It might seem an obvious winner now, but Madonna\u2019s Vogue was at first the speedily and cheaply-built flip side to an entirely different single<\/p>\n
RECORDING WEEK 2025: \u201cStrike a pose\u201d commands the Queen of Pop at the outset of one of her most recognisable singles. Yet Madonna\u2019s perennial dancefloor-summoning monolith Vogue was originally rustled up as the cheap backing to the inferior Keep It Together single.<\/p>\n
At the cusp of the 1990s, Madonna was riding high following a decade that had seen her profile ascend from that of kooky NY street kid to chart-dominating titan of modern pop. At the age of 31, Madonna had become the first artist in history to have a stunning 16 consecutive top 5 singles.<\/p>\n
But, as a new decade dawned, Madonna was beginning to worry.<\/p>\n
1989\u2019s fourth studio album, Like a Prayer had been a mammoth success on both a commercial and an artistic level. Yet its emotive fourth single, Oh Father, had frustratingly broken Madonna\u2019s golden streak, landing outside of the top 50 entirely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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