One of her earliest songs and one of my favorites. I made the mistake of letting my 5 year old daughter watch this video a few times. Next thing I knew she had found a shorty lace nighty I had wearing it like a dress and had my bangles on her wrist. You need to watch the video to understand but that was the day I realized I would have to limit having the music channel on in my house moving forward! She all grown up now and that channel was were she learned he love of music and she has turned out to be an amazing woman. I only wish you all had the MTV we had back then.
Producer = Reggie Lucas was also a (Rythm) guitarist and played with Miles Daves & James Mtume Reggie Produced 6 of the 8 songs on Madonna's debut album and he is also known for his Hit production work (with James Mtume) for Stephanie Mills, Phyllis Hyman, Marc Sadane and others.
Was hoping you’d check out the video!! It was highly influential to us 80’s girls! The look, the dancing. It was everything. One of my favorite songs! This and Burning Up!! 🔥
This song kicked off the second upbeat dance music revolution that lasted for most of the 80s. Celebration is a 2009 album but this song was 1983. Also her MTV video for this changed girl clothes forever with a sexy second hand store chic. All of a sudden teen girls were dressing in black lace and putting ribbons in their hair, wearing heavy mascara and lipstick, cross necklaces, and tight spandex with boots. It wasn't long before all the female pop stars were following her sounds and dress. Cindy Lauper of course (though her voice was way better) , and later a whole bunch of black female artists hit the dance scene, including Whitney and Chaka Khan, and even Prince and the Revolution. Madonna has the musical ear of a master folk singer, but plays in the pop realm for the most part. But the deep spark that gets in the heart that great songwriters have is there. Her "serious" songs are deep, and her sad songs make you cry, but her dance stuff makes you move and groove happy. She faded out in the early 90s but came back on top with Electronica "Ray of Light" and some mystical grooves "Frozen" and now does big stage shows in London. "This used to be my playground" is a lost track of hers but always brought me to tears.
I'm a heavy metal guy, but I listen to everything. All day, every day. Madonna's first 4 albums are very, very, very good. Funny thing, Angel might be my fav song of hers and its super basic.
This is not the original version of the song. There's subtle differences in the music, especially during the dance breaks. They threw in some echoes here and there. And it's a shortened version of the song, the original album version is almost six minutes.
This is the song that catapulted Madonna into the stratosphere. While her earlier songs, BORDERLINE and BURNING UP set the table for this. She added her iconic Boy Toy look that swept the nation and the world. From this point on with her videos on MTV, records, fashion, image, movies, and grand self-promotion were in near constant rotation holding our attention like no one else. And still does.
Part of the reason Madonna was so famous was her ability to continually change and evolve her music and persona (usually setting the next trend in music or culture)…she started in the early 80s and outlasted her contemporaries (1982-2005)…Jay-Z even give her prompts by referring to himself as the “male” Madonna in one of his songs for his ability to last so long in the Rap business…
Please also do these from Madonna: Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach, Express Yourself...please get educated on her, her discography equals the history of pop music itself
You should have reacted to the album version from the debut album called Madonna. You should also react from the very beginning of her career from her first single Everybody and on in order to appreciate her evolution as an artist.
"lucky star" is madonna's 4th music video and 5th (and final) single from her self-titled debut album.... earlier videos were for "borderline" "burning up" & "everybody"
If you like this, you'd like the hit "Baby Love" by Regina. If I'm thinking right, the song was meant fir or offered to Madonna but she declined. Regina, who, ironically, sounds just like Madonna, recorded it and scored big.
Madonna had a lot of great dance songs in the 80's. That's how she broke into the business through the club scene which was huge at the time. She then started testing the boundries with some of her later songs. Earlier stuff is great 👍👍
"lucky star" was written by madonna, produced by reggie lucas, & remixed by john "jellybean" benitez. the song was the fifth (and final) single taken from madonna's self-titled debut album... nile rodgers produced madonna's sophomore album like a virgin
