Songoftheday 9/4/17 - You see that I'm ferocious you see that I am weak, you see that I am silly and pretentious and a freak...
from the album The Immaculate Collection (1990)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 6
Today's song of the day is from Madonna, who had entered the 1990's with a look back at her immensely popular previous decade with The Immaculate Collection, her first "greatest hits" record that assembled fifteen singles from her four albums and a couple non-LP hits like "Into The Groove" and "Crazy For You" with two new recordings. The first, the salacious "Justify My Love", had taken her to #1 on the American pop chart in the winter of 1991, helped by the publicity of the banned-by-MTV video that accompanied it (and eventually gave inspiration to her Sex picture book). The second release was much more in line with her previous work, the house music excursion "Rescue Me". Written by Madonna and remixer Shep Pettibone, the record was a gospel-house bootyshaker that rivals the best of her club-oriented fare, if not the best of it (only going against "Deeper and Deeper" in that contest, but "Rescue Me" wins lyrically), but probably gets less attention for its more timid release (they waited until the song was already peaking at radio to release the physical single, ensuring a short chart life on the American Top-40), and the lack of a music video, which of course was her standard. It also hasn't shown up on any of her compilations since...
"Rescue Me" became Madonna's second top-ten hit from The Immaculate Collection in March of 1991. Surprisingly, the top-notch remixes from the 12" vinyl and CD single weren't enough to continue her streak on the Dance Club Play chart, peaking at #6. Internationally, the song made the top ten in the UK (#3), Ireland (#3), Canada (#7), the Netherlands (#10), and Norway (#10).
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The "Lifeboat Mix" from the 12" single interpolated the vibe from her "Vogue" classic...
While the "Houseboat Mix" takes vocal samples from "True Blue"...
Up tomorrow: Latin lothario is a smooooth talker.
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