Like a Virgin
Like a Virgin (1984, see 1984 in music) was a hit album and song by Madonna. The album was #1 on Billboard Music Chart's pop albums chart and #10 on the hip hop/R&B charts.
"Like a Virgin" was Madonna's biggest hit prior to "Vogue" and her biggest hit of the 1980s. It was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, and remained the #1 hit single on the Billboard pop singles charts (US) for six straight weeks. "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl", both from this album, are two of Madonna's most enduring and well-known songs.
Madonna has reinvented the song by singing it with different arrangements on her Blond Ambition tour and The Girlie Show. Madonna wears a wedding gown in the video, which was directed by Mary Lambert.
The song was the subject of a famous exegesis in the opening scene of Quentin Tarantino's film, Reservoir Dogs. It was also the subject of a parody by Weird Al Yankovic, "Like a Surgeon", and was performed by Jim Broadbent in the film Moulin Rouge! (2001) as a comic piece.
"Like A Virgin" was honored by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000 as the #4 song on their list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs".
Track listing
- "Material Girl" (Brown/Rans) - 4:01
- "Angel" (Bray/Madonna) - 3:55
- "Like a Virgin" (Kelly/Steinberg) - 3:39
- "Over and Over" (Bray/Madonna) - 4:12
- "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Gregory) - 4:50 (Rose Royce cover)
- "Into the Groove" (From the film Bass guitar
- Nile Rodgers - Guitar, Producer, Synclavier
- Jimmy Bralower - Programming, Drum Programming
- Stephen Bray - Producer
- Madonna - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Jason Corsaro - Engineer
- Brenda King - Vocals (bckgr)
- Curtis King
- Lenny Pickett - Saxophone
- Robert Sabino - Synthesizer
- Frank Simms - Vocals (bckgr)
- George Simms - Vocals (bckgr)
- Budd Tunick - Production Manager
- Jeri McManus - Design
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - Art Direction
- Jeffrey Kent Ayer - Design
- Steven Meisel - Photography
- Tony Thompson - Drums
