Like a Virgin
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| Like a Virgin | ||
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| Missing image Madonna_-_Like_a_Virgin.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Madonna | ||
| Released | November 12, 1984 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 38 min 02 sec | |
| Record label | Sire | |
| Producers | Madonna, Stephen Bray, Nile Rodgers | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 4.5/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5B0ECCC8EE56F8906E373E8CE4A566285E36&uid=CADMR0411112031&sql=10:3z1tk6kx9kr3~T1) |
| Madonna Chronology | ||
| Madonna (1983) | Like a Virgin (1984) | True Blue (1986) |
Like a Virgin (1984, see 1984 in music) was a hit album and song by Madonna. The album was #1 on Billboard Music Chart's pop albums chart and #10 on the hip hop/R&B charts.
"Like a Virgin" (the song) was Madonna's biggest hit prior to "Vogue" and her biggest hit of the 1980s. It was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, and remained the #1 hit single on the Billboard pop singles charts (US) for six straight weeks. "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl", both from this album, are two of Madonna's most enduring and well-known songs.
Madonna has reinvented the song by singing it with different arrangements on her Blond Ambition tour and The Girlie Show. Madonna wears a wedding gown in the music video, which was directed by Mary Lambert.
The song was the subject of a famous exegesis in the opening scene of Quentin Tarantino's film, Reservoir Dogs. It was also the subject of a parody by "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Like A Surgeon", and was performed by Jim Broadbent in the film Moulin Rouge! (2001) as a comic piece. A version of it, not a parody, was done by the folk singer John Wesley Harding on the album God Made Me Do It: the Christmas EP. A rare version of the song was a duet recorded by Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor (the Nine Inch Nails frontman).
"Like A Virgin" was honored by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000 as the #4 song on their list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs".
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Track listing
- "Material Girl" (Brown, Rans) - 4:01
- "Angel" (Bray, Madonna) - 3:55
- "Like a Virgin" (Kelly, Steinberg) - 3:39
- "Over and Over" (Bray, Madonna) - 4:12
- "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Gregory) - 4:50
- "Into the Groove {From the Film Desperately Seeking Susan}" (Bray, Madonna) - 4:43
- "Dress You Up" (LaRusso, Stanziale) - 4:01
- "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (Madonna) - 5:17
- "Pretender" (Madonna) - 4:30
- "Stay" (Bray, Madonna) - 4:06
Personnel
- Madonna - vocals, background vocals
- Bernard Edwards - bass
- Brenda King - background vocals
- Curtis King
- Lenny Pickett - saxophone
- Nile Rodgers - guitar, synclavier
- Robert Sabino - synthesizer
- Frank Simms - background vocals
- George Simms - background vocals
- Tony Thompson - drums
Production
- Producers: Madonna, Stephen Bray, Nile Rodgers
- Engineer: Jason Corsaro
- Production manager: Budd Tunick
- Drum programming: Jimmy Bralower
- Art direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
- Design: Jeffrey Kent Ayer, Jeri McManus
- Photography: Steven Meisel
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1984 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 1984 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 10 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Like a Virgin" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 1984 | "Like a Virgin" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 9 |
| 1984 | "Like a Virgin" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| 1985 | "Angel" | Adult Contemporary | 5 |
| 1985 | "Angel" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 1985 | "Angel" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1 |
| 1985 | "Angel" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 71 |
| 1985 | "Angel" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
| 1985 | "Dress You Up" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 3 |
| 1985 | "Dress You Up" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1 |
| 1985 | "Dress You Up" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 64 |
| 1985 | "Dress You Up" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
| 1985 | "Like a Virgin" | Adult Contemporary | 29 |
| 1985 | "Material Girl" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 1985 | "Material Girl" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 2 |
| 1985 | "Material Girl" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 49 |
| 1985 | "Material Girl" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |