like virgin song like virgin song american singer madonna title track second studio album like virgin released november single album song appears greatest hits compilation albums collection celebration written produced said song inspired personal experiences romance like virgin chosen madonna listening demo sung kelly initially felt song sufficient hook suitable madonna subsequently changed opinion hook stuck mind musically like virgin dance oriented song composed hooks madonna voice heard high register continuous arrangement drums heard bassline lyrics song ambiguous consist hidden sexual terms lyrics interpreted different ways different people like virgin received positive reviews contemporary old critics frequently called defining songs madonna number single billboard hot reaching charts australia canada japan countries music video portrayed madonna sailing canals venice palace wearing white wedding dress video scholars noted madonna portrayal sexually independent woman symbolism appearance man lion mask link video city venice madonna performed song concert tours recent time performances like virgin associated strong reaction media like virgin covered number artists appeared referenced feature films jones edge reason family groups sought ban believed song promoted sex marriage hand madonna public persona sexually confident woman widely accepted younger generation emulated style fashion scholars credited like virgin song cemented position pop culture icon background like virgin written interview los_angeles_times explained song written madonna written female singer inspired personal experiences elaborated wasn trying word virgin lyric saying virgin battered romantically emotionally like people starting new relationship feels good healing wounds making feel like deeper profound felt kelly recorded demo invited department house listen kelly played tunes discussed like virgin sure artist song suitable meet madonna day discuss second album intended playing demo believing lyrics groove song perfect madonna played madonna went crazy knew instantly song great record recalled rolling_stone interviewer asked madonna impressions listening demos like virgin material girl madonna replied liked ironic provocative time unlike person certainly wasn virgin way like virgin liked play words thought clever cool realised signature songs especially second recording production madonna met producer power station studios new_york initially want madonna record like virgin felt lyric like virgin terrific hook according time catch phrase rogers dismissed song hearing demo thought sounded stupid later rogers second thoughts weird couldn head played didn like sounded bubble grew started like reaction credits madonna recognizing song potential later said handed apology madonna said know catchy stayed head days let song finally recorded reflected recording process commented madonna recorded demo faded fade hear tom saying heart beats hold love thing heard demo faded madonna listened carefully record ends exact little demo rarely happens studies demo carefully use stuff sort carefully followed demo record audio engineer persuaded use digital recording new technique time believed going future recording test sounded consistent ensure sony track digital tape recorder sony track bit mix madonna recorded lead parts small wooden high piano room known power station room placed capsule stereo tube microphone microphone track met everybody approval added keyboard parts playing circuits rhodes piano acoustic piano played madonna required present minute recording sessions mixing process commented time time left composition composed dance oriented song intro like virgin consists hooks according sheet music published song set common time moderately dance groove tempo beats minute composed key major madonna voice ranging low tone high tone according bassline intro working note bass motif present tops song help sugar pie honey bunch provided chord arrangement bassline similarity michael_jackson jean especially second verse madonna sings song high register drum arrangement heard alongside bassline supported synthesizer arrangement giving circular progression seven chords iii lyrics madonna commented like like irony like way things taken different levels statement highlighted ambiguity lyrics song hung word like interpreted meaning song different ways different people said women song encouraged hold compose engaged sexual act sexually experienced girls song meant able live feelings sexual encounter boys song presented image making girl forget past encounters enjoy sexual act time critical reception like virgin madonna famous singles met predominantly positive critical reception stephen_thomas_erlewine allmusic said like virgin definitive statement added song material girl album madonna icon added overshadowed rest record perfect match theme sound rolling_stone commented madonna voice doesn power range knows works dance floor writing rolling_stone called song classic entertainment_weekly reviewing album felt song came bit immature compared present context jim_farber entertainment_weekly felt song raised madonna sal_cinquemani slant_magazine called song classic felt song style guardian commented song nature billboard commented song sustained dance rock momentum like virgin honored rolling_stone mtv fourth song list greatest pop songs voted vh1 best songs past years song listed ninety billboard hot time songs madonna fans asked vote madonna singles time magazine like virgin allocated fifth spot list chart performance like virgin madonna number hits billboard hot debuted number issue dated november song reached number billboard hot chart week december remained weeks like virgin certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america riaa january shipping million copies united_states requirement gold single prior song reached number chart entry chart position placed year end chart madonna pop artist year canada song debuted number rpm issue dated november reached chart january present chart total weeks ranked thirty rpm year end chart song debuted singles chart november number peaked number january spent total weeks chart certified gold british_phonographic_industry bpi shipment copies united_kingdom according official_charts_company song sold copies europe song peaked charts austria belgium france germany ireland italy netherlands norway switzerland like virgin madonna number song chart peaked number new_zealand_singles_chart number swedish charts peaked hot singles music video development music video directed worked madonna video borderline shot venice italy partly new_york_city july madonna portrayed knowing virgin pornographic mind walked marble rooms wearing wedding gown alternated scenes provocative looking madonna board commented mary wanted modern day wise girl wanted time use actual virgin video starts madonna boarding boat brooklyn bridge travels venice steps city moves like wears black dress blue pants number christian symbol embedded jewelry neck sings song volume watches lion walking columns venice statute number game playing involving carnival masks men lions portrayed allusions eighteenth century practices author women popular music sexuality identity felt madonna image denial sexual knowledge portrayed simulated