This week’s From The Vault pick goes out to Pop titan Madonna and her hauntingly poignant music video for underrated gem, ‘Bad Girl.’
Released in 1993 as the third single from M’s controversial ‘Erotica‘ LP, ‘Girl’ lyrically tells the tale of a woman’s reckless behaviour after an intense break-up. It was produced and written by the artist herself as well as her go-to-guy at the time Shep Pettibone.
Rolled out during a window when Madonna was making headlines for her overtly-sexual image – the ‘Sex‘ book, anyone ? – the track wasn’t as successful as its predecessors like ‘Like a Prayer’ or‘Justify My Love’ but still managed to peak at a respectable #36 on the Hot 100 and occupy the ultimate position of the UK Top 10… not bad for an artist going through a media backlash.
The most unfortunate thing about the single’s moderate performance is that its accompanying video seems to be forgotten despite being – if you ask us – one of the entertainer’s finest visual offerings.
Helmed by David Fincher – whom had previously collaborated with Madge on videos such as ‘Express Yourself’ and ‘Vogue’ – it stays true to the song’s lyrical content and presents the Material Girl as a chain-smoking, moody female-executive who drowns her sorrow in alcohol, cigarettes and one-night-stands.
With Fincher on board, it was a given the cinematography would deliver, indeed the visual, which feels like a short film, exudes an air of retro-glam and the art-deco architecture of the city of New-York where it was shot gives it a dark and dramatic edge.
At many times Madonna has proven that when the world beats you down, you get back up… and keep on releasing amazing material. This is one of the many reasons she can still make headlines in 2015. Though we long for a time where she would go back to music and visuals of such quality, we can’t knock her hustle and commend her dedication to the entertainment industry.
Bad Girl? We say ‘Bad B*tch’ (she’s Madonna!)
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This b**** is overrated. Queen Bey would never release a s** book how tacky!!
But she’ll release a vigan diet book while eating a burger.
You can be a semi-vegan. Not every vegan is a 100% total vegan, some choose to go all the way and some choose to be partial. You know, just like you choose to a full 100% bottom but some others choose to be vers bottoms… Same principles
And Rihanna will stay in an “abusive” off and on relationship with Chris Brown after calling him a monster on national television.
And Beyonce tells you to Bey Good and clean the camel juice off her dress from her ex drug dealing husban. What happens to Rihanna happened to RIHANNA. What Jay Z did that took part of the crack epidemic damn he’s lives.
What does Jayz being a FORMER DRUG DEALER in his past have to do with Beyonce. As a matter of fact, who are you to point the finger when you stan for a CURRENT DRUG USER?
Who was caught snorting lines of cocaine, on camera, all while promoting a childrens film????
You arent the real Slay Hive #TROLL
@Slay_Hive said he was going on holiday, so the navi decided to troll him with a badly cropped avi????
AnalKissingWig , the unrecognized hive member strikes again kiiiiii????
TROLL do everyone a favour and crawl into a corner and die please ???? you’re useless @blueballs(tourdeforce) ????????????
This video is a work of art. Beautifully shot. Beyoncé will never sell records or produce videos like Madonna; Beyoncé can barely speak in complete sentences; Madonna is a legend
Who’s Queen B, Sis?
Could she ever sing?
This was too winey for me to listen to in completion, i’ll take your word for it that the video was good
This album sold less than 2 million in the US and 6 million WW. The Janet album (less than a year apart) sold 7.5 million in the US and 20 million WW. Janet always wind at the end. Queen of Pop.
What? Are you stupid or what? Madonna KILLED-T Janet in success during the 90s.
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D*** Tracy Soundtrack: 1990 (7,000,000+) WW
The Immaculate Collection: 1990 (30,000,000+) WW
Erotica: 1992 (6,000,000+) WW
Bedtime Stories: 1994 (7,000,000+) WW
Something To Remember: 1995 (10,000,000+) WW
The Ray Of Light: 1998 (16,000,000+) WW
… I can go on & on & on … And, that’s not adding WORLD TOURS, SINGLE SALES & BUSINESS VENTURES. Sit Down
Erotica: 1,7 million sales in US.
