JoeTyler said:

!

Cinnie said:

This is tough.

1. Physical Attraction (the first song I ever heard by her on the radio)
2. Burning Up
3. Everybody
4. Borderline
5. Lucky Star
6. Holiday (so overplayed)
7. Think Of Me
8. I Know It

The first three songs are very close together in terms of appeal for me. On a different day, one of the other three might top the list.

sextonseven said:

I didn't know you were born in the early 70s!

JoeTyler said:

Dude, I was born in the 60s. I'm old.

sextonseven said:

why that sad emoticon? Your teen years were full of great music!

I was born in the mid 80s and I was forced to swallow acts like BSB, NSYNC and similar bullshit!

JoeTyler said:

True, the Purple Rain movie opened when I was 15. That was the perfect age to experience all that craziness firsthand. And then see the tour a few months later.

sextonseven said:

JoeTyler said:

I didn't know "Physical Attraction" was played on the radio.

It wasn't in P.R. as far as I can remember.

johnart said:

It was the b-side to "Burning Up" which I'm assuming was too pop for the urban station here in NY so DJs spun the b-side instead.

Now that I think about it, I did hear "Everybody" first on the radio since that was her very first single.

I remember hearing songs like "Everybody,"Lucky Star" and "Holiday" on the R&B stations long before pop radio embraced her.I thought she was black When "Borderline" was released as a single,things really changed.I finally started hearing her on pop stations.

SoulAlive said:

I don't think I heard "Lucky Star" on the radio here until after "Borderline". I do know it got played in clubs as the b-side to "Holiday" long before it was sent to the top 40 stations though.

SoulAlive said:

A lot of people did. I remember r&b stations bumping "Holiday" and "Lucky Star" a lot. Too bad they won't touch those songs anymore.

My favorite song is "Borderline" because I had soo many childhood memories that that song could easily be a theme song for.
I think in a lot of ways she was the Lady GaGa of the Mtv generation.

SoulAlive said:

Not me, that's for sure.

I remember going to her material girl concert, and I was surrounded on all sides by tweens
Things have changed a bit since then.

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Oh, I forgot to rank the songs. Here's my take (ranking in my all-time Madonna top-50 in parentheses):

1. Borderline (7)
2. Lucky Star (22)
3. Everybody (35)
4. Physical Attraction (42)
5. Holiday (44)
6. Burning Up
7. Think of Me
8. I Know It

1. Borderline
2. Burning Up
3. Everybody
4. Lucky Star
5. Holiday
6. Physical Attraction
7. I Know It
8. Think Of Me

I don't really play this album anymore though, ever since the 5 singles appeared on Celebration, it feels quite useless to put it on. Plus that version of "Lucky Star" is a huge improvement.

The cover art and the photoshoot still remains one of her best.