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CellarDweller:
1990 saw Madonna in the theaters and on the charts with "Dick Tracy". She played the character Breathless Mahoney and named her next CD "I'm Breathless". Along the bottom of the CD it says "Music From and Inspired By the Moive 'Dick Tracy".
The CD got to #2 on the Billboard Top 200, and two singles were released. "Hanky Panky" got to #10, and "Vogue" to #1 on the Hot 100 chart. Trivia note, Madonna was not fond of the song "Vogue" and planned it as a B-side of another song. Her record company convinced her otherwise.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFrE0gMA6fI&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj4m12xr9HU[/youtube]
CellarDweller:
At the end of 1990, Madonna released her first greatest hits collection, titled "The Immaculate Collection".
It contained 15 greatest hits, as well as two new tracks. One of the hit singles (Crazy For You) had not ever appeared on a Madonna CD, as it was on the soundtrack to the movie "VisionQuest".
The two new songs were "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". Both spoken words with music, the singles were released not long after the CD. Justify My Love had a very (for the time) racy and explict video that was banned by MTV, only airing late at night.
The Immaculate Collection got to #2 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. "Justify My Love" got to #1 on the Hot 100, and "Rescue Me" got to #10.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJ-4ZRQsZs[/youtube]
I was unable to find a version of the official music video that I can embed here. There is one on YouTube that won't embed, and here's the link. Just remember that it contains "mature" themes and would not be considered work safe.
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-jkX_Dh-8[/youtube]
CellarDweller:
In 1992 Madonna released her next CD. After the video "Justify My Love", she decided to delve more into sexual exploration and released the coffee table book "Sex". She went on tour "Girlie Show" and released the CD "Erotica".
Many felt that the explict songs and videos were now overshadowing Madonna's talent. Once again, Madonna's video (this time Erotica) was banned from MTV, only getting late night airings.
Erotica (the CD) got to #2 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. Three songs were released as singles. "Erotica" got to #3, "Deeper & Deeper" got to # 7 and "Rain" got to #14 on the Hot 100 chart.
*please note - i've embeded the official video for "Erotica" here. It is not safe for work.*
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5LZRUZoVDc[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMWPgRvmqU[/youtube]
CellarDweller:
After the success (and backlash) of "Erotica", Madonna elected to release a CD that showcased a bit of a softer side.
Her next CD, "Bedtime Stories" used blues samples and scored two big hits. The CD got to #3 on the Billboard Top 200. The first single, "Secret" hit #7, and "Take A Bow" got Madonna back to #1.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISRyxtDFRJ4[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-UfrGq4VyA[/youtube]
CellarDweller:
Perhaps still feeling a bit of backlash from her "Erotica" opus, Madonna continued to work on softening her image. She decided to release a second greatest hits cd, but with a different angle this time.
In 1995, Madonna released a collection called "Something To Rembember". This CD contained no dance hits. It was a collection of all of Madonna's ballads/love songs. This collection had new songs, as well as 2 previously released hits from movies, "I'll Remember" from 'With Honors', and "This Used To Be My Playground" from 'A League Of Their Own'. The new single was "You'll See", and the video was done as a sequal to "Take A Bow".
"Something To Remember" got to #6 on the Billboard Topp 200. The new single "You'll See" got to #6 on the Top 100. Previously released track "Playground" got to #1 when previously released, and "I'll Remember" got to #2 when previously released.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa_9CEhM0EQ[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj8ezE5eITg[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThOSO83U2RY[/youtube]
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