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[Liam.k.]

It's been 25 years since 'This Used to Be My Playground' - the theme to the film A League of Their Own in which Madonna starred.

In early 1992, after wrapping up filming for A League of Their Own, Madonna and Shep Pettibone were busy working on the recording sessions for Erotica. Columbia representatives approached Madonna to ask if she'd record a song for the film and, after deciding none of the demos they had been working on would be appropriate, Madonna and Pettibone wrote and produce a ballad titled 'This Used to Be My Playground' in just two days. It's a song very reminiscent of the themes explored in the Like a Prayer album as Madonna sings of revisiting places from her childhood. As we reach different milestones and chapters of our lives that come with their own challenges and frustrations, we tend to look back to our childhood for more simple and innocent times, returning to places we associate these feelings with. Madonna debates with her head and her heart; she knows she should move on with life but it's hard to stop looking back during times of heartache and tribulations.

Although not well-remembered today, 'This Used to Be My Playground' was positively received by critics and was a big chart success, reaching the Top 10 in countries across the world and notably peaking at #1 in the US, becoming her 10th to do so and thus breaking her tie with Whitney Houston as the female artist with the most number one singles.