POP!
Let the light in
I've decided this is my favorite Madonna uptempo pre-LAP. It was a nice contrast to "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl" at the time - strong vox with a lower register instead of the high pitched sex kitten voice, the guitar solo, the background vox that lead into the chorus, everything about it so... GLAM and has so much natural energy about it. The live video may have been due to lack of time/laziness/or simply a way to promote the tour, but even that is fabulous. She had so much charisma from day one and the song comes even more alive on stage.
This made it top five on both sides of the Atlantic. It's fondly remembered and gets plenty of airtime here to this day, which is a testament to its quality I think given that it doesn't have the video package or obvious cultural impact that "Material Girl" etc benefit from.
Album version:
Official live video:
This made it top five on both sides of the Atlantic. It's fondly remembered and gets plenty of airtime here to this day, which is a testament to its quality I think given that it doesn't have the video package or obvious cultural impact that "Material Girl" etc benefit from.
Album version:
Official live video: