MADONNA FRIDAY: LIKE A VIRGIN

In Madonna's vast catalogue of hits there is only one song that truly made her a superstar....Like A Virgin. A few hits came before, and many, many came after, but LAV was what made it VERY clear that Madonna was THE icon of her generation. Released as the first single off of her second album of the same name, Like A Virgin was a phenomenon. It was her very first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and it stayed there for six weeks. She even opened the first MTV VMAs in a wedding dress atop a cake in one of the most notorious performances of all time. Every girl in America started dressing like Madonna at this point, whether they meant to or not, and that was that. The video, filmed in Venice, Italy, showed Madge roaming around a castle, fraternizing with a lion and writhing on a gondola. She was free, sexy and independent. Madonna has performed LAV on all her tours, frequently changing up the arrangement and playing with the meaning of the song. It doesn't get more iconic than this, folks. Here is the song that cemented Madonna's status as...well....Madonna! Enjoy and have a good Madonna Friday!