40 Years Ago - 1984 Madonna released her second album Like a Virgin.
She wanted to produce it herself but was denied, and Angry with the label, the singer would publicly vent during interviews, and refer to her bosses as a "hierarchy of old men... a chauvinistic environment to be working in because I'm treated like this sexy little girl".
She was allowed to pick any producer and went with Nile Rodgers.
"Like a Virgin" - On September 14, 1984, Madonna opened the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards ceremony with this song..a month later it was released as a single.
During the number, she slithered and writhed across the floor in a white wedding dress after emerging from a wedding cake! With her dress going up and her underpants showing. The singer explained that this was not intentional, as one of her shoes had come off at the beginning and she simply had tried to reach for it; "I thought, 'Well, I'll just pretend I meant to do this,' and I dove on the floor and I rolled around", she later recalled. It peaked at #1 Hot 100 and Club, #9 R&B, #29 AC.
"Material Girl" the video pays homage to Marilyn Monroe's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" and peaked at #2, #1 Club, #49 R&B.
(Into the Groove never was given a proper single released and was the B side.)
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