The 6th and final single off of the Like a Prayer album, Keep It Together was the very first Madonna single of the 1990s. Now that's something to hang your hat on, girls. The song talks about the importance of family, and despite Madonna's confessional stance at the time that her childhood was less than peachy-keen as far as relationships with her family, she expresses that they did in fact help make her who she was and that bond cannot be broken. Keep It Together returned Madonna to the top 10, peaking at #8, after Oh Father was her first since Holiday to miss that mark (#20). However, in Australia the song was released as a Double-A side with Vogue, resulting in a #1 hit Down Under. It also reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play charts in the U.S. There was no official video for Keep It Together, but upon the release of Madonna's documentary Truth or Dare, video chanels began playing her performance from the Blond Ambition Tour, which was the final encore of the show. Based on A Clockwork Orange, the number used Fosse-style choreography as depicted Madonna and her dancers as a tight-knit clan. Enjoy the clip of Keep It Together below. Happy Madonna Friday!!!
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Friday, September 21, 2012
MADONNA FRIDAY: KEEP IT TOGETHER
The 6th and final single off of the Like a Prayer album, Keep It Together was the very first Madonna single of the 1990s. Now that's something to hang your hat on, girls. The song talks about the importance of family, and despite Madonna's confessional stance at the time that her childhood was less than peachy-keen as far as relationships with her family, she expresses that they did in fact help make her who she was and that bond cannot be broken. Keep It Together returned Madonna to the top 10, peaking at #8, after Oh Father was her first since Holiday to miss that mark (#20). However, in Australia the song was released as a Double-A side with Vogue, resulting in a #1 hit Down Under. It also reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play charts in the U.S. There was no official video for Keep It Together, but upon the release of Madonna's documentary Truth or Dare, video chanels began playing her performance from the Blond Ambition Tour, which was the final encore of the show. Based on A Clockwork Orange, the number used Fosse-style choreography as depicted Madonna and her dancers as a tight-knit clan. Enjoy the clip of Keep It Together below. Happy Madonna Friday!!!
Friday, July 2, 2010
MADONNA FRIDAY: OPEN YOUR HEART
Madonna came thisclose to showing her vagina in this video!!! Open Your Heart was the fourth single released off of her smash True Blue album, and it did not disappoint. The song is a throbbing piece of pop rock and Madonna's vocals are top notch. The sexy video, in which Madge plays a dancer in a peep show joint and dances with and kisses a VERY young boy, and clearly inspired by Bob Fosse and even Liza Minnelli, helped push the song up the charts in the winter of 1986/87, finally hitting #1 on February 7, 1987. A pop classic by any standard, Madonna still plays Open Your Heart in concert from time to time and it's a fan fave. Enjoy the video for Open Your Heart, bitches!
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