loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Lets celebrate one of Madonna's biggest songs, ITG, released (just about) 30 years ago! Wow. Featured in the club scene in the equally immortal Desperately Seeking Susan, and described as "the first great Madonna song", this is arguably the song that cemented her career and her swift ascent to legendom. Her first UK number one after Like a Virgin was blocked by the 2 biggest Christmas hits ever, it was also robbed of a #1 slot in the US due to Sire's insistence on making it the b-side of "Angel" to flog more copies of LAV. It was her third(?) Australian number one as a double A side with "Angel" and as a 12 inch only single with Angel was the second biggest selling single of 1985 in America behind We Are The World. It was later appended to UK copies of LAV making that a number one album, but of course we were bizarrely left without a remaster on the 2001 reissues not even as a bonus track. On the 1985 reissue you have the best track segue on an album ever from ITG to DYU. The video is the best not proper video compilation clip ever, genius editing and features a brilliant unique edit that trims some of it to make it more of a pop than dance song. Good going stranger! My sister had the 12 inch (with classic bsides Everybody and Shoo-Be-Doo ) which I used to borrow in the days when I was intrigued by Madge but not yet a proper fan. The quintessential Madonna track about dancing and the escape of music, music can be such a revelation and only when you're dancing can you feel this free, ITG is a timeless classic in the Madonna canon. Now bow down bitches to this all time classic!
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Some performances, before she wasn't able to leave this one out
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 It was later remixed by Shep Pettibone on You Can Dance This mix was fine with the piano solo, but was sadly edited down for The Immaculate Collection, the only major mistake on that album. But worse was to come with Into the Hollywood Groove Pettibone himself stole the bassline for this track by a Madonna soundalike
paradise Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 The best and sexiest song of the 80s by any artist
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 One of her best picture discs in the classic heart shape
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Critical acclaim 18th best single of 1985 - NME 64th best single of all time (2002) - NME In the NME's two most recent all time lists from the past couple of years "Like a Prayer" would feature high and no ITG
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Downtown NY contemporaries Sonic Youth knew Madonna from her early days and rechristened themselves Ciccone Youth for this groovy desecration. Naturally this was more up NME's alley and they gave it the 3rd best single of 1986.
Flip The Switch Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Couldn't agree with you more loomah! One of her greatest.
david86 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Super track that encapsulates everything M had done by 85! I remember it so well, that fresh sounding track being played 100 times a day. -Baby talk I remember too, yep elements of the bassline. - Nice to hear it again.... she almost ruined it with horrible commercial, with missy E
Chimera Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Once defined as The Perfect Pop Song..it surely is!
Roland Barthes Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 To me into the groove is an iconic track even more than Vogue. The first track officially produced by Madonna (and Steve Bray) to be released commercialy. It's up there ith Heart of Glass as a track that transcends genre, it's "electro disco new wave" pure pop heaven. I once read it's like cocaine on cotton candy and that's exactly it. The bridge is everything (according to Erika Belle she wrote it on the spot while in the recording booth) and that bridge is very New Order. Even people who don't like Madonna love this track because it's addictive, sexy and carefree. Happy birthday !
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 She wrote it when watching a Puerto Rican boy didn't she? And once described the song as dumb in typical fickle fashion in The Face 1994 or whatever. Here she said it was her favourite song at the time 2.30
Mattress Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 All hail "Into The Groove"! Eighties video editing tastications: "Live out your fantasy here with ME."
Mattress Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 C! c'm-mm-cmm... C! c'm-mm-cmm... C! c'm-mm-cmm... *True Blue giggle* "Are you ready?!!!!!!!" "Groove boy!"
Mattress Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 It's sweet that she let Carlton sing the "with someone else" line for her during Blond Ambition.
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 This pre-fame track is another example of her and Steve Bray recycling their earliest songs, this is sort of a prelude to Groove
Guest juliebean Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 SUSAN. I love DSS so much. I think it's her best movie!
Roland Barthes Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Early 00's nods to Madonna from french (then) underground dj's Miss Kittin Stock exchange woman "Madonna singing Into the groove in my cell phone ringing like a non stop metronome" @ 3:11 Blackstrobe (Yvan Smagghe, Jennifer Cardini, Arnaud Rebotini) Me and Madonna "It's so nice to get into the groove"
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Dannii knows best Like The Gap, the less said about that the better. The original song itself is just a very pale ITG clone anyway.
Guest Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 WeboGirl flashback: It was the summer of '85, I was 14 years old. My friends and I made our routine weekend visit to mall. This time we were on our way to get the Into The Groove single. To our surprise, the lady in the locally owned record store said it was only available on the Angel 12 inch. We thought, 'how weird'. So the three of us bought our own copy of the Angel 12". Beautiful cover. What a great summer that was.
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