15/1986
01 01 Boston - Amanda 04 02 The Human League - Human 05 03 Madonna - True Blue 06 04 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight 07 05 Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name 02 06 Robert Palmer - I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On 09 07 Cameo - Word Up 12 08 Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall 10 09 Oran “Juice” Jones - The Rain 03 10 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
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Peak: 10/31/1986
02 01 Boston - Amanda 05 02 The Human League - Human 06 03 Madonna - True Blue 03 04 Robert Palmer - I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On 01 05 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors 07 06 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight 09 07 Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall 10 08 Toto - I’ll Be Over You 12 09 Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name 15 10 Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square
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Peak: 10/11/1986 03 01 Madonna - True Blue 02 02 Five Star - Rain Or Shine 01 03 The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way 66 04 Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins 09 05 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al 04 06 Cameo - Word Up 05 07 Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side 14 08 A-ha - I’ve Been Losing You 29 09 Status Quo - In The Army Now 23 10 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
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Post by Glove Slap on May 8, 2018 23:37:33 GMT -5
Madonna Moment -Dinner With Madonna-
The sequel to the previous interview aptly came during the promotion for Truth Or Dare, which documented the tour that had just started during the previous one. Although she wondered what might be next, it would be an understatement to say that following year had been eventful even without the tour, filled with the breakdown of her relationship with Warren Beatty, which is shown a bit in the film, the Justify My Love controversies, and her performance at the Academy Awards. This is all covered in this interview, along with the evolution of the documentary and decision to make the backstage footage the focus instead of the original concept of focusing on the show itself, and the topics of the day such as the fallout of the Milli Vanilli scandal, and the Queer Nation outing campaigns.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 9, 2018 1:28:14 GMT -5
Awe I wish Bedtime Stories and "Human Nature" had placed higher. That era carries so much nostalgia because it was the first music I remember being introduced to and taking to as a young kid before Britney came out and took over from there. It's such a smooth and gorgeous album.
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Post by summers on May 9, 2018 1:28:36 GMT -5
Perfect ranking for True Blue!
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on May 9, 2018 5:32:21 GMT -5
I'll Remember is just a nice pop song. It's amazing to me how it pretty much went from being a #1 pop hit to being instantly forgotten by everyone. I don't think Madonna has ever performed it on her tours and other than Something To Remember, it's never been included on any of her hits compilations. So sad. :(
Also, what's this about AT40 not using R&R for that period? That's new to me! At what point did they start to line up?
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Post by Unhinged on May 9, 2018 6:16:45 GMT -5
30. "Human Nature" Bedtime Stories (1994) "You tried to shove me back inside your narrow room And silence me with bitterness and lies"(Range: 71) | Points: 1309 | | Average: 37.52 | | Median: 49 | | Std. dev: 21.46 |Following her first single to miss the top 40 in the US in over a decade, one would expect for a somewhat conservative decision in following it up, but not Madonna. Instead, she chose the song that dealt directly with the backlash against her after the Sex book release, and paired it with a video influenced by S&M-inspired drawings of Eric Stanton. Beyoncé said that this was one of the main inspirations for her Green Light video. It peaked even lower on the Hot 100 than Bedtime Story, but had a longer life overall. While it hit the top 10 in the UK, it had a very short life, falling out of the top 20 in its second week. It was released there during the notable ‘Battle of Britpop’ week when Blur and Oasis went head to head in a highly publicized chart battle. This is one of my favorite videos from her, and I really like how they use the door slam as the censoring effect. @antigonerising - 2 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 3 .indulgecountry - 6 Troublemaker- 9 ry4n - 10 alexcuse - 16 summers - 18 Ginger Spice - 23 Albie - 25 Doc Indie Party Rock - 29 Glove Slap - 33 God - 37 Unhinged - 38 bat1990 - 39 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 42 kmbgs - 42 Leo ✔ - 46 someguy - 49 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 51 Sambalada - 52 @mirza - 52 †ealsünset - 57 Football - 59 Juanca - 59 Mirago - 62 mamooshka - 72 andrewantonio - 72 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | Zeebz | {Hot 100 run}
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Peak: 7/14/1995
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Peak: 08/26/1995
NE 01 Blur - Country House NE 02 Oasis - Roll With It 02 03 Original - I Luv U Baby 01 04 Take That - Never Forget 04 05 TLC - Waterfalls NE 06 Clock - Everybody 06 07 JX - Sun Of A Gun NE 08 Madonna - Human Nature 05 09 Seal - Kiss From a Rose - I’m Alive 07 10 Corona - Try Me Out
Love this song. It was my No. 28 though, not 38...:)
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Post by jenglisbe on May 9, 2018 7:09:44 GMT -5
If I’d participated, “True Blue” would have made my top 3. I love it. The melody is terrific, and Madonna gives one of her more soulful vocals; the song sits really well in her voice.
