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Apparently this hasn't already been done - and OPO just isn't enough.

Perhaps someone will score the results and thus definitively find the BEST MADONNA SONG EVER. Perhaps not.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

having not heard the new album:

deeper and deeper
vogue
papa don't preach
into the groove
oh father
die another day
like a prayer
don't tell me
take a bow
beautiful stranger

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

OMG i've just realised, was 'Dear Jessie' on The Immaculate Collection? because i would love to have heard those 30 Italian people singing it with all their heart in that Candice Breitz installation thing.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

shit i forgot 'live to tell' and 'this used to be my playground' and 'open your heart' and 'love tried to welcome me' and 'crazy for you' THIS IS FUTILE

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

that candice breitz thing was amazing. ('dear jessie' wasn't on it, no)

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

and 'frozen' :(

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Surely we've done this, no?

Okay then...

1. "Burning Up" (far and away her finest hour)
2. "Deeper & Deeper"
3. "Papa Don't Preach"
4. "Live to Tell"
5. "Like a Virgin"
6. "Frozen"
7. "Music"
8. "Into the Groove"
9. "La Isla Bonita"
10. "Die Another Day" (despite its shit lyrics)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Angel (Under-rated)
Into The Motherfucking Groove Bitchiz
Live To Tell (The Tale Of How Zonked I Must've Been To Find Sean Penn Hott Enough To Actually Marry)
Justify My Love (Naked In Leytonstone)
Cherish (The Sand In My Crack)
Vogue (Shep Pettibone Is The Funniest Name In House Mix)
This Used To Be My Playground (Emo Slut 4-Evah Mix)
Deeper And Deeper (PBS Best Thing Ever)
Bedtime Story (Pretentiousness Is Next To Godliness Mix)
Die Another Day (Mir Another Wais)

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

that candice breitz thing was amazing. ('dear jessie' wasn't on it, no)

i think we must round up 30 people and record this ourselves.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

i think that is AN PLAN.

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

off the top of my head subject to change fer sure

"into the groove"
"deeper and deeper"
"don't tell me"
"borderline"
"holiday"
"bad girl"
"crazy for you"
"vogue"
"dress you up"
"keep it together"

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

Borderline
Like A Virgin
Material Girl
Papa Don't Preach
Vogue
Deeper and Deeper
Bad Girl
Frozen
Ray of Light
Die Another Day

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

OP10 Madonna

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

vogue
la isla bonita
over and over
justify my love
everybody '88
holiday (blonde ambition tour version)
angel
express yourself
nothing really matters
into the groove

*this list has been made without ever listening to EROTICA or AMERICAN LIFE. hey! madonna fans, am i missing much?

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

op10? whoever heard of such a thing??

well, this is the NEW thread to include her NEW songs...er, song...

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

piscesboy i would definitely check out erotica. i nearly included 'hung up' but it's early yet and i can't gage.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

Borderline
Holiday
Burning Up
Lucky Star
Everybody

Into The Groove
Dress You Up
Material Girl
Express Yourself
Like A Virgin

― Zed Szetlian (Finn MacCool), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Borderline
Into the groove
Express yourself
Vogue
Bad girl
Inside of me
Gone
Music
Nothing fails
Get together (or perhaps Jump, or maybe Let it will be)

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

1. Like a Prayer
2. Borderline
3. Like a Virgin
4. Ray Of Light
5. Into the Groove
6. Drowned World
7. Deeper and Deeper
8. Holiday
9. Secret
10. Hung Up

Although I wanted to put "True Blue" in there somewhere. Should have done a POXI

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

Turn back, POXI fool !

― Zed Szetlian (Finn MacCool), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

Borderline
Into The Groove
Like A Prayer
Vogue
Deeper And Deeper
Secret
Bedtime Story
Skin
Sky Fits Heaven
Music

I'm surprised at how much 90's Madonna is on there!

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Like a Prayer
Cherish
Oh Father
That song from At Close Range
Into the Groove
Holiday
Don’t Tell Me
True Blue
Lucky Star
Beautiful Stranger

― someteenpartying, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

1. Burning Up. Totally concur with Alex here. Some nonalbum version on the single (i believe) is especially asskicking.
2. Justify My Love
3. Borderline
4. Into the Groove
5. Deeper and Deeper
6. Secret
7. Like a Virgin
8. Bedtime Story
9. Holiday
10. Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmay Jimmay!@#!

― chundra livy (chundra livy), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

"Into the Groove"
"Music"
"Bedtime Story"
"Deeper and Deeper"
"Justify My Love"
"Dress You Up In My Love"
"Lucky Star"
"Ray of Light"
"Take a Bow"
"Holiday"
"Love Profusion"

would've added "Get Together" but it's too new, no memories attached to it yet.

