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Last month marked 5 years since the UK Remix EP for 'Turn Up the Music' was released, the third and final single from MDNA.

 

'Turn Up the Radio' was one of the three songs produced by Martin Solveig that made the MDNA album. Solveig had originally intended the song to appear on his own album Smash with vocals from Jade Williams, better known as Sunday Girl but, after the song was shelved in favour of their other collaboration 'Let's Not Play Games', the song was put forward to Madonna. She accepted the song and re-wrote the lyrics, with the production also slightly altered. 'Turn Up the Radio' was highly praised by critics - most considered the song more worthy of being lead single over 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' - which appeared to secure the decision to make it a future single.

 

A video was shot in June and released in July, with a remix EP available to download from August. However, with Madonna now on tour and following an already disastrous handling of the era, 'Turn Up the Radio' barely charted anywhere, including an abysmal #175 in the UK. It did, however, become Madonna's 43rd #1 on the US Dance Club Songs chart.

 

 

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Comments upon first listen of the album:

 

Turn Up The Radio is pure pop BRILLIANCE.

 

 

08 Girl Gone Wild

08 Gang Bang

10 I'm Addicted

09 Turn Up The Radio

07 Give Me Your Luvin'

07 Some Girls

06 I Don't Give A

08 I'm A Sinner

08 Love Spent

08 Masterpiece

09 Falling Free

09 I f***ed Up

 

 

02 Girl Gone Wild

08 Gang Bang

08 I'm Addicted

11 Turn Up The Radio

08 Give Me Your Luvin'

08 Some Girls

?? Superstar

10 I Don't Give A

10 I'm A Sinner

10 Love Spent

03 Masterpiece

07 Falling Free

 

?? Beautiful Killer

09 I Fucked Up

?? B-Day Song

?? Best Friend

 

 

09 Girl Gone Wild

10 Gang Bang

08 I'm Addicted

07.5 Turn Up The Radio

07.5 Give Me Your Luvin'

07 Some Girls

06 Superstar

11 I Don't Give A

09 I'm A Sinner

10 Love Spent

10 Masterpiece

09.5 Falling Free

 

08 Beautiful Killer

08.5 I f***ed Up

04 B-Day Song

07 Best Friend

 

 

08 Girl Gone Wild

07 Gang Bang

05 I'm Addicted

02 Turn Up The Radio

10 Give Me Your Luvin'

07 Some Girls

02 Superstar

10 I Don't Give A

02 I'm A Sinner

07 Love Spent

08 Masterpiece

04 Falling Free

 

04 Beautiful Killer

01 I f***ed Up

01 B-Day Song

03 Best Friend

 

 

7 Girl gone wild

4 Gang Bang

6 I'm addicted

6 Turn up the radio

5 Give me all your luvin

4 Some girls

6 Superstar

5 I don't give a

7 I'm a sinner

6 Love spent

9 Masterpiece

9 Falling free

8 Beautiful killer

7 I f***ed up

5 Bday song

7 Best friend

6 Give me all your luvin (remix)

 

08 Girl gone wild

07 Gang Bang

06 I'm addicted

07 Turn up the radio

06 Give me all your luvin

06 Some girls

06 Superstar

06 I don't give a

07 I'm a sinner

06 Love spent

08 Masterpiece

07 Falling free

 

06 Beautiful killer

06 I f***ed up

03 Bday song

06 Best friend

06 Give me all your luvin (remix)

 

 

07 Girl gone wild

10 Gang Bang

08 I'm addicted

02 Turn up the radio

07 Give me all your luvin

10 Some girls

09 Superstar

10 I don't give a

07 I'm a sinner

08 Love spent

08 Masterpiece

07 Falling free

 

10 Beautiful killer

10 f***ed up

06 Bday song

04 Best friend

08 Give me all your luvin (remix)

 

 

07 Girl Gone Wild

09 Gang Bang

09 I'm Addicted

10 Turn Up The Radio

07 Give Me All Your Luvin'

09 Some Girls

11 Superstar

10 I Don't Give A

09 I'm A Sinner

10 Love Spent

08 Masterpiece

09 Falling Free

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08 Beautiful Killer

08 I f***ed Up

03 B-Day Song

06 Best Friend

 

 

10 Girl Gone Wild

10 Gang Bang

07 I'm Addicted

10 Turn Up The Radio

09 Give Me All Your Luvin'

08 Some Girls

11 Superstar

08 I Don't Give A

06 I'm A Sinner

08 Love Spent

10 Masterpiece

09 Falling Free

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10 Beautiful Killer

07 I f***ed Up

-9 B-Day Song

05 Best Friend

09 Love Spent (Acoustic)

One of my least fav singles from her .

 

Not a fan of the video either.

 

This as a single when gang bang hsdmt had a release ? 😱

It remains one of my fave Madge songs tbh, so fun.
Ngl I totally forgot this existed :lol: It's a nice enough little bop but eh
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The video, for me, is potentially her very worst. I hate how it tries to be all 'Drowned World' at the beginning and just fails miserably at capturing an ounce of the authenticity or emotion of that. Not a fan of her styling at all and don't get me started on that hideous filter and blurred edges. I find the song can be quite catchy at times but this video just sucks any glimmer of fun the song may hold.

 

Really surprised at how critically applauded the song was though. I said the song was catchy and I can see why people would like it, but the production is still incredibly faceless and the lyrics are awful, yet you've got critics saying things like it's the best since 'Hung Up' and daring to suggest its somehow reminiscent of 'Ray of Light'! :lol:

I never liked on the radio much, thought it was a bit bland and faceless. It is fairly catchy to give the song its dues I guess. I loved Gang bang, Like a sinner and Girl gone wild on that album. :wub:
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I wonder what Madonna would have wanted to release as a single. I know she has said she really liked Solveig's sound and no doubt really enjoyed the songs of his that made the album, but I feel like 'Turn Up the Radio' apparently being a fan fave from the start and being critically well-received, as well as sounding very inoffensive, was the main reason it was chosen to be a single in attempt at saving the era, rather than because Madonna saw it as a single herself.

 

I just fail to understand how 'Gang Bang' was just ignored when it had so much potential for a fantastic video. Songs like 'I'm a Sinner' or 'Love Spent' would have given so much potential for great imagery and ideas too. Madonna's proven time and time again she still has brilliant visual concepts so I can't see her backing to play it safe with a song like 'Turn Up the Radio' which is just so incredibly faceless.

It's fairly unremarkable. I vaguely enjoy it.

This is a perfect summary of the song for me too :lol: how this was chosen over the likes of I'm Addicted and Gang Bang I will never know.

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