Song of the Week (Week of October 31, 2010)

Hello everyone...happy Halloween! This year I (finally) dressed up as Madonna...so in honor of that, I'm picking a Madonna song for this week's Song of the Week. Since I wore a Blond Ambition Tour wig, I decided to go with Vogue, her most popular song around that time in 1990. Ultimately, this is also one of the most famous songs of her whole career.

Believe it or not, this song was actually meant to be a B-Side for the single "Keep It Together" off of Madonna's "Like A Prayer" album. Madonna co-wrote and co-produced this song with producer Shep Pettibone. The song, and later on the video, were inspired by the dance of the same name, which was being performed in the New York underground gay club scene. This of course only strengthened Madonna's connection to the gay community.

After the song was presented to executives at Warner Bros. records, everyone agreed that the song was too good to just be a B-Side. They decided to release it as a single from the next release on Madonna's calendar, "I'm Breathless," which contained songs from AND inspired by Madonna's film, "Dick Tracy." The song hit number one in over 30 countries, including the U.S., and has since, along with its music video, become an iconic piece of pop culture. It truly is one of my favorite songs and one of her best. Enjoy!



Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue

Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (life that you know)

When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor, and here's what it's for, so

[Chorus:]
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it

All you need is your own imagination
So use it that's what it's for (that's what it's for)
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)

It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it

[chorus, substituting "groove" for "move"]

Beauty's where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor

[chorus]

Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (move to the music)
Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (go with the flow)

Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine

Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers, dance on air

They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you

