None of those should be bottom 3 tbh, not in a rate with Bitch, Revulva and Fever AT LEAST

Turn Up the Radio is fab. Despite her SKINNY LATTE vocal.

'Hey You' is a very deserved last place. Painful from the first line, both vocally and lyrically - self-empowering cliché lyrics are the worst of all cliché lyrics. The whole "first love yourself..." verse is truly awful. Her heart was in the right place but her brain clearly wasn't.

 

Everything about 'Turn Up the Radio' should be awful but I actually find something quite catchy about it which puts it marginally better than the previous two singles from MDNA.

 

'Hanky Panky' is much better than it is given credit for. It's a very theatrical song which means it is best suited with a performance, as the Re-invention Tour showed spectacularly:

 

Don't get the "Hanky Panky" hate, actually quite like this song, so fun and catchy and definitely should NOT be bottom 3. "Bitch I'm Madonna" should be bottom 3, hopefully that should be out in the next lot.

 

"Turn Up The Radio", I'm indifferent towards that, yes I don't think it should have been a single, but considering the already mess of MDNA era, nothing would have made a difference by that point. Apart from "Masterpiece" all the single choices were wrong from that album.

 

"Hey You", Yes I do agree with that one, a horrible song that nothing for her career and totally pointless.

Why is 'Fever' so hated? :unsure:

It's a poor song and her cover version is both pointless and lifeless. Plus it should not have been a single when Erotica is packed with great tracks.

No complaints so far

Be nice to add highest and lowest rates!

No complaints so far

Be nice to add highest and lowest rates!

 

We probably will as we get up to the higher songs, but for now, there's so many to get out of the way, it'd take forever!

I wouldn't have 'Turn Up The Radio' in the bottom 3 but can't complain at the other two. 'Fever' isn't also THAT bad but definitely in her bottom quarter singles wise ~

Do you wanna die happy?

 

 

71. The Look Of Love 5.41

72. Fever 5.4

73. Bitch I'm Madonna 5.4

74. Revolver 5.36

75. Give Me All Your Luvin' 5.32

 

Lead single to MDNA, Give Me All Your Luvin' saw Madonna hook up with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. It builds on the hype of her then-upcoming Super Bowl half time appearance with its cheerleader chants and themes of celebration and being the absolute best you can be, which admittedly did make for a catchy pop song. However, being stuck in your head doesn't always equate to a good song, as there is something particularly lifeless in Madonna's robotic delivery and the whole song totally lacks authenticity which just leaves you bored and cold. The features appear to be desperate attempts of clinging on to relevancy and I single-handedly blame this for destroying Madonna's credibility as far as radio are concerned.

 

Another feature now in the shape of Revolver - a Lil Wayne collab that marked the end of Disc 1 to Celebration. The song follows on from the electro-R&B sounds of Hard Candy and acts as a step towards the mix of sex and murder that is present in songs on MDNA. It has a lot more oomph to it than the song above but suffers a similar fate in regards to Madonna's vocals, leaving it filler at best, particularly when, on the greatest hits, it succeeds her more successful sex-related songs.

 

Bitch I'm Madonna was Madonna's most recent official single and demonstrated her most crazy production yet, with a series of abrupt cuts, zip effects, bleeps, sirens, dubstep sounds and anything else co-producer Diplo could throw into the mix. The title comes from a phrase coined by Diplo which proposes that anyone who is strong, able to take on criticism and not to be messed with is a "Madonna", hence the selection of stars in the video who fit this description, although, it must be said, the message that ended up being portrayed was that Madonna could party and do whatever the hell she likes because she's Madonna, bitch! This 4 minutes of madness proves to be a really fun, tongue-n-cheek song to me, but it comes to no surprise to see it rank this low, with many concerned that she has well and truly lost the plot.

 

Feel free to disagree, but I feel this is the first song in the countdown that isn't considered a bad song per say, but more of an unnecessary song which should have been replaced by any number of songs on the respective album. Fever is one of many covers of the Little Willie John's rhythm and blues 1956 song (but perhaps more closely associated with the jazzy Peggy Lee version) and Madonna's take saw it transformed into a house-inspired track. I never particularly rated this in the past but I've come to enjoy the more sassy and seductive tone and the breathy vocals as of late, although it is still no major casualty to be out so soon.

 

Potentially Madonna's most forgotten song, The Look of Love was the third single to be taken from the Who's That Girl? soundtrack. It's a pleasant enough song, but it is no wonder it remains lost in her discography because there's nothing particularly memorable about it; an unusual characteristic for a Madonna song.

Poor Revolver, one place lower than that thing :/

A bit disappointed for bitch !

 

The others are quite expected !! I wonder if Madonna didn't do the super bowl if GMAYL would have been selected as the lead single ?

