Like a Virgin

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Unlike the other songs on Like a Virgin, "Into the Groove" was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray. The music video portrayed Madonna sailing down the riverways of Venice in a gondola, as well as roaming around a palace wearing a white wedding dress. In an interview with Time magazine, Rodgers explained: "I went to the club to see another woman sing, but when I got there Madonna was onstage. The album was further promoted on her first headlining tour, The Virgin Tour, which only visited cities in the United States and Canada.

All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This point, according to Thompson, is further emphasized by the belt she is wearing, the wording on which is just visible as "Boy Toy".The song was a commercial success, reaching the top-five in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Japan and United Kingdom. Re-released worldwide (excluding North America) in 1985, with the inclusion of additional track "Into the Groove", placed at the start of side B (between "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "Dress You Up" on CD).

Like A Virgin-5/5-constantly referenced in popular culture and in the media(along with th album itself). With the video, scholars noted Madonna's portrayal of a sexually independent woman, the symbolism of the appearance of a man with lion's mask to that of Saint Mark, [47] and compared the eroticism of the video to the vitality of the city of Venice. Madonna proved that she was not a one-hit wonder and was able to provide herself with a permanent footing in the music world. The words 'shiny and new' describe not only the way the love-smitten singer feels in the title song but the sound of the album. Mdonna seemed so ballsy, so new and fresh and exciting - who of today's female singers can you say that about?The lyrics are simple, and written as an invitation to dance with the singer, with sexual innuendos and undertones in the meaning. Like a Virgin has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide and became one of the best-selling albums of all time.

I had to do everything on my own and it was hard trying to convince people that I was worth a record deal. Rodgers enlisted the help of his former Chic bandmates Bernard Edwards, who was the bassist, and Tony Thompson, who played the drums; they appeared on several tracks of the album. The song is a drum beat-driven dance track featuring instrumentation of guitars and vocals from a choir. In the end several more US dates were added and moved to larger concert venues due to overwhelmingly strong ticket sales. Randy Taraborrelli, "Every important artist has at least one album in his or her career whose critical and commercial success becomes the artist's magic moment; for Madonna, Like a Virgin was just such a defining moment.Chris Smith, author of 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music, believed that it was with Like a Virgin that Madonna was able to steal the spotlight towards herself. She commented, "When I was making the record, I was just so thrilled and happy to be working with Nile Rodgers. Michael Paoletta from Billboard commented that the songs on the album sustain a "fevered dance-rock momentum". The album was present for a total of 74 weeks on the chart, and was certified diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), for shipment of one million copies of the album.