Which of these US Hot 100 charting singles is most egregiously absent from Madonna's "Celebration" CD/DVD?

christ you think she'd still be proud of that golden globe

Did "Deeper and Deeper" really not hit the US Hot 100?

"Keep It Together"! Not that I like it that much, but it was inescapable, wasn't it?

"Deeper and Deeper" was a top ten hit -- seven of these were.

"Keep It Together"! Not that I like it that much, but it was inescapable, wasn't it?

A top ten, yes, but not inescapable. The record company pulled the plug on it as soon as "Vogue" was released.

"Keep It Together" has a fantastic, radically different remix that I haven't heard since 1990.

"Bad Girl" is my favorite, corny as it may be.

"Oh Father" is one of her best ever songs, so it would be that one.

"Bad Girl" is my favourite of these (and one of my fave Madonna songs ever) but I think "Causing A Commotion" is the one that really obviously should be on the comp, as an example of the You Can Dance era.

Causing a Commotion, chiefly because it's only available on the Who's That Girl soundtrack (which isn't bad, but shouldn't be the only place that song is available).

I picked "Angel" over "Bad Girl." Nile Rodgers' pizzicato guitar, Madonna's laugh, and the thrill of hearing her lower register in full bloom are irresistable.

"Causing a Commotion" (hello! she performed it on the Blonde Ambition tour - my Madonna conversion moment), then "Angel" (just heard it for the first time all decade if not since the 1980s and it holds up very well, esp. as a canny example of working around her vocal limitations), and then the underrated "Hanky Panky" (but I'm more than fine with its omission).

The rest can land on some forgettable Something to Remember equivalent. And I'll never get y'all's love for "Bad Girl." I suppose it's okay unto itself. But when I want to hear a disco album (roots or otherwise), then I want wall-to-wall disco! Keep that ballad shit with Gloria Estefan or on Ray of Light.

Will there be a British version that includes the likes of "Gambler?"

There's a despondent party girl quality to "Bad Girl" that hits me in a way most Madonna songs don't.

Erotica ain't no disco album.

why on earth was "gambler" never even released in the US? one of her absolute best - the "YOU can't stop me now!" part is thrilling

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It's a disco roots album for most of its duration. But as with Dangerous and countless other albums, ballads/message songs/art moves/etc. betray this higher mission.

*egregiously shakes fist at Kevin*

Wow! I agree with Geir! "Oh Father" is a startlingly good song... always thought it was one of her best. Should've been a number 1.

I've always been bothered by the way in which "Oh Father" moves so quickly and abruptly into its chorus. It feels impatient. Like maybe Patrick Leonard had strapped Madonna to a chair and said "we will write a confessional song in the next half an hour if it kills us. Stare at this rorschach and tell me about your childhood. Your time starts... now."

gee thanx, that makes me want to hear the damn thing. (whatever became of Patrick Leonard? anyone?)

He produced the likes of Jewel but still managed a couple of cowrites on Ray of Light. Probably did more than anyone to teach Madonna how to write Meaningful Songs with verse-chorus-verse.

Did "Deeper and Deeper" really not hit the US Hot 100?

It did, but it also appears on the Celebration DVD.

Angel
Causing A Commotion
Keep It Together
Rescue Me
Bad Girl
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one of these

Voted "Playground" since it was (iirc) the only U.S. #1 hit among these.

Always been a "Rescue Me" fan. Since that song and "Justify My Love" were the new songs on The Immaculate Collection, I thought Madonna was heading toward a full album of spoken-word dance songs.

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I share the love for 'Bad Girl.'

As do I.

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A ha ha ha ha h a....

Title track and first single off album, left off greatest hits, and no-one minds!