5 million worldwide.
Huge flop for 90s standards…her peers were all leaving her in the dust. Bedtime Stories was also an underperformance
But where are her peers now in the long run Hun? Ahead of her?
But Ray of Light sold 19 million, Something To Remember and Evita 10 million each, the next decade when Janets career truly died, Music & Confessions sold more than Janets whole 90’s back catalogue! ???? And lets not mention Glitter!
I love this album. Madonna became VERY artistic/BOLD during this era. The ONLY reason it flopped was due to the general public crying about she’s too “controversial” blah blah blah… Madonna did her thing during this era. It was ICONIC. Even with the low sales. And, don’t get me started on the VISUALLY incredible GIRLIE SHOW WORLD TOUR.
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My Top 10 Songs:
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1) Deeper And Deeper
2) Erotica
3) Rain
4) Bad Girl
5) Where Life Begins
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I just love this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15kWlTrpt5k
Madonna slays a stage as much as Katy Perry. With a huge set, a Transformer, some Pokemon is the background, some younger acts to make out with and so on. Never have there been a day that Madonna was a better performer than Janet. Janet left nipple outshines Madonna on a stage.
Yes! Janet is a WAY better performer (IMO). But, you have to remember that these AREN’T the same PEOPLE. Everyones artistry will be DIFFERENT. Respect that & keep it moving. MILLIONS of people LOVE Madonna’s “smoke N Mirror” shows… That’s why she’s the TOP grossing TOURING artist OF ALL TIME.
Do you think Madonna is more respected in the music industry than Janet?
I sure as hell don’t respect her more than Janet… But, I do know she’s more successful THAN all them women. I love Janet Jackson more tho. I genuinely, feel she’s a beautiful PERSON not just artist. Madonna scared me tbh…
And thats all that really matters in the long tbh. The way that I feel about Beyonce (in Janets position) and Rihanna (in Madonnas position) is the exact same way that I feel about Madonna and Janet.
Idc how many albums or singles Madonna has sold, she will never be more respected as an entertainer within the industry or by the general public than Janet Jackson.
Janet is crap!!! When was her last global hit?! In the UK she has had zero number 1’s! ZERO! Madonna? 13! Madonna is a global act, Janet? The fact you are stanning her is hilarious! May as well stan her brother! Madonna 315 million albums, the worlds best selling. FACT! Janet? LOL
Mark111 is a striaght DUMBASS. Just so ignorant & pressed-T. Janet did NOT have the longest run of success. She just took 3-5 YEARS in between album releases. MADONNA has the longest run of success for ANY female pop star in HISTORY.
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1982 – 2012: Madonna has been EXTREMELY successful whether it’s TOURING, SINGLES/ALBUMS Sales or just flat out ALL THREE.
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Madonna has also produced FAR more successful ERA’s than Janet.
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Madonna era: Sold OVER 15,000,000+ RECORDS (albums&singles)
Like A Prayer era: Sold OVER 30,000,000+ Records
(Albums & Singles)
True Blue er: Sold OVER 35,000,000 RECORDS
Albums & Singles)
Like A Prayer era: Sold OVER 25,000,000+ RECORDS
(Albums & Singles)
The Ray Of Light era: Sold OVER 21,000,000+ RECORDS
(Albums & Singles)
MUSIC era: Sold OVER 25,000,000+ RECORDS
(SINGLES & Albums)
Confessions era: Sold OVER 20,000,000+ RECORS
(SINGLES & Albums)
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And, that’s not even counting her GREATEST hit era or soundtrack era’s … SIT THA F DOWN!