― kevin says relax (daddy warbuxx), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

I like the new album, but I'm not hearing anything as good as these:

"Borderline"
"Holiday"
"Like a Prayer"
"Into the Groove"
"Secret"
"Take a Bow"
"La Isla Bonita"
"Justify My Love"
"What It Feels Like For a Girl"
"Love Profusion"

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

1. "Into the Groove" (original version; B-Side to "Angel")
2. "Holiday" (original 7" version)
3. "Deeper and Deeper"
4. "Vogue" (I'm Breathless version)
5. "Borderline" (original 7" version)
6. "I Want You"
7. "Material Girl" (Like a Virgin version)
8. "Beautiful Stranger"
9. "Hung Up"
10. "Papa Don't Preach"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

not having heard any of her albums:

Burning Up
Lucky Star
Like a Virgin
Dress You Up
Into the Groove
Live to Tell
Justify My Love
I Want You
Human Nature
Music

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

1. Into The Groove
2. Keep It Together
3. Open Your Heart
4. Gambler
5. Like A Prayer
6. Don't Tell Me
7. Deeper & Deeper
8. Candy Perfume Girl
9. Music
10. Cherish

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

1. Burning Up
2. Into The Groove
3. Deeper and Deeper
4. Take A Bow
5. Vogue
6. Express Yourself
7. White Heat
8. Open Your Heart
9. Easy Ride
10. Ray Of Light

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Oh god, Live To Tell... shit, put that at 6 and bump everything else down. "Sorry" and "Jump" might yet get in my 20, but not the 10...

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Deeper & Deeper
Vogue
Express Yourself
Bad Girl
Into The Groove
Open Your Heart
Burning Up
Lucky Star (curiously underrated these days)
Like A Virgin

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

Haven't heard anything from her new album yet:

Into the Groove
Justify My Love
Ray of Light
Live To Tell
Like a Prayer

Borderline
Beautiful Stranger
Human Nature (mainly because I really really like the video)
Dress You Up
Oh Father

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:49 (twenty years ago)

Perhaps someone will score the results and thus definitively find the BEST MADONNA SONG EVER. Perhaps not.

Almost everybody has listed "Into the Groove" ...

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

good to see the love for Deeper & Deeper. Donno what I'd say these days for an POX though, i'll need to listen to the catalogue again.

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:58 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to add "Dress You Up." Yes, I know I already picked 10, but Tim only had 9 on his list, so I'm stealing his last slot.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Thursday, 17 November 2005 08:21 (twenty years ago)

argh I forgot my tenth choice - it's because it's too difficult! Candidates are "Waiting" or "Justify My Love" or "Something To Remember" or "Live To Tell".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 17 November 2005 08:29 (twenty years ago)

Too late. Mwah ha ha, etc.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:13 (twenty years ago)

More people should hear "Something To Remember" - it's so gloriously OTT broadway.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:23 (twenty years ago)

Into the Groove
Ray of Light
Drowned World/Substitute for Love
Borderline
Beautiful Stranger
Live To Tell
Cherish
Dress You Up
Get Together
Push

― naranjito (Koens), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:27 (twenty years ago)

xpost

That would be a difficult one to leave off my top 20. I love the way the tune goes into the "Guess I'm waiting for my place in the sun..." bit.

The Dick Tracy songs in general are underrated. Well, not "Hanky panky." But the Sondheim ballads like "Sooner or Later" and the totally overlooked "What Can You Lose," and also the cheeky "More."

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:28 (twenty years ago)

I love "Hanky Panky". I had NO Idea what it was about when it came out. "Sooner or Later" is also fantastic. I play it any time I'm in.. pursuit.. and it gives me confidence where there'd otherwise be none.

And yes, "Something To Remember" is glorious. God, as is "You'll See". And lots of her ballads. I need a ballad POX and a nonballad POX.

― MC Stylised Vadge (edwardo), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:32 (twenty years ago)

yeah i liked those alot, i liked that her voice wasn't quite up to it, i miss ac and broadway madonna

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

i know it (album track)
jimmy jimmy(album track)
angel
borderline
into the groove
this used to be my playground
gambler
hung up
love song ( with prince)
thief of hearts(album track)

― retroboy, Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

gambler!!!

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

Yes, "!!!" "Gambler" is the one Madonna track I would totally and utterly destroy without compunction.

Edward, you should try playing "Hanky Panky" the next time you're...in pursuit.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

I might have more luck, but I might not get what I want, though! "Jimmy Jimmy" is probhably the most hilarious thing she ever did (NB: WHITE HEAT IS BAD-ASS NOT FUNNY), and I have a soft spot for it.

