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How Has "Batdance" Held Up Since Topping The Hot 100 26 Years Ago? On August 5, 1989, "Batdance" from the BATMAN album topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other than "On Our Own", "Cold Hearted" and "If You Dont Know Me", I don't remember hearing these songs on the radio. How does 'Batdance" hold up 26 years later? Also, how have the other songs in the top ten held up? Horribly dated or lasted the test of time.
TW LW TITLE Artist – Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)
1 2 BATDANCE –•– Prince – 8 (1) 11 3 EXPRESS YOURSELF –•– Madonna – 10 (2)
https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/?s=AUGUST+5%2C+1989 3121 #1 THIS YEAR | |
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It's pretty damned excellent except Lemon Crush, which is ear abortion time. Batdance is a trifle. Scandalous is pure masterful. Vicki Waiting is one underrated jag. The bat does not suck. All you others say Hell Yea!! ![]() | |
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I really love much of the music produced in the 80's but this list is a lot of really bad music. Not all but most of it is forgettable. No wonder Batdance went to #1 - no competition. | |
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I still think this was a brilliant single. An advert for a major movie, disguised as a catchy pop song. Prince walked that fine line quite well, I thought. Has anyone else ever pulled off something like this? "The password is what." | |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mVDMcW7NA I forgot about this song. After the explosion of Teddy Riley's success with Guy, Keith Sweat and Bobby Brown's megaplatinum smash of 'Don't Be Cruel", many white artists made corny attempts to replicate the new jacks swing style and this was horrible. 3121 #1 THIS YEAR | |
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^^I like Dino's song | |
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what's really strange is that..."Batdance" was a Number One hit single for Prince,but it's not a song that he could (or would) ever perform in concert.It doesn't even appear on The Hits compilation.It's so connected to that 1989 movie,it doesn't get the opportunity to 'shine' on its own. | |
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From WIKIPEDIA:
Ownership of the Batman franchise is notoriously complex. Prince had to agree to sign the publishing rights to the songs used in the movie over to Warner Bros.; therefore, Prince's hit singles from this album were not permitted to appear on any of his hits compilations, only the B-side singles "200 Balloons", "Feel U Up", and "I Love U in Me". Even on the concert T-shirts, which listed all of Prince's album titles to date, the song "Scandalous!" appeared in place of the album Batman. Despite this, Prince has performed a number of the album's tracks in concert over the years. A 2005 special edition DVD of the Batman movie contains Prince's related videos as a bonus feature (although "Partyman" is still edited down from the original longer version. | |
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SoulAlive said: what's really strange is that..."Batdance" was a Number One hit single for Prince,but it's not a song that he could (or would) ever perform in concert.It doesn't even appear on The Hits compilation.It's so connected to that 1989 movie,it doesn't get the opportunity to 'shine' on its own. I have live recordings of it! It kind of sucks. ![]() "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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bashraka said: On August 5, 1989, "Batdance" from the BATMAN album topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other than "On Our Own", "Cold Hearted" and "If You Dont Know Me", I don't remember hearing these songs on the radio. How does 'Batdance" hold up 26 years later? Also, how have the other songs in the top ten held up? Horribly dated or lasted the test of time.
TW LW TITLE Artist – Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)
1 2 BATDANCE –•– Prince – 8 (1) 11 3 EXPRESS YOURSELF –•– Madonna – 10 (2)
https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/?s=AUGUST+5%2C+1989 Wow the last time I heard one of those songs on the radio is when Lady Gaga covered Express Yourself. Wait, what? She wasn't covering it???? | |
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"batdance" was really popular. prince had been consistently a huge star since about 1981/2, but after lovesexy it felt like people were starting to ease away from him. sott was huge and had 3 hits so it seemed like a comeback. if he had taken a break after sott sort of how other stars huge in the mid-80s like lionel richie/bruce springsteen/etc had, then his follow up to sott would have been huge. but we got lovesexy. which is a terrific album so im glad he didnt go the other route. but after 'batdance' and the batman album came out.. game over.. FINALLY people started appreciating prince again and i was happy because he was my day 1 fave artist. technically only batdance went top ten but alot of people got hip to prince again and liked the soundtrack and people were digging on his look because it wasnt as femm as lovesexy and the batdance vid with the green makeup was fuckin cool. good memories. | |
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of course, graffiti bridge made him lose all those bandwagon fans.. which he re-gained the next year with diamonds n pearls. neverending cycle for prince lol | |
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The countdown you posted is actually the "Big 80s" countdown for this week on 80s on 8 on Sirius XM. Listening to the replay, I was taken back to 1989, but "Batdance" never did much for me. It was good for the movie and is a lot of people's favorite, but I don't care for it.