simulation intrusion male lion confirmed underlying discourse mythological fairy tale pornographic sex observed video madonna lover wears lion mask madonna sheds innocence shows wild animal having desire turns lover beast madonna commented shooting lion lion didn supposed ended leaning pillar head thought going bite lifted veil wearing opened mouth let huge got frightened heart fell shoe finally walked away director cut long relate lion feel like past life lion cat reception analysis video scholars noted expression venetian author commented lion city forefront old venice propelled pop world high energy endless circulation noted symbol time sexual crime punished severely venice acts rape homosexuality incurred loss nose hand life madonna appeared challenge brutality stretch boundaries tolerance video lion man carried madonna venetian palace instance saint taking simulated virgin madonna symbol republic plant noted madonna video restored energy venice taken venus familiar exchanged blue black video madonna demonstrated mastery bravery city reputation turning visitors victims commented video madonna days cheap cheerful video star moving spectacle live music video like virgin filmed detroit promote madonna live virgin tour video release version nominated mtv_video_music_awards live performance like virgin paris france released music video promote documentary film truth dare version nominated awards mtv_video_music_awards categories best choreography video ranked position vh1 greatest videos live performances madonna performed like virgin mtv_video_music_awards appeared stage atop giant wedding cake dressed wedding dress adorned infamous boy toy belt veil climax performance found rolling stage day performance noted iconic biggest performances mtv history song included seven madonna concert tours virgin tour madonna donned wedding attire performed straight version song featuring quotation michael_jackson similar sounding style single jean balloons floated audience rolled stage carrying wedding hand performance included vhs release virgin tour recorded detroit michigan girl world tour song given comedic theme included quotations help sugar pie honey bunch madonna took outfit piece piece standing black ended performance flirting young male dancer played different performances song tour found videos girl live japan filmed tokyo japan june live italy filmed italy september blond ambition world tour song invented middle eastern arrangement choreography found madonna wearing gold red silk bed accompanied male dancers wore infamous cone designed performance garnered lot attention particularly police toronto canada threatened arrest madonna charge altered performance madonna refused went ahead threatened arrest failed different performances taped released video taped japan april taped nice france august world tour madonna wore adopted persona singing song thick german accent sang word virgin including quotation signature tune falling love help accent quarter time signature gave performance sense parody look film morocco inspired performance performance included live home video release recorded november sydney australia april promoting ninth studio album impromptu acoustic performance song madonna new_york madonna performance hollywood recreated performance like virgin performance started britney_spears emerging giant cake singing lines later joined christina_aguilera stage singing madonna appeared cake dressed groom sang hollywood ultimately kissed spears mouth performance met strong reaction media song given horse riding theme madonna wore tight black body suit performed song atop leather horse rays broken bones result horse riding accident seventh birthday screens performance included confessions tour live album released madonna sang song rome dedicated song pope commenting like song pope know loves saying child god asked audience sing song performed section like virgin stripped simple version played piano featuring elements soundtrack film rebel heart tour bass heavy version like virgin ended second act jim_farber daily news described stunning adding madonna appeared stage entirely dancing freedom innocence new cover versions lords new church recorded like virgin compilation album allmusic called composition funny year weird parodied song single like surgeon album dare stupid allmusic commented turning madonna hit inside upside comes hilarious satire medical profession band covered like virgin second album king song appears soundtrack film sung characters played duke played meat covered song medley pairing madonna lucky star burning film jones edge reason title character teaches song women thai prison annoyed singing song badly tells madonna episodes grey anatomy character song surgery focus assisting surgery starts singing looks katy_perry covered song mtv_video_music_awards song train hit single hey soul sister lyric believe like virgin madonna gon wanna blow mind song covered glee episode power madonna cast including lea_michele cory_monteith dream sequence characters year elton_john performed cover version like virgin fund benefit concert september posted link snippet stripped cover song twitter account korean girl group released cover song debut japanese album collection performed cover version like virgin year singer recorded version singing nun won year season released ballad version song debut single cover madonna praised legacy like virgin listed list songs shaped rock roll song video released like virgin attracted attention family organizations complained video song promoted sex marriage undermined family values offering image madonna outraged condemned sex sought ban song video conservatives angered madonna portray religious symbolism wedding attire sexual context clerk noted song attracted unprecedented level attention social groups compared female singer song main problem listened lyric song imagining detailed called innocent sexual initiation section population outraged scandal taking joy notion madonna saying surprised people reacted like virgin song singing feel certain way brand new fresh interpreted don want virgin anymore fuck brains sang like virgin absolutely ambiguous biographer noted madonna females born brought image old fashioned stereotypes women feminist values rejected use woman looks self advancement author rock roll stay anthology commented song madonna word attitude fashion young girls time compared image madonna explained madonna middle class ideas examples meant having equal opportunity offered aggressive sexuality implied acceptable women initiate relationships enjoy addition according time promoting flat stick thin women ideals beauty madonna average girls feel fine shape new word called madonna introduced describe thousands girls tried emulate madonna style university professors gender studies experts started discussing role post modernist style cultural icon according author like virgin gave rise icon madonna opening scene film written directed brown played insists like virgin metaphor big madonna met party film released gave copy album signing love dick track listing credits personnel madonna vocals songwriter songwriter producer drum programming guitar bass drums bass synthesizer synthesizers credits adapted album liner notes charts certifications
Like a Virgin (song)