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22 hours ago · Early life. Barry Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Edna Manilow and Harold Kelliher, a truck driver of Irish descent. . Barry's mother made his father change his name to Pincus, which was the name of a Jewish uncle of his father from the 18
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Producer Shep Pettibone had produced successful remixes for a number of Madonna songs and provided additional production on her singles "Like A Prayer" and "Express Yourself". Warner Music head of dance music Craig Kostich approached Pettibone with the idea of collaborating with Madonna on a new song. Pettibone recalled that "Vogue" was created qui...
"Vogue" is a house song with disco influence. The song has been noted by Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine to have a "deep house groove" and to have a "throbbing beat" by Mark Coleman of Rolling Stone. The backing track also features elements of salsa-influenced soul music, including in the form of samples of horns and strings from the 1982 S...
"Vogue" has been lauded by critics since its release. AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine claimed that the song was "Madonna's finest single moment" and that it had an "instantly memorable melody". In a review of The Immaculate Collection, Erlewine also claimed that the song was "sleek" and "stylish". Jose F. Promis, in another AllMusic review,...
After its release, "Vogue" reached number one in over 30 countries worldwide, becoming Madonna's biggest hit at that time. It was also the best-selling single of 1990 with sales of more than two million, and has sold more than six million copies worldwide to date. In the US, massive airplay and sales demand in response to the popular music video in...
Background
The video was directed by David Fincher and shot at the Burbank Studios in Burbank, Californiaon February 10–11, 1990. The video was brought together after a large casting call in Los Angeles where hundreds of different sorts of dancers appeared. Filmed in black-and-white, the video recalls the look of films and photography from the Golden Age of Hollywood with the use of artwork by the Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka and an Art Deco set design. Many of the scenes are recreations of photog...
Synopsis
The black-and-white video, set in Art Deco-themed 1920s and 1930s surroundings, starts off showing different sculptures, works of art, as well as Madonna's dancers posing. Along with this are images of a maid and a butler cleaning up inside what seems to be a grand house. When the dance section of the song starts, Madonna turns around, and, similarly to the lyrics, strikes a pose. The video progresses, and images of men with fedoras, Madonna wearing the controversial sheer lace dress and othe...
Reception
MTV placed the video at second on their list of "100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" in 1999. In 1993, Rolling Stone magazine listed the video as the twenty-eighth best music video of all-time. Also, the same magazine listed "Vogue" as the #2 music video of all time in 1999 second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller. It was also ranked at number five on "The Top 100 Videos That Broke The Rules", issued by MTV on the channel's 25th anniversary in August 2006. It was the third time Fincher and...
The song was performed on the Madame X Tour, the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, The MDNA Tour, Sticky & Sweet Tour, Re-Invention World Tour, Girlie Show Tour and the Blond Ambition World Tour. On 6 September 1990, a month after the end of the Blond Ambition World Tour, Madonna made her now-famous appearance at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, lip-s...
In 1992, Finnish progressive metal band Waltari recorded a cover version for their album Torcha!, which became a single and has a video clip. In 1998, Britney Spears added the song to the setlist of her ...Baby One More Time Tour, along with Madonna's "Material Girl". "Vogue" was featured in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada and appears as the op...
"Vogue" was included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll", and was voted #5 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. Time called it "the most famous fashion song of all time", although the song was not specifically about the [Vogue] magazine. Author Lucy O'Brien, in her book Madonna: Like an Icon, wrote a detaile...
List of BillboardHot 100 number-one singles of 1990"Vogue" (Live at the MTV Awards 1990) on YouTubeThrough the Years: Madonna's "Vogue" at 25 at Slant Magazine- House
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22 hours ago · Looking back on last week now and it was another a big week for inflation data, with the US April PCE data on Friday the star of the show. Headline PCE came in line with expectations at +0.3% month-on-month, and +2.7% year-on-year. Similarly, core PCE posted at +0.2% month-on-month, and +2.8%, as expected.
