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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 18, 2017 2:22:25 GMT -5
71. "Gambler" OST Vision Quest (1985)| Points: 684 | | Average: 60.67 | | Median: 71 | | Std. dev: 23.32 (8th highest) |Fun fact: Madonna launched singles onto the UK chart in June, July, August, September, and October 1985. And they ALL went top 5! Best part, none of those were the first or last of her single releases for the year. And yes, those were top 5 too. In fact, if you count Like A Virgin, which was released the previous year, but peaked in January, she had 8 UK top 5 hits in 1985, and 9 in a period of just over a year stretching into February 1986. To put this in perspective, it took Michael Jackson nearly 8 years in his adult career to get 8 UK top 5s, it took Whitney Houston just over 7, it took Phil Collins 7 and a half years, and Prince only got 7 top 5s total. This one came at the end of the 5 month assault and was the second release from the Vision Quest soundtrack after Crazy For You. It also hit the top 10 in Australia and around Europe, but wasn't released in the US. You can't go wrong with 80s Madonna for the most part, and this crushes a good amount of her post-millennium output with ease for me. This marks our first top 10 loss as well, as Doc Indie Party Rock loses his #10. It's also one of the highest standard deviations, and nowhere near the last of her 80s singles to get such a reaction. Doc Indie Party Rock - 10 Leo ✔ - 16 @antigonerising - 20 Glove Slap - 25 †ealsünset - 25 @mirza - 46 Juanca - 49 Albie - 52 Football - 54 andrewantonio - 57 .indulgecountry - 59 someguy - 61 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 62 Sambalada - 71 kmbgs - 71 Unhinged - 74 summers - 75 bat1990 - 75 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 76 alexcuse - 78 ry4n - 81 Ginger Spice - 82 Mirago - 82 mamooshka - 84 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 84 God - 84 Troublemaker - 85 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | {UK Chart run and peak week}
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01 01 Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 05 02 A-ha - Take On Me 03 03 Colonel Abrams - Trapped 07 04 Madonna - Gambler 10 05 Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme 06 06 John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) 08 07 Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking 02 08 Midge Ure - If I Was 19 09 Elton John - Nikita 04 10 Red Box - Lean On Me (Ah-li-ayo)
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 18, 2017 2:32:34 GMT -5
Current Decade Distribution
80s - 24/27 90s - 25/30 00s - 17/20 10s - 4/8 With 15 songs out, the 90s have the most songs remaining, but most of the losses have come from there as well. Meanwhile, half of the offerings from the 2010s have already left. Quite unsurprisingly, the smallest percentage loss comes from the 80s.
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Post by Football on Oct 18, 2017 5:53:38 GMT -5
lol, "I Want You" out this early is pretty much offset by "American Life" getting out of here. I have never liked that song. I also like that "American Life" finished with 666 points. Fitting. :kii:
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 18, 2017 6:59:28 GMT -5
"Give Me All Your Luvin'" is a jam and I'll never understand why it was so unpopular, lol. It was more or less what really caused me to become fully invested in Madonna. I had some of her albums in my music library from my parents, but MDNA was the first one that I bought for myself. The Super Bowl was a good move for her.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 16:52:51 GMT -5
I love Give Me All Your Luvin & Gambler, both should have stayed for longer
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Oct 18, 2017 22:33:43 GMT -5
72. "I Want You (with Massive Attack)"this one is missing a special element I get from Madonna's music. Energy. 71. "Gambler"Now this has NRG. This is 80's perfection. Yup this was top 5 in UK. I used to like the charts in the 80's a lot more, because you got about 3 times the music in one year that you guys get now a days...and most went top 10. That's why all 80's songs are classics.
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Post by Juanca on Oct 18, 2017 23:06:23 GMT -5
IWY is a good cover and a good experiment for M... but she just such a good catalogue that it couldn't escape my bottom 10 in this RD Gambler is my first top 50 loss :( this was the song of the summer back home (January-March 1986) at a time where Madonna was super popular. So I have a soft spot for it even as it's pure 80s fun! Should've stayed a bit longer :)
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 19, 2017 5:56:34 GMT -5
I was going to reveal the first album at this point, but there'll be 5 more single reveals first. Beforehand though Madonna Moment -Primetime Interview 1995-
If you have the time, and would like a look at the woman behind the music, this is arguably her most revealing TV interview ever. This was her second interview with Forrest Sawyer, and a sense of familiarity between the two works to help her open up. It was done during the promotion of Something To Remember, and finds her going over the impact of the loss of her mother and her wish for a mother to call, her reputation (which had been taking some big hits over the previous few years), pushing the envelope both consciously and unconsciously, her safe place, and hopes for the future, both personal and professional. She was preparing to film Evita, and had yet to become pregnant. She is 37 years old at the time of this interview. I'll be putting up more things like this too as we go along, including a lot of funny ones.
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 19, 2017 14:41:25 GMT -5
70. "Fever" Erotica (1992) | Points: 743 | | Average: 58.48 | | Median: 64 | | Std. dev: 17.17 |Remember the Up Down Suite song from earlier? The original version of that, Goodbye To Innocence, was on the Erotica tracklist until very late in the album’s production, when Madonna and Shep Pettibone decided to do a cover of this Peggy Lee classic (though it was originated by Little Wille John). The album version follows a more straightforward house-pop template, but the Edit One version used in the video upgrades it with significantly more pizzazz. I actually remember seeing this video on Beavis & Butt-Head the first time. If you notice certain similarities to an early 90s funk rock classic, it's because it was directed by the same person, Stéphane Sedanoui, who would also go on to date both Björk and Kylie Minogue. Madonna’s previous single, Bad Girl, was her lowest peaking in nearly a decade in most markets, so she moved back to her core for this, the clubs. Fever never went to radio in the US, but it did become her 15th #1 on the Dance/Club chart. In the UK, Fever improved on Bad Girl's chart peak a month prior (#6 to #10), and became her fourth of five top 10s off Erotica. Despite its use in the video, the Edit One version doesn’t appear on the actual single; it instead showed up on the German single for her next single, Rain. A notable remix that came about though is the Murk Boys Miami Mix. Madonna performed Fever on SNL, the Arsenio Hall 1000th episode special (where she also sang a duet of The Lady Is A Tramp with Anthony Kiedis), and gave it a steamy showcase during the first part of the Girlie Show. bat1990 - 22 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 23 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 24 Leo ✔ - 37 Glove Slap - 40 Sambalada - 40 mamooshka - 48 alexcuse - 53 God - 54 Unhinged - 57 andrewantonio - 59 Mirago - 63 †ealsünset - 64 @mirza - 64 kmbgs - 65 Albie - 65 ry4n - 67 Ginger Spice - 69 .indulgecountry - 70 Doc Indie Party Rock - 71 Football - 71 Troublemaker - 73 @antigonerising - 74 someguy - 74 Juanca - 75 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 76 summers - 81 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | {UK Chart run and peak week}
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05 01 The Bluebells - Young At Heart 01 02 Shaggy - Oh Carolina 02 03 Snow - Informer 03 04 Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman 04 05 2 Unlimited - No Limit NE 06 Madonna - Fever 07 07 Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle 16 08 Sybil - When I'm Good And REady 10 09 David Bowie - Jump They Say 22 10 Robin S - Show Me Love
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 19, 2017 15:01:49 GMT -5
69. "Dear Jessie" Like A Prayer (1989)| Points: 754 | | Average: 58.07 | | Median: 58 | | Std. dev: 18.41 |In 1998, Madonna recorded a tribute to her daughter, but nine years earlier, she made a much better song about the daughter of Patrick Leonard (frequent collaborator on many of her 80s classics), whom she got drunk on champagne at a party once. Sonically, this is one of her more distinctive tracks, with a Sgt. Pepper-esque bridge. This was her final single of the 80s in the UK, where it peaked at #5 in the Christmas market (it actually sold more total than Express Yourself or Cherish there) on the last chart of the 80s, staying there for three weeks becoming the 4th top 5 off the Like A Prayer album. She did not appear in the video, which was mostly animated. Two more people lose their lowest rank with this one. On the album, this song slyly segues into the very different Oh Father. I'm not surprised this ended up on the lower end, with her catalog. We won't be seeing the three other Like A Prayer UK top 5s for a long time. Leo ✔ - 23 Sambalada - 30 Glove Slap - 35 Juanca - 35 ry4n - 39 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 40 Football - 42 Ginger Spice - 43 @antigonerising - 44 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 49 Mirago - 52 summers - 53 someguy - 54 mamooshka - 58 Doc Indie Party Rock - 63 bat1990 - 66 God - 69 alexcuse - 70 Albie - 71 @mirza - 71 Troublemaker - 75 kmbgs - 76 Unhinged - 78 andrewantonio - 81 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 81 †ealsünset - 85 .indulgecountry - 85 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | {UK Chart run and peak week}
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01 01 Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? 02 02 Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Let's Party 03 03 Jason Donovan - When You Come Back To Me 06 04 Andy Stewart - Donald Where's Your Troosers? 07 05 Madonna - Dear Jessie 05 06 Soul II Soul - Get A Life 05 07 Kaoma - Lambada 08 08 Tina Turner - I Don't Wanna Lose You 09 09 Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much 12 10 Bros - Sister
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Post by Albie on Oct 19, 2017 15:20:22 GMT -5
Looking good so far. "Fever" isn't terrible by any means but in the grand scheme of things, its not that wonderful.
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Post by Juanca on Oct 19, 2017 15:45:28 GMT -5
Fever: I remember one of our pop radio stations in Lima teased that this could be the second radio single following Erotica -and I hated that! I appreciated what Erotica was, but this cover (album version) was too much of a letdown! Thankfully, Deeper came next the video version is much better and has grown on me with time, and I likely could've ranked it maybe 5-10 spots higher, but not more than that Erotica became the first album where only 3 songs made my personal top 30 chart Dear Jessie: LAP, on the contrary, was one of the most prolific albums in my personal chart with 8 top 5s, including DJ. Since I first listened to this cassette as one of my parents' birthday present, I found this an endearing, soothing tenderness of a song, with a dreamy instrumentation that made me daydream many a time as a teenager. It's such a unique, magical song that will always put a smile on my face. Sad to lose another top 50, but at least it escaped the 70+ zone
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 19, 2017 15:53:08 GMT -5
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NE 01 Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart 02 02 David Guetta - Sexy Bitch f/ Akon NE 03 Madonna - Celebration 03 04 Jay-Z - Run This Town f/ Rihanna & Kanye West 25 05 Shakira - She Wolf 01 06 Pixie Lott - Boys & Girls 05 07 Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 06 08 Dizzee Rascal - Holiday 07 09 Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo 08 10 Sugababes - Get Sexy
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 15:55:51 GMT -5
I liked it, though it was far from being all that, overranked it by maybe 20 spots Though the music video could have been so much better, it felt super cheap
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Post by Albie on Oct 19, 2017 16:04:24 GMT -5
Really not bad at all. One the few moments in her recent discography where Madonna's attempt at sounding current actually worked.
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Post by Troublemaker on Oct 19, 2017 16:05:21 GMT -5
I don't like the remix that was used for the video, the album version would have been better. At least it got her her 40th n01 on the dance charts
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Post by God on Oct 19, 2017 16:54:08 GMT -5
It started with Hard Candy but “Celebration” was the first single where her vocals were becoming distracting. Those ”yeah”s in the chorus are anything but persuasive. She’s sounded extremely bored on record ever since.
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Post by Juanca on Oct 19, 2017 17:22:15 GMT -5
Celebration: I know I'm in the minority but I've always liked this track a lot, since it was released. Yes, she uses hesitation for the 100th time and yes she could be more enthusiastic overall, but I even like her giggling :) love the male BV's juxtaposition in the pre-chorus, and the retro feel of the original felt like a honest trip back to her 80s roots. I expected it to leave soon, so I'm actually pleasantly surprised it managed to rank in the 60s
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 19, 2017 17:35:50 GMT -5
Not sad to see any of these leave, especially "Dear Jessie," which surprised me (I didn't remember/know it) by being worse than "Revolver" which I thought would be my automatic last place rank going into this, lol.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Oct 19, 2017 18:37:18 GMT -5
I have a tendency to skip "Fever" more often than not. I don't like the video, although I did import the German "Rain" CD single years ago to have that mix. The mixes from the "Bad Girl" maxi were pretty good too.
"Dear Jessie" is so underrated. Love the segue into "Oh Father" on the album.