As much as I love Janet and I love her to pieces but this is a Madonna post enough of the Janet vs. Madonna charades let’s just the keep focus on Madonna here. But anywho I loved the Madonna Bad Girl video it definitely told a very eerie story about how life can go wrong if you don’t keep It under control the way you live life can catch up with you, also I loved Christopher Walkens role as the death angel watching over her in this video. Madonna note only looked beautiful in this video but the whole video in itself was her most captivating work she has done, the second was when she did Frozen another fantastic video from her.
Madonna is just as overrated as beyonce
Yes, just as “overrated” as Beyonce and more talented than Rihanna.
All 3 are tacky and sorry excuses for artist aswell.
You might be able to say that about the other two.
But Beyonce actually has a substantial amount of singing and dancing talent to back her s*** up. So bye!
LOL yeah right, thats why she is still producing music, putting out the biggest world tours whilst janet is living off MJ’s royalties! Janet ripped off Madonna! Like Paula Abdul did! Janet was a mime act at best. Madonna? She changed pop culture!
Janet DID NOT rip off Madonna. Don’t go there cause MADONNA was the QUEEN of stealing honey.
@Fitsy82 what in the f*** are you talking about your just like the rest of these trolls trolling under different names and s*** I just don’t get it.
Madonna was a dead pop star until Ray Of Light in the 90s.
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How was she a “DEAD POP STAR” in the 1990s… But, she sold OVER 50+ million albums… 25+ million singles… 10+ million VIDEOS & 2 of LARGEST grossing tours of the 90s… Not to mention, she scored about 2-4 more #1’s. GLOBALLY, she was still BIGGER than JANET had EVER been. Scoring multiple top 10’s throughout Europe, South America, Australia
& Japan. Oh, and her SUCCESSFUL & CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED success with the EVITA era. Sit down you ignorant m*****.
that stephy creature makes my skin crawl
“Madonna has no talent”
Bwahahaha oh,the irony! B**** you stan for RIHANNA lmao… what type of foolishness????
You stan for beyonce the girl who relys on s** and m*********** to sell. Rihanna may be talentless but she has an amazing diverse discography.
No, youre obviously confusing her with Rihanna. Since the only choreography that she will ever be recognized for is that repetitive p**** pat, weak ass dutty whine, and those stupid finger guns.
You stan for a generic music artist, who makes generic microwaveable hits….and its already been two years since shes had one of those. So you might want to slow your roll.
Beyoncé is and will always be more respected and acclaimed than Rihanna because her talent…. If she was ugly, fat tacky she would still have her voice… Her talent. Rihanna doesn’t have that, she has image and gimmicks and nothing to back that up, neither vocally or performance-wise.
You stand for Fadga, a woman (debatable) that paid a girl to drink coloured milk and vomit it back on her, while she sang a song about r***. You Stan for a fad that is will to wear an outfit made from animal carcasses all in the name of fashion, along with swallowing a senior citizens n** for a hit. Perhaps when Gagme is done fëllating old men, she can get off her ass and produce respectable music. Just a thought!!!
…of monotone rubbish! Her albums are also flops! She’s a singles act im afraid. Her albums never sell. As for her tour power, where are they in the all time top 10? Ah yes, she hadnt any! Madonna has 3! Rihanna will be over soon, her latest crap proves that her star just like Beyonces, and GaGas is fading! Madonna after 36 years, still here, incredible! Will Rihanna still be hitting the top in 16 years? ????
Madonna is THE greatest FEMALE artist of ALL time, period. And, she’s the MOST critically acclaimed female artist too (right along with ARETHA). There is MORE to artistry than some SCREAMING BELTING VOCALS & Michael Jackson/robotic dance moves. She’s a producer, writer, SINGER, author, professionally TRAINED dancer & VISIONARY. She’s had the LONGEST run of success of ANY pop star (MALE Or FEMALE) has EVER had, period.