When I heard it this evening on XM in th countdown, it immediately hit me that this was like his venture into edm type music. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Musically speaking, Batdance is a terrible song. Infact it's not even a song, it's just a sloppy, lazy medley of the album with a couple of soundbites from the movie.
Utter crap. Only topped the charts through hype and association. | |
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MattyJam said: Musically speaking, Batdance is a terrible song. Infact it's not even a song, it's just a sloppy, lazy medley of the album with a couple of soundbites from the movie.
Utter crap. Only topped the charts through hype and association. I don't agree, it is not a terrible song. Well maybe in a traditional sense it is a terrible 'song' but as a collage of sounds and beats it is a terrific piece of work. Nowhere near sloppy or lazy. And the Vicky Vale part of the song is really funky in my opinion. Batdance certainly isn't one of his best tracks, but I find it a hugely entertaining piece of work that brings back fond memories of that time. [Edited 8/2/15 14:01pm] RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... | |
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KingSausage said: SoulAlive said: what's really strange is that..."Batdance" was a Number One hit single for Prince,but it's not a song that he could (or would) ever perform in concert.It doesn't even appear on The Hits compilation.It's so connected to that 1989 movie,it doesn't get the opportunity to 'shine' on its own. I have live recordings of it! It kind of sucks. ![]() Yes, it was played at the Nude Tour at the end of the main set before the encores. It didn't really work in concert. | |
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I always thought it held up really well. I suppose it's considered a novelty song, but it did the job and as novelty songs go it's a weird rollercoaster ride through different sections, he samples himself from other songs, it's manic, great guitar stuff, slinky sexy parts and perfect for the comic book characters. | |
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I fucking love Batdance. I was 11 when Batman came out, and that summer was just magical. As a kid living in Minneapolis, everyone loved Prince. It all just converged in one huge stream of awesomeness. If we ever actually get remastered reissues of Prince's albums, will there be licensing issues preventing Batman from being part of that initiative? "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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In my opinion "Batdance" was a work of genius then, and still is. I absolutely love the solo played just before the Vicky Vale part, especially the last 3 - 4 notes. | |
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RodeoSchro said: In my opinion "Batdance" was a work of genius then, and still is. I absolutely love the solo played just before the Vicky Vale part, especially the last 3 - 4 notes. It's one of his best solos. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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KingSausage said: I fucking love Batdance. I was 11 when Batman came out, and that summer was just magical. As a kid living in Minneapolis, everyone loved Prince. It all just converged in one huge stream of awesomeness. If we ever actually get remastered reissues of Prince's albums, will there be licensing issues preventing Batman from being part of that initiative? I couldn't agree more as a 12 year old kid growing up in Bloomington. | |
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I remember I was so excited to listen to "Batdance", assuming it was gonna be some synthpop song with straightforward verses, bridge, and a chorus, and was shocked to see that instead it was some 6-minute epic, mixing 20 different elements into one. Great song. Maybe ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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And that video is arguably the best done video of Prince's career, akin to "When Doves Cry" Maybe ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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I was a sophomore in highschool, and this was what won me over as a diehard fan. I bought this album, then proceeded to find and buy every album he's released. Been doing it ever since. | |
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NouveauDance said: I always thought it held up really well. I suppose it's considered a novelty song, but it did the job and as novelty songs go it's a weird rollercoaster ride through different sections, he samples himself from other songs, it's manic, great guitar stuff, slinky sexy parts and perfect for the comic book characters. Exactly, this was his impression of that new style of music and he did a great job IMO. RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... | |
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The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams | |
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It didn't hold up when it was first released. Why would it hold up now? มีเพียงความว่างเปล่า ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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