"Celebration" was cute at the time, but definitely on the lower end of her singles. I used to get my life to the Benny Benassi remix, but now I prefer the original.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 19, 2017 22:23:41 GMT -5
"Gambler" deserved a lot better. "Celebration" is cool but annoy me pretty fast.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Oct 19, 2017 22:51:20 GMT -5
70. "Fever" Just a hint, but I never got into this 90's dance style music. I came of the fast riding Hi Energy music of the 80's, so this was like dropping me from 5th gear to 1st. 69. "Dear Jessie" I actually enjoyed this song's structure and totally got the 80's Brit Pop vibe, it just wasn't all that memorable. decent song and the 60's seems like a good range for it. 68. "Celebration" I would never have ranked this version of the song this high. I ranked a totally different version of the song. FYI, this is what I ranked; which seemed like a cool upbeat pop dance number. That other version scared me away.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 19, 2017 23:37:15 GMT -5
The Edit One remix of "Fever" is sooo hot! I love that Donna De Lory and Niki Haris' backing vocals and adlibs are brought in a little more prominently. There was a Eurodance cover of "Dear Jessie" by Rollergirl in the early 2000s that re-invigorated my interest in the original. I ranked "Celebration" so low because there are so many other better songs. I don't hate it, but it just doesn't stand out all that much. I do like this one bootleg remix which plays up the Eurodance angle. It has that Motiv8 meets Lee Marrow sound that I love.
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 20, 2017 10:47:12 GMT -5
Not any surprises with more reveals. I'm more interested in the top half and I wonder if something will be shockingly low like "Please Stay" was for me in the Kylie rankdown.
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Post by Mirago on Oct 20, 2017 14:32:15 GMT -5
I love that interview. I didn't realize Inside of Me was about her mom's death. That loss has been formative through out her career, you see it when she lies down beside her mom's grave in Truth or Dare right up to the Ghosttown video where she kisses her photo.
Celebration, I enjoyed it when it was released. For the Celebration package however, interesting that they went in random song order but the quality and bad edits were a mess.
I think Spotlight went out too soon too.
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 20, 2017 16:03:11 GMT -5
{Hot 100 run}
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Re: 98 - 75 - 80 - 71 - 91
Peak: 11/02/1996
01 01 Spice Girls - Say You’ll Be There NE 02 East 17 - If You Ever f/ Gabrielle 02 03 Boyzone - Words NE 04 Toni Braxton - Un-break My Heart 03 05 Faithless - Insomnia NE 06 Reef - Place Your Hands 06 07 Babybird - You’re Gorgeous 05 08 Céline Dion - It’s All Coming Back To Me Now NE 09 Livin’ Joy - Follow The Rules NE 10 Madonna - You Must Love Me
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Post by Albie on Oct 20, 2017 16:15:07 GMT -5
I really don't dislike this song as much as this ranking would have you believe, I just like many other songs far better
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 20, 2017 16:17:38 GMT -5
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01 01 Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne - Changes NE 02 Will Young - Leave Right Now 02 03 Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up 03 04 Shane Richie - I'm Your Man NE 03 Cliff Richard - Santa's List 05 06 Westlife - Sandy NE 07 Evanescence - My Immotal 04 08 Gareth Gates - Say It Isn't So NE 09 Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within NE 10 Cheeky Girls - Have A Cheeky Christmas NE 11 Madonna - Love Profusion
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Post by Albie on Oct 20, 2017 16:27:41 GMT -5
Not bad on its own, but I'll say that if we'd been ranking the Ralphi Rosario remix of this I would have placed it at least 20 spots higher.
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 20, 2017 16:40:24 GMT -5
Before getting into the album reveal, let's bring out some more non-singles, especially since the next three all correspond to the Confessions On A Dance Floor album. History Jump single (2006)
| Points: 3 | The B-side to the Jump single; you can hear the inspiration from Donna Summer's I Feel Love in the production. This actually isn't the original version of this song either, similar to Up Down Suite, it was significantly reworked before release. The original version, titled History (Land Of The Free) eventually leaked in two versions with slight lyrical differences.
Sorry (PSB Mix) Sorry single (2006)
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Some more trivia, the Pet Shop Boys actually wrote a song with Madonna in mind in the late 80s called Heart, but when the time came to ask her, they got cold feet. Instead, they kept the song for themselves, and it became a UK #1 hit in 1988. In 2006, they finally crossed paths when they got to remix Madonna's own UK #1 hit Sorry. Issac Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
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If you're wondering why the song is called Issac, it's because that's the name of the male voice heard throughout. Madonna was lacking a title when the song was finished, and decided to go with the guest vocalist's name. This is one of my favorites from this album. Prior to the release, I remember reports likening it to Frozen due to the humming.
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