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Post by Unhinged on May 9, 2018 8:47:03 GMT -5
I was obsessed with “I’ll Remember” when it first came out and I bought the With Honors soundtrack for it. Also a personal chart topper for 5 weeks. I still love that song. “True Blue” is also awesome and I’m surprised it lasted this long tbh.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on May 9, 2018 10:50:51 GMT -5
trying to figure out what songs are left...i have about 20 of the 25 here, but what am i missing?:
Holiday Borderline Lucky Star Like A Virgin Material Girl Into The Groove Crazy For You Open Your Heart Papa Don't Preach Like A Prayer Express Yourself Cherish Vogue Secret Rain Frozen Ray Of Light Music Don't Tell Me Hung Up
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Post by alexcuse on May 9, 2018 10:53:13 GMT -5
Don't understand how there could be a 79 ranking for I'll remember...
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Post by Glove Slap on May 9, 2018 10:55:15 GMT -5
trying to figure out what songs are left...i have about 20 of the 25 here, but what am i missing?: The 25 left are Holiday Borderline Lucky Star Like A Virgin Material Girl Crazy For You Into The Groove Live To Tell Papa Don't Preach Open Your Heart La Isla Bonita Like A Prayer Express Yourself Cherish Vogue Rain Secret Take A Bow Frozen Ray Of Light The Power of Good-Bye Music Don't Tell Me Hung Up Sorry
I'll do a breakdown of how much everyone has left of their top/bottom 10/20 after the next five. The first 15 listed are the 15 singles included on The Immaculate Collection, aside from the two then-new songs.
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Post by Juanca on May 10, 2018 0:01:36 GMT -5
30. Human Nature (62): This was one of few singles that didn't reach my personal top 10, joining the likes of Look of Love, Bad Girl, I'm Going Bananas lol. I've grown to like it more with time, appreciating further the lyrics and the different beat for a M single. Still, this was never a top 50 contestant in this RD, as Madonna has just a far too strong catalogue to rank it higher. With HN leaving, my bottom 40 is finally cleared. Yay! 29. Beautiful Stranger (42): This was a personal chart-topper and a hit back home. I did like the 1960s/70s sound influence of the original version here, and the good work of the dance remix. Bummed that this underperformed in the Hot 100 due to the limited single release. Another missed top 10 for her... argh! 28. You'll See (7): I knew this was gonna be my first top 10 loss... I was just hoping it could reach the top 20. This is actually my favorite Madonna ballad ever. Her vocals are pretty strong here, and I think she's never sounded this emotional at the beginning of any song, which is also highlighted by the understated instrumental in the first verse. Then, the stronger instrumentation of the chorus with M's tender lead and background and the stronger second chorus made this a very surprising lead single for her STR project. I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio and having my jaw dropping due to her vocals. My mom, not a big fan of M and a trained singer herself, was also very surprised at M's vocals and said something like: Oh! I didn't know she could really sing... lol... I also highly appreciated the Spanish guitar and thus Latin flavor of this song. This was a 2-week personal chart-topper --and Veras was also a 2-week personal chart-topper in my separate Spanish-only Latin chart. The song and video of Veras were also hits back home and made this her most successful hit back home since Vogue. 27. I'll Remember (34): I remember listening to this song's radio premiere, and being pleasantly surprised at what I considered a continuation of Rain, sprinkled with Amy Grant's I Will Remember You. Loved the instrumentation, with that subtle percussion, plus her tender vocals. It was another personal chart-topper (her 16th if I recall correctly). 26. True Blue (23): Good to see it this high, although I still wish it had been a bit higher. This was such a great song (and one of the few songs of her that mom liked too as it reminded her of oldies...). I loved the melody, her vocals, the bridge, and especially the background vocals that appear at the end of the second chorus. I literally cried when she sang this in the RH concert. So many good memories. This was a top 5 in one of the popular radio stations, but peaked outside the top 15 in the most popular radio stations back home. In my personal chart, this was a top 5. By the way, I didn't know about that random US video... Ew! The original video is A+!!
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Post by mkarns on May 16, 2018 23:36:28 GMT -5
I'll Remember is just a nice pop song. It's amazing to me how it pretty much went from being a #1 pop hit to being instantly forgotten by everyone. I don't think Madonna has ever performed it on her tours and other than Something To Remember, it's never been included on any of her hits compilations. So sad. :( Also, what's this about AT40 not using R&R for that period? That's new to me! At what point did they start to line up? From November 1991-January 1995, American Top 40 (then hosted by Shadoe Stevens) used Billboard's pop airplay charts. Casey's Top 40 used R&R, in which "I'll Remember" was #1 for four weeks in May-June 1994. American Top 40 was cancelled altogether for three years in early 1995, and used Radio & Records for most of Casey Kasem's second run as host (March 1998-January 2004.)
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on May 17, 2018 4:19:52 GMT -5
I'll Remember is just a nice pop song. It's amazing to me how it pretty much went from being a #1 pop hit to being instantly forgotten by everyone. I don't think Madonna has ever performed it on her tours and other than Something To Remember, it's never been included on any of her hits compilations. So sad. :( Also, what's this about AT40 not using R&R for that period? That's new to me! At what point did they start to line up? From November 1991-January 1995, American Top 40 (then hosted by Shadoe Stevens) used Billboard's pop airplay charts. Casey's Top 40 used R&R, in which "I'll Remember" was #1 for four weeks in May-June 1994. American Top 40 was cancelled altogether for three years in early 1995, and used Radio & Records for most of Casey Kasem's second run as host (March 1998-January 2004.) Oh right, I totally forgot about AT40 not even being Casey hahaha. I remember being able to hear to both countdowns. I definitely miss both.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 17, 2018 7:48:20 GMT -5
From November 1991-January 1995, American Top 40 (then hosted by Shadoe Stevens) used Billboard's pop airplay charts. Casey's Top 40 used R&R, in which "I'll Remember" was #1 for four weeks in May-June 1994. American Top 40 was cancelled altogether for three years in early 1995, and used Radio & Records for most of Casey Kasem's second run as host (March 1998-January 2004.) Oh right, I totally forgot about AT40 not even being Casey hahaha. I remember being able to hear to both countdowns. I definitely miss both. I've been using the database site for the runs, and then matching them up with the archive I could find www.americanradiohistory.com/RandR_Magazine_Page_Range_Guide.htmand using popradiotop20 when I couldn't find the chart pages like for True Blue. IR was the first time that I saw a huge discrepancy where it was #1 for 4 weeks on one, and #2 for 2 weeks on the other. I've been busy this week to the point where I'd have to put the whole day's reveals out within an hour or so, but I should be able to do the last five days tomorrow through Tuesday normally.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 27, 2018 17:15:52 GMT -5
OKAY!
Madonna Moment -Arsenio Hall 1992-
After another unintended interruption, let's start with the other Arsenio Hall interview with Rosie O'Donnell. Like two years prior, the main purpose for this appearance was to promote a film, in this case A League Of Their Own. However as you'd expect, it had several twists and turns. With the Sex book blitz only a few months away (the book is mentioned in passing), she's in full 'bad girl' mode again. However, Arsenio gets the last laugh when he brings out Madonna's father to ask him what he thinks about her scandals.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 27, 2018 17:25:37 GMT -5
"White Heat" True Blue (1986)
"You think you can have my love for free Well, I've got news for you That's not the way it's going to be"| Points: 9 |A track of True Blue, this is one of the songs channelling the 1950s feel of the album. I used to be back and forth between this and WTP as my favorite album track, but this has been in front for longer than usual in recent times. Juanca - 2
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Post by Glove Slap on May 27, 2018 17:40:18 GMT -5
"Pray For Spanish Eyes" Like A Prayer (1989)
"How many lives will they have to take? How much heartache?"| Points: 9 |Madonna has had several Latin-influenced tracks over her career, some of which are more remembered than others. This one leans towards the others, but the competition to be the most noticeable on Like A Prayer is high. Still, this follows the lush sound of that album and is the last traditional number on the album. Sambalada - 2
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Post by Glove Slap on May 27, 2018 17:53:10 GMT -5