― MC Stylised Vadge (edwardo), Thursday, 17 November 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Borderline
Cherish
Express Yourself
Holiday
Into The Groove
La Isla Bonita
Like A Prayer
Nothing Fails
Ray Of Light
Take A Bow

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 17 November 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

"Gambler" is the one Madonna track I would totally and utterly destroy without compunction

You have plainly lost your mind. In the early days she could suggest so much with just the sound of her voice. Before the silly accent, it was her most glorious talent.

It's also one of the few songs in which the verses are stronger than the chorus.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Man, where the fuck is the love for "Papa Don't Preach"???

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 17 November 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

no one's mentioned my fave so far: "Physical Attraction"

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 17 November 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

1. Live To Tell
2. Borderline
3. Spanish Eyes
4. Crazy For You
5. Like A Prayer
6. Cherish
7. Ray Of Light
8. La Isla Bonita
9. Rescue Me
10. Oh Father

― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 18 November 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

You have plainly lost your mind.

Have I? HAVE I? HAVE I LOST MY MIND? OR DID I NEVER HAVE A MIND TO LOSE?!

Er, wait.

In the early days she could suggest so much with just the sound of her voice. Before the silly accent, it was her most glorious talent.

Sort of true, although I'm not sure what she could be said to be suggesting with her voice on "Gambler." That she has a royal flush?

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Friday, 18 November 2005 11:15 (twenty years ago)

Having now heard the new album (and loving it) I have to add "Get Together" as I think it might be her best song ever. I can't stop listening to it! I can't wait to hear it real loud in a club and just go nuts.

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 24 November 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

I am now certain that "Hung Up" belongs in my POX.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 25 November 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

1) cherish 2) crazy for you
3) live to tell
4) ray of light
5) like a prayer
6) open your heart
7) dress you up
8) la isla bonita
9) angel
10) hung up

― di, Friday, 25 November 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

Borderline
Crazy For You
True Blue
Burning Up
Open Your Heart
Causing A Commotion
Into The Groove
Lucky Star
Express Yourself
Frozen

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)

I am pretty sure I did this before, but the new album has brought on at least one change anyway:

1. Dear Jessie
2. Spanish Eyes
3. Oh Father
4. The Power Of Good-Bye
5. Sorry
6. Secret
7. Holiday
8. Promise To Try
9. Material Girl
10.Music

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. Forgot about "La Isla Bonita", which should be at #8 in my list.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:06 (twenty years ago)

Take this off my list, I don't know what I was thinking:

"What It Feels Like For a Girl"

And sub: "Get Together" (from the new one) or "Material Girl"

― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 28 November 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

there were two of these:

OP10 Madonna

but i'd like to add SKIN to mine which i can't believe i never appreciated before. i've been reading gary mulholland's FEAR OF MUSIC book and he bangs on about it therein.

― pisces (piscesx), Thursday, 8 February 2007 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

i must be on some every-february-i-love-madonna tip or same but
how FUCKING AMAZING is DEEPER AND DEEPER?
man alive. i mean...

― pisces, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 02:13 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I'm a convert.

― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

like a virgin
inside of me
deeper and deeper
into the groove
where life begins
like a prayer (immaculate collection rmx)
borderline
bedtime story
papa don't preach
x-static process

― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

cherish
open your heart
lucky star
live to tell
music
i remember
hung up
this used to be my playground
oh father
secret

― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:59 (fifteen years ago)

ah I forgot crazy for you! shit!!!

― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 22 October 2010 22:00 (fifteen years ago)

ah I forgot crazy for you! shit!!!

― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 22 October 2010 22:01 (fifteen years ago)

oh jeez I've tried to do this with friends several times and can never get it down to just 10. Will currently attempt:

― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 24 October 2010 16:14 (fifteen years ago)

Ray of Light
Justify My Love
Vogue
Rain
Human Nature
Beautiful Stranger
Music
Open Your Heart
Into The Groove
Bye Bye Baby
Crazy For You

I can't get rid of any :(

― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 24 October 2010 16:19 (fifteen years ago)

FUCK but then there's "Future Lovers" with its weird time signature manipulations and shit. So classic.

― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 24 October 2010 16:55 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

Deeper and Deeper
Burning Up
Lucky Star
Hung Up
Don't Tell Me
Secret
Human Nature
Bedtime Story
Like A Prayer
Into The Groove

― a lake full of ancient spices (los blue jeans), Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:50 (twelve years ago)

Live to tell
Physical attraction
Lucky star
Open your heart
Bad girl
Papa don't preach
Into the groove
Borderline
Crazy for you
Justify my love

― ewar woowar (or something), Saturday, 18 January 2014 20:50 (twelve years ago)

Lucky Star (extended mix)
Borderline (new mix)
Material Girl
Into the Groove
Papa Don't Preach
Hung Up
Everybody
Holiday
Dress You Up (extended)
Physical Attraction

― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 18 January 2014 22:20 (twelve years ago)

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