As much as I really enjoy GMAYL i'm not shocked to see it so low. REALLY should've been 'I'm Addicted' as the lead single from the album :( I've gone off BIM a fair bit now but I did enjoy it as it was getting single treatment.

 

'Revolver' is fun as is 'Fever'. Lol, I totally agree, I can barely even remember how 'The Look of Love' goes - totally forgettable so happy to see that out too.

Give Me All Your Luvin' is so annoying. Funnily enough, Nicki and M.I.A's parts are the only parts I like. In terms on modern radio, I really wish she'd had 'Living For Love' ready as a lead single, an album earlier, as I do think radio might still have had time for her had that been the case.

 

Bitch, I'm Madonna is not a song I'd jam to on my own - but when it come on in the club I will happily go for it. But with the video, the fact Madge hugely hyped the eventually revealed to be skyped-in cameos from Katy Perry/Beyonce, and she only managed to get Rita Ora in person, well the memory of that will always annoys me with that song.

Skyped-in :')

 

The video was not a highlight of that era lmao. After two solid videos she went to that. Although that extended zip outro at the end of it *_*

Fever and The Look Of Love are both solid!

Gutted Give Me All Your Luvin is already out and even more annoyed that the jam of Revulva hasn't even made the top 70 :cry: Absolutely love it and one of my favourite recent tracks from Madge :wub: :wub:

 

Bye to that thing in 73rd, should've come 5 places lower.

I do think GMAYL could have been a potentially decent song with a better chorus, but it's just flat.

 

I am disappointed 'Fever' isn't more appreciated, I genuinely love it. :(

The Look Of Love is BY FAR the best out of a rotten bunch there, it's a shame it's often forgotten because I find it really lovely. The production is a bit dated yes, but it's also more substantial and interesting than a lot of her 80's output and I just LOVE the chorus. Every Madonna track on that soundtrack is ace tbh.

Pink elephants and lemonade

 

 

66. Keep It Together 5.73

67. Girl Gone Wild 5.672

68. Dear Jessie 5.67

69. Gambler 5.653

70. Another Suitcase in Another Hall 5.48

 

With the averages getting slightly closer to 6, the quality is noticeably starting to improve somewhat, yet nothing we'd call huge classic has fallen yet. Firstly, we have 'Another Suitcase in Another Hall', which is one of the singles released from the movie musical Evita. I was brought up on Evita, as one of my family members was a little obsessed, so I know the musical quite well, and remember the film's release fondly. While I don't think Madonna's character Eva Perón was meant to sing this number, I still find it quite a nice listen and it showcases some of the more raw vocals strengths we rarely hear from Madonna in her upbeat pop numbers. This is one of three songs from Evita that became a top 10 hit in the UK, (which might surprise some) and is Buzzjack's least favourite of those, with 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' and 'You Must Love Me' still to come.

 

Another movie-related single here, this time 'Gambler', from 1985's Vision Quest. This came out towards the end of the Like a Virgin era, and is sandwiched between the singles from the Like a Virgin and True Blue eras, and is nowhere near as strong as any of the singles from either album, which makes me think it was possibly an album reject that was sold onto the film. It was never released officially in America, though still went to radio, yet it was released in various other countries and was a commercial success in a few, it was even top 5 hit for Madge in the UK! Unfortunately, it hasn't aged at all for me, it really is quite uninspired when you put it up against most of the rest of 80s Madonna, and Buzzjack seemingly agrees. That being said, it's never difficult listen, just a rather forgetful one.

 

Next we have the single that finished Madonna's unstoppable 80s reign: Released at the very end of 1989, 'Dear Jessie' is probably more experimental than most of her other 80s hits, I personally find it to be a rather odd to listen to, even now, because of the disjointed structure of the verses and choruses. But while I think I've always been fond, I can imagine finding it somewhat annoying if I'd had to listen to it on the radio a lot at its time of release. This was also pretty big hit, another top 5 for Madonna in the UK!

 

Coming off the back of the hugely under-performing 'Give Me All Your Luvin', it never looked that good for 'Girl Gone Wild' which I always found to be a failed attempt for Madonna to re-capture some of the magic of Confessions and failing some what...it didn't perform too well, commercially. This song seemed to polarize Buzzjack somewhat, receiving a few -1s/1s/0s but also managing two 11s from Jakewild and NickF1. I can't say I enjoy the song myself, but it's not quite within her worst batch of singles either. On the plus side, the video has some hot guys.

 

We just had Madonna's last song of the 80s with 'Dear Jessie', we now have the very next single and Madonna's first single of the 90s (In the US anyway). 'Keep It Together' was the last single off the album Like a Prayer, I personally think there was possibly other options for last single from the album (Promise to Try/Death Do Us Part :heart:) , but it's still a light-hearted bit of fun and managed to score Madonna another billboard top 10!

 

 

Hanky Panky is legit amazing though :( Another Suitcase in Another Hall is lovely too.

Edited March 16, 20169 yr by Regina