"Beautiful Killer" MDNA (2012)
"You don't have a life, you have blood on your hands You can sleep at night and I don't understand I don't know much about you are a wanted man"| Points: 10 |A deluxe track off MDNA, this was one of the songs for me where her voice really cut into my experience of it. Marlin Solveig co-produced this and you can hear it strongly. mamooshka - 2 .indulgecountry - 10
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Post by Glove Slap on May 27, 2018 18:16:46 GMT -5
"Forbidden Love" Bedtime Stories (1994)
"Love should always feel like this Heaven forgive me, never forbid me"| Points: 10 |This track off Bedtime Stories has a bit of a quirky history, sharing its title with another Madonna song eleven years later, and also being included on the Something To Remember compilation despite never being a single. I've always really liked this and think it's a great showcase for one of her sultriest vocal performances. Ginger Spice - 3 .indulgecountry - 9
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Post by Glove Slap on May 27, 2018 18:25:23 GMT -5
"Love Makes The World Go Round" True Blue (1986)
"LYou know that we're all so quick to look away Because it's the easy thing to do You know that what I say is true"| Points: 10 |The closing track on True Blue, it was actually performed at Live Aid the previous year. I prefer this to Jimmy Jimmy, but overall I'd consider both to be filler tracks. Sambalada - 5 Juanca - 7
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Post by Albie on May 27, 2018 18:28:42 GMT -5
Yay top 25! So much great stuff to come! I've got 17 songs in the top 25 so not doing poorly either. :)
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 4:29:57 GMT -5
06. “Erotica” | Points: 125 | | Average: 6.67 | | Median: 7 | | Std. dev: 3.31 |
Either Madonna's most scandalous album, or the album that was released at the time of most scandal, Erotica saw the dawn of relatively lean times for Madonna’s music career. Released simultaneously with the Sex book, it just missed out on the top spot on both sides of the pond, and didn’t produce any chart toppers in either territory. Though it would sell around six million copies worldwide and get as many as five hits in some markets, it was a notable drop from the chart toppers of the prior decade, and below how other 80s superstars were doing in the new decade. Madonna wanted to move away from the glossy sound of her last two albums, and with the professional rift that had developed between her and both Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray due to their dislike of Shep Pettibone remixing their songs, it was a natural choice to set up shop with Shep, who would also document the making in The Erotica Diaries, which would be published in Madonna’s fan magazine. The secondary, but still absolutely essential, collaborator was Andre Betts, who brought a subdued hip hop influence. They decided to leave the songs close to their demo forms, leading to a grittier sound, and with this being an album by a superstar in the early 90s as CDs could contain more, it’s also her longest album at 75 minutes. This project was being worked on at the same time as Sex, and the influence of that does tend to appear here on surface levels, including the visual imagery shared. But Erotica isn’t so much about sex, as it is about the price of it (with topics including jealousy, distrust, AIDS, and longing for parenthood) and about the lost and lonely corners of relationships falling apart. If you ask the question of the best Madonna album between her fans, most will go for either Ray Of Light or Like A Prayer, but a smaller section will also state that Erotica is her strongest work. The results tend to hint that as well. Only three people put Erotica in their top 5, but all of them put it at the top, which helped it edge past Bedtime Stories.
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Madonna did an interview with MTV Europe to promote the album which goes more in depth on how it was made, along with the video for the title track and the role of her work in popular culture. I think this is one of the interviews where you can see just how fearless she is at her best. Never once is she caught off guard by any of the questions, and there is no hesitation in her answers. {Billboard 200 run and peak week}
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Peak: 11/07/1992
01 01 Garth Brooks - The Chase NE 02 Madonna - Erotica 03 03 Eric Clapton - Unplugged 04 04 Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All 02 05 R.E.M. - Automatic For the People 06 06 Michael Bolton - Timeless (The Classics) 07 07 Pearl Jam - Ten 05 08 Prince & The New Power Generation - The Love Symbol Album 22 09 George Strait - OST Pure Country 09 10 Mary J. Blige - What’s The 411?
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Peak: 10/24/1992
NE 01 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize 81/92 NE 02 Madonna - Erotica 01 03 Prince & The New Power Generation - The Love Symbol Album 02 04 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People 03 05 Abba - Gold 05 06 Michael Bolton - Timeless (The Classics) NE 07 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime/Sand In The Vaseline 04 08 Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells II 07 09 Lionel Ritchie - Back To Front 08 10 Belinda Carlisle - The Best Of Belinda Vol. 1
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 6:49:10 GMT -5
25. "Rain" Erotica (1992) "Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say, never go away"(Range: 72) | Points: 1461 | | Average: 89 | | Median: 26 | | Std. dev: 19.75 |One of the crucial releases of Madonna’s singles discography during the 90s, Rain was released as The Girlie Show was getting prepared, and after she’d had the weakest performer of her career in a decade with Bad Girl. Nevertheless, Rain improved on that single, going top 5 on Pop radio with the help of a Radio Remix (notably joining both of the Jackson siblings as well as Mariah Carey in the top 5), and giving the set its fifth top 10 in the UK. With this, Erotica becomes the first album from the 20th century to lose all its singles. While I’m not too surprised that this was the highest ranking single from the album, in general the singles from this album performed worse than I expected them to. I used to prefer the radio remix for a time, but have moved towards the original, but either way this is one of her most beautifully sung recordings. A decade ago or so I was hoping she'd pull it out for a tour performance, but after the way her voice has gone I'm less keen on that. The stunning video was filmed by Mark Romanek and was shot in black and white before being colored frame by frame. andrewantonio - 1 Glove Slap - 6 @antigonerising - 6 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 11 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 15 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 15 Unhinged - 16 alexcuse - 19 summers - 22 Mirago - 22 Doc Indie Party Rock - 23 Football - 24 ry4n - 26 Ginger Spice - 26 @mirza - 29 mamooshka - 31 God - 33 †ealsünset - 38 Juanca - 43 Sambalada - 46 Albie - 47 Troublemaker - 48 bat1990 - 49 kmbgs - 58 .indulgecountry - 63 Leo ✔ - 71 someguy - 73 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | Zeebz | {Hot 100 run}
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Peak: 09/04/93
01 01 Mariah Carey - Dreamlover 02 02 Janet Jackson - If 07 03 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature) 05 04 Madonna - Rain 08 05 Michael Jackson - Will You Be There 03 06 Tony Toni Toné - If I Had No Loot 11 07 Jodeci - Lately 06 08 Shai - Baby I’m Yours 04 09 UB40 - Can’t Help Falling In Love 10 10 Dino - Ooh Child
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Peak: 07/31/1993
01 01 Take That - Pray 02 02 4 Non Blondes - What’s Up? 03 03 Gabrielle - Dream 04 04 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease ME NE 05 Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own 05 06 Haddaway - What Is Love? NE 07 Madonna - Rain 07 08 Roxette - Almost Unreal 06 09 M People - One Night In Heaven 11 10 Dannii Minogue - This Is It
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 9:12:13 GMT -5
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Peak: 03/04/2006
NE 01 Madonna - Sorry NE 02 Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Record On 01 03 Meck f/ Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Again NE 04 Westlife - Amazing 02 05 The Notorious B.I.G. f/ Diddy & Nelly - Nasty Girl 03 06 Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys 04 07 Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana - Run It NE 08 Darkness - Is It Just Me 09 09 Source f/ Candi Staton - You Got The Love 10 10 Fallout Boy - Sugar, We’re Goin Down
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 10:34:58 GMT -5
Rain & Sorry are flawless
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 11:46:26 GMT -5
23. "Lucky Star" Madonna (1983) "You must be my Lucky Star 'Cause you shine on me wherever you are I just think of you, and I start to glow And I need your light And baby, you know"(Range: 71) | Points: 1522 | | Average: 29.63 | | Median: 28 | | Std. dev: 19.19 |The biggest hit off the first album, it was released in different locations at different times. In the UK, this was the follow up to Holiday, reaching #14 in the Spring of ’84. Stateside, this wasn't planned to be a single initially, but after Borderline hit the top 10, they ended up releasing this as a single and pushing Like A Virgin back. This ended up being the first of a record seventeen consecutive top 5 hits for Madonna, and is still one of her more known songs. Notably, she rote this song completely on her own. The video is one of her most simple, but most well known with her now classic look and star power. alexcuse - 6 someguy - 6 †ealsünset - 7 @antigonerising - 9 Ginger Spice - 9 Doc Indie Party Rock - 9 Football - 15 Albie - 17 Juanca - 20 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 21 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 20 ry4n - 21 andrewantonio - 26 God - 28 Mirago - 30 Sambalada - 29 Unhinged - 30 kmbgs - 38 mamooshka - 38 @mirza - 39 Troublemaker - 39 Leo ✔ - 40 Glove Slap - 41 bat1990 - 56 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 61 summers - 68 .indulgecountry - 77 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | Zeebz | {Hot 100 run and Peak Week}
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Peak: 10/20/1984
01 01 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 06 02 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen 04 03 Chicago - Hard Habit To Break 05 04 Madonna - Lucky Star 02 05 Prince & The Revolution - Let’s Go Crazy 03 06 The Cars - Drive 08 07 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 12 08 John Cafferty & Beaver Brown Band - On The Dark Side 18 09 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain 13 10 Pointer Sisters - I’m So Excited
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Peak: 10/12/1984
02 01 Chicago - Hard Habit To Break 03 02 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 04 03 Madonna - Lucky Star 07 04 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen 01 05 Prince & The Revolution - Let’s Go Crazy 08 06 John Cafferty & Beaver Brown Band - On The Dark Side 11 07 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain 09 08 Rod Steward - Some Guys Have All The Luck 06 09 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 14 10 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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