Like a Virgin (song)
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| "Like a Virgin" | ||
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| Single by Madonna | ||
| From the album Like A Virgin | ||
| Released | November 6 ,1984 | |
| Format | 12" single CD single | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | Sire | |
| Writers | Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly | |
| Producer | Nile Rodgers | |
| Director | Mary Lambert | |
| Certification | Gold | |
| Chart positions | #1 U.S. #1 AU #3 UK | |
| Madonna singles chronology | ||
| "Lucky Star" 1984 | "Like a Virgin" 1984 | "Material Girl" 1985 |
"Like a Virgin" is the first number-one single from American singer Madonna, topping the charts at the end of 1984, and the beginning of 1985. "Like A Virgin" was also the first single from Madonna's second album Like A Virgin. It also appears, slightly remixed, on her best-selling 1990 compilation album The Immaculate Collection.
Song information
"Like a Virgin" (the song) was Madonna's biggest hit until 1995's "Take a Bow" and her biggest hit of the 1980s. It was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, and remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks.Madonna has reinvented the song by singing it with different arrangements on her Blond Ambition tour and The Girlie Show. Madonna wears a wedding gown in the music video, which was directed by Mary Lambert.
"Like a Virgin" was honored by Rolling Stone magazine and MTV in 2000 as the fourth song on their list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs".
Madonna also performed "Like a Virgin" at the first MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in 1984.
Production
"Like a Virgin" was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, and was produced by Nile Rodgers. Other credits on the song are as follows:- Bass by Bernard Edwards.
- Guitar by Nile Rodgers.
- Drums by Tony Thompson.
- Assorted synthesizers and bass synthesizer by Rob Sabino.
Music video
The music video, directed by Mary Lambert, was shot in Venice, Italy and partly in New York City. It shows Madonna dancing on a gondola and running around in a wedding dress. It premiered on MTV on July 12, 1984 and became an instant hit.
Two other live-performance videos also exist, one from the Virgin Tour (directed by Danny Kleinmann, released in 1985) and one from the Blond Ambition Tour (directed by Alek Keshishian, and released in 1991). She performed a remastered version of the song during the Confessions Tour, where she danced on a mechanical horse-like device dressed in S&M styled riding gear.
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