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Mariah, Celine, Whitney, Janet etc… DID not achieve LONGEVITY commercial success like Madonna. No other FEMALE (aside from BARBRA STREISAND & CHER) has. Her 2000s DECADE proved why she’s the QUEEN OF POP. Madonna has to be THE most successful POP star EVER in their 40s. She slayed the 1980s, 1990s & 2000s. Period. Now, TALENT is SUBJECTIVE. YOU might not like her talent. But, the FACT still remains she’s the most successful female artist in HISTORY. <—- And, that's a FACT.
Tyler stays reading you hoooooessssss through the wire ????
Also, I find it authentically STRANGE… How you can stan and I mean STAN down for RIHANNA (whom I love) & Aaliyah (whom I love)… But, steady & I mean STEADY throw shade at MARIAH CAREY & MADONNA for not having “talent”!!!
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Rihanna is a BELOW average singer. She’s an EXTREMELY BELOW average dancer. She can’t write a HIT. She can’t produce a HIT. She’s basically, the same thing as Britney Spears (without the dancing skills)… But, just more BEAUTIFUL (which is my opinion). Same with Aaliyah. She didn’t write none of that GREAT music. Didn’t produce it. Her live vocals were EXTREMELY basic. And, her dance moves were pretty laid back cool. But, nothing extraordinary. Both RIH & Aalih gets by off of their LOOKS, unique STYLE & PERSONALITIES… NOTHING that really SOULLY has to do with MUSICAL TALENTS. Although, they do have pretty unique warm voices.
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Mariah Carey & Madonna ARE/IS more talented than your favs Marky Mark. And, that’s a FACT.
Yessss drag Janet. Janet will always be Madonnas lessor
Where is no sleep on any chart outside of the US ;(
The whole Erotica era is iconic, the things that woman did during that period….She was seen as the antichrist and i love everything about it haha.
Why do you have Kurt Cobain as your icon of you Stan for the queen?
I’m still a kid when in comes to Kurt, he’s just that special to me, as for Madonna, she’s my fave female singer alongside Debbie harry but it all ends there, do i believe she’s the best thing to happen in pop music, YES!, is simply as that.
Hi, Pauly.
Hi babe!
Vogue and Frozen are my favourites. This new era did nothing for me, and Janet can easily surpass it without leaking her own music and pulling stunts.
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The fact that Janet got blacklisted for the Superbowl incident while Madonna has been praised for simulating s** on stage, along with the Britney/Christina/Drake kissing fiascos, shows how hypocritical the industry is..
Ofc a tranet Stan would said that
@ me under your usual name, püssy ????
B**** nobody is scared of you, you stank p**** h**.
OOOOOKAY cave-dwelling bîtch, if that’s truly the case then @ me under your usual name???????????????? you’re still failing to disprove my point of you being a pûssy.
I see Mark ain’t got shittt to say now… #Clocked-T!
Erotica was a flop… 1,7 million in US and 5 million ww in 1992 is horrible sales. Her peers were all outshining and outselling her lol
Meanwhile, she still was able to outsell ALL the females (aside from Celine, Whitney & Mariah) during the 1990s. Sit down.
“that stephy creature makes my skin crawl”
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F*** you & ya WEAK b**** ass skin, h**!
What a bunch of bloody idiots. Madonna is the Queen. Janet is a flop from the 80s/90s. She only had success from 5 albums, that’s it! She has 5 flop albums under her bet too. And, she gonna release another flop. Rihanna is trash. She won’t have a long career like M.
STFU B****
Madonna has a long career and a long list of STDS
Because everybody knows she f**** for tracks so that includes everybody plus thing in the business.
How many damn aliases is Madonna damn stans gonna hide up under what number is it now 153 #IJustCan’t.
This is the queen bish right here..
OFTEN IMITATED NEVER DUPLICATED
queen of pop…..bish has the “wish i could”, “the never will be”, saying her name on her own video..who else can do ish like that?
the queen….
can we just put the feud between madonna and janet to rest already..i mean damn
both ladies are legendary…both ladies changed the game when it came down to entertaining and breaking records
who gives a f*** who sold the most..at the end of the day both madonna and janet has done things to change the music game..
they both had one thing in common though….they were visual artists…when you watched a madonna or janet video..it was more of a story than just let me sell ass…
My god, she was old AF in this video too. Hooker was born old. lol
How’s “No Sleep” doing on the charts this week? Is it back on iTunes yet? Is radio playing every hour? Hell, has radio EVER played it? Damn, looks like Janet’s using Michael’s fame and last name finally ran out of steam. By the way, Madonna is certified by Guinness and Billboard as “THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE ARTIST OF ALL TIME.” Janet could never. Maybe that’s why she’s STILL not in the RRHOF. She can’t even get a tour together. Her box scores are terrible, which is why her latest outing includes theaters. Madonna would NEVER play a theater. LOL! But I thought Janet was more respected? The industry don’t give 2 sh!ts about Janet. At least when Madonna underperforms and flops, she’s still able to retain her name value. Madonna’s had several renaissance periods. When Janet flopped, everyone was DONE with her for good. It’s like literally no one cares or even remembers her.
Oh, and one more thing: Madonna’s career never tapered off to the point where she had to release music independently. 😆 THAT is the ultimate embarrassment. No one of Janet’s supposed “caliber” does that unless they either A) are unable to find a major label willing to sign them or B) can’t find one willing to give them a deal that’s worth signing. Face it, the industry doesn’t care about Janet. She’s not considered marketable. That’s why everything she’s doing now is basically grass roots and she (make that her husband) has to fund herself. She even has trouble finding major backing for her tours. What kind of “legend” gets forsaken like that? Today Janet is basically on the same career level as Ashanti, Keyshia Cole, Tamar Braxton and E!/VH-1 reality shows cast members.
B**** STFU you don’t know s*** oh I guess no one can tell you s*** stupid ass b**** since you know everything about an artist so is that why your asking your own questions and just to give your dumb ass some facts Madonna came out with Maverick a label of her own so she can take hold of her business ventures and records basically her own company just like Prince did, Michael did, and Janet those four have hold of there music masters since the record labels tend to steal from there very own artist that work for them hence why Prince wrote s**** on his face and became the Artist formally known as Prince just like Michael went in on Sony about them stealing his and other artists work. Shows how much you know oh and Janet already had companies and brands of her own hence JDJ Ent & Blackdoll Inc so bloop you sound stupid and no her husband didn’t have to help her with s*** because he’s not even a billionaire, hate to burst your bubble Janet did this all on her own, and that concludes with #TheMoreYouKnow.
Um. Maverick wasn’t an independent label. It was set up through Time Warner and Warner Bros. Records. Furthermore Madonna never technically recorded for Maverick. They just put the name and logo on her releases as a courtesy to her and to further promote the company. And while Prince has released music independently, it was never a long term thing and was usually when he just wanted to put out something spur of the moment. Whenever he put extra effort into a new album that he intended to promote, it was always released through a major. And Michael never released anything independently either. His MJJ Music was through Sony, but it NEVER released any of his own albums. From 1975 until post death, Epic Records has released all of his music. Madonna, Michael and Prince all had vanity labels set up through the MAJOR labels they were signed to, and those vanity labels didn’t control their music. This thing Janet’s doing is totally different. She’s NOT with a major label system, which is suspect. No major (or once major) artist goes completely independent unless they have to. Janet is doing this most likely because she couldn’t find a major label willing to sign her or give her what she thought she deserved. Madonna, Michael and Prince never suffered through such a scenario.
I knew this couldn´t have been written by Sam. The bitter “bicht” can´t write a post about Madonna or Mariah Carey without throwing shade despite both of them being more successful than any of his faves.
THIS IS AN ARTICLE! SHE IS THE QUEEN OF REINVENTION POP! CAN’T NO OTHER DO IT LIKE THE QUEEN! MADONNA = MUSIC.