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VOGUE/I'M BREATHLESS/BLOND AMBITION TOUR: 20th Anniversary Thread


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Wow, I feel old. I remember working my first job in high school and blasting this song from our boom box. The single mix has such a fun intro - with her playful "whooooooo!" as the music builds.

She was EVERYWHERE that spring and summer. Those were the days.

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WHAT'RE YOU LOOKING AT!!

CMON VOGUE!!! :vogue:

The Vogue VMA performance was THE VERY FIRST ONE I've seen by our GODDESS :bow:. I still remember the day my uncle played the Immaculate Collection DVD on my home theater system. I was hooked on Vogue since then :dramatic:

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Fuck I am getting old. I can recall clearly being a young gay rocking out to this everyday on the radio while going to pick my sister up from summer school. It was always on.

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her look in Vogue was incredible. I've never seen someone more gorgeous. even she couldn't outdo herself

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FINALLY SOME APPRECIATION FOR BREATHLESS MAHONY!!! it's gonna be a fabulous and glamorous month in MadonnaNation :dramatic:

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Guest vermicious knid

There are only two kinds of Madonna fans in this world. Those who believe "Vogue" is her best song ever, and those who don't. I belong to the former, and I look upon the people in the latter with sympathy and pity. The poor things.

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Guest edsalas

Vogue is a really good song which I have to admit that when I was a kid I didn't like this song. I got into it many years later. It's an iconic song, crucial in Madonna's career and saying that she looks amazing in the video is an understatement. I think no one can pull off the retro Hollywood's Golden Era look better than her. Plus, she really danced her ass off in the video. What else? Oh, and her 1990 VMA's performance is truly amazing, out of this world.

About I'm Breathless, well, it's always been one of my most favorite Madonna albums ever. For me, it's the album where she delivered her best vocal performances from any of her albums as a whole. She really challenged herself in taking the task of performing a music genre that was new for her (in terms of recording) and she really delivered the goods. The music's great, really catchy, bouncy, chic, sophisticated, funny, all at the same time. I really don't understand when Madonna fans dog this album because it's a sheer masterpiece from start to finish.

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The "Vogue" single hit stores at the end of the March 1990.

CHARTS:

THE BILLBOARD HOT 100

Debut Date: April 14, 1990

Peak Date: May 19, 1990

Peak Position: #1 (3 weeks)

Week-by-week Rundown: 39-28-12-4-2-1-1-1-2-5-6-14-20-23-33-40-50-56-58-59-67-67-76-100-// (24 weeks total)

Final Week on Chart: September 22, 1990

HOT 100 SINGLES SALES

Peak Position: #1 (2 weeks)

HOT 100 AIRPLAY

Peak Date: May 19, 1990

Peak Position: #1 (3 weeks)

HOT DANCE MUSIC / CLUB PLAY

Debut Date: April 21, 1990

Peak Date: May 19, 1990

Peak Position: #1 (2 weeks)

Week-by-week Rundown: 31-5-2-2-1-1-2-6-15-34-50-// (11 weeks total)

Final Week on Chart: June 30, 1990

HOT DANCE MUSIC / MAXI-SINGLES SALES

Debut Date: April 28, 1990

Peak Date: May 5, 1990

Peak Position: #1 (6 weeks)

Week-by-week Rundown: 4-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-13-25-48-// (13 weeks total)

Final Week on Chart: July 21, 1990

HOT R&B / HIP-HOP SINGLES AND TRACKS

Debut Date: May 5, 1990

Peak Date: June 30, 1990

Peak Position: #16

Week-by-week Rundown: 67-63-37-33-24-19-17-18-16-29-61-69-84-95-// (14 weeks total)

Final Week on Chart: August 4, 1990

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Debut Date: May 5, 1990

Peak Date: June 16, 1990

Peak Position: #23 (13 weeks total)

Final Week on Chart: July 28, 1990

HOT 100 RECURRENT AIRPLAY

Debut Date: November 10, 1990

Peak Date: November 10, 1990

Peak Position: #3

Week-by-week Rundown: 3-6-6-7-6-6-8-8-8-8-9-12-13-16-19-23-23-20-25-22-24-21-18-18-18-15-12-9-15-12-11-12-14-11-14-15-13-17-17-17-19-20-20-22-23-25-22-20-24-25-// (50 weeks total)

Final Week on Chart: October 19, 1991

(courtesy of the Madonna Billboard Archives)

TRIVIA (courtesy of Bad Robot's Charts Archive): Although "Vogue" received its own proper single in most countries, Australia followed the original plan and released it as the B-side to "Keep It Together." Undoubtedly "Vogue" became the stronger selling point and propelled the song to the top of the Australian charts for five weeks. Also, many chart-watching fans believe that "Vogue" would have had an even more impressive run in the United States had it been released under the Soundscan/BDS system Billboard instituted in 1991. Since Soundscan, Billboard's #1 hits have tended to have longer runs in the top spot, and "Vogue" could easily have spent more weeks at number one than hits like "Take A Bow," "Music," and "Like A Virgin."

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