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Like a Virgin (Music)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Like a Virgin is the second studio album recorded by American pop musician Madonna. It was released through Sire Records on November 12, 1984.With her second album, Madonna sought for some more creative independence—something Warner Bros. Records was not ready to surrender. She partially got around it by choosing Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, hot off the heels of David Bowie's megahit Let's Dance from the previous year, to assist with production. She was able to write half of the album, mostly with assistance from Stephen Bray.The album was Madonna's breakthrough, putting her in the American consciousness with hits such as "Into The Groove" (which was added to the 1985 re-release of the album), "Material Girl", and the Title Track. The last two would both become Signature Songs.The album would ultimately top both the Billboard 200 and Official Charts Company album charts. It has sold 21 million copies worldwide, being certified Diamond by the RIAA, and triple-Platinum by the BPI.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The Title Track would be her first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album would see three singles go Top 5 on that chart. "Into the Groove" was disqualified from the Hot 100 since it was the B-side to "Angel", but did top the UK pop chart (her first #1 there) and the Billboard Dance chart."Love Don't Live Here Anymore" would be released as a single in 1996 in connection with her second Greatest Hits Album, Something to Remember.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) Track listingOriginal 1984 releaseSide One "Material Girl" (4:04) "Angel" (3:57) "Like A Virgin" (3:39) "Over And Over" (4:13) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (4:51)Side Two "Dress You Up" (4:02) "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (5:18) "Pretender" (4:31) "Stay" (4:09)1985 re-releaseSide One "Material Girl" (4:04) "Angel" (3:57) "Like A Virgin" (3:39) "Over And Over" (4:13) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (4:51)Side Two "Into The Groove" (4:43) "Dress You Up" (4:01) "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (5:16) "Pretender" (4:30) "Stay" (4:07) | |
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Face on the Cover | |
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Face on the Cover: Madonna in wedding dress, lying in bed. | |
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Title Track: | |
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Please, Don't Leave Me | |
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Please, Don't Leave Me: "Stay". | |
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Virgin Power | |
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Virgin Power: "Like a Virgin" | |
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Sexy Packaging | |
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Sexy Packaging: On the album cover we see Madonna lying in bed, dressed in a wedding dress with notable décolleté and her bride bouquet near her, all suggesting that she's a new bride ready for her groom. | |
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Nature Adores a Virgin | |
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Nature Adores a Virgin: The obsession and scandalous atmosphere surrounding the title track can only be explained by this trope. The album cover also plays this up. The lyrics of the title track make it clear, however, that feeling "like a virgin" and actually being a virgin are two different things. | |
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Record Producer | |
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Record Producer: Nile Rodgers, Madonna, and Stephen Bray. | |
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Pep-Talk Song | |
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Pep-Talk Song: "Over and Over" in which Madonna tells her listeners that failing isn't a disaster, "you start again over and over". | |
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The Power of Rock | |
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The Power of Music: "Music can be such a revelation. Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation" - "Into The Groove". | |
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Destructive Romance | |
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Destructive Romance: "The Pretender", where the protagonist knows the object of her desire is a pretender, but she still wants to try and change him. Of course, she is left behind as well. | |
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Saying Sound Effects Out Loud | |
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Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: "Shoo-Bee-Doo". | |
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Femme Fatale | |
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Femme Fatale: Madonna on the album cover. | |
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One True Love | |
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One True Love: "Like a Virgin" and "Angel", both about having found Mr. Perfect. | |
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Canon Discontinuity | |
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Canon Discontinuity: Madonna doesn't perform "Material Girl" during concerts anymore since the late 1980s, due to the Misaimed Fandom of the song and the way that the media and fans basically used the title as their de facto nickname for Madonna. Many people thought the song glorified consumerism and materialism, while she actually intended it as a satire. It was performed on the Re-Invention Tour, but only because she couldn't learn how to play the chords for "Dress You Up" in time, and the tour director (Jamie King) convinced her to put the song on the set list. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Check the album cover. | |
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Madonna-Whore Complex | |
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Madonna–Whore Complex: Madonna's public image as a cross between a pious and chaste holy mother image and a confrontational sex kitten was pioneered on this album. She even toys with it on the album cover: | |
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Catholic School Girls Rule | |
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Catholic School Girls Rule: Madonna flirts with her Catholic faith by openly wearing crosses on the album cover. | |
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Break-Up Song | |
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Break-Up Song: An example of Covered Up (originally by Rolls Royce) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", where the protagonist has just been left by her former partner. | |
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One-Woman Song | |
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One-Woman Song: "Material Girl". | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: The intro to "Like a Virgin" was directly inspired by "Can't Help Myself" by Four Tops. The music video to "Material Girl" was a shout-out to Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes during the "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friends" sequence. A famous scene in Reservoir Dogs had the character Mr. Brown discuss the Public Secret Message behind "Like a Virgin". In The Professional, Mathilda Lando wears Madonna's costume from "Like A Virgin" and sings the titular song while playing dressup with Leon. | |
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Dancing Is Serious Business | |
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Dancing Is Serious Business: "Into the Groove" | |
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Cover Version | |
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Cover Version: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce. | |
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Deliberately Monochrome | |
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Deliberately Monochrome: The album cover. | |
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One-Word Title | |
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One-Word Title: "Angel", "Pretender", "Stay". | |
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Sublime Rhyme | |
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Sublime Rhyme: Madonna wears a belt with the words "boy toy". | |
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Intercourse with You | |
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Intercourse with You: Arguably a huge theme, including in "Dress You Up". Subverted in "Stay" | |
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Fairytale Wedding Dress | |
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Fairytale Wedding Dress: Madonna wears a wedding dress on the album cover, whether it's fairytale-like is up to you. | |
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Technical Virgin | |
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Technical Non-Virgin: The narrator of "Like a Virgin" has clearly gone all the way with men in the past, but her new paramour makes her feel pure and innocent again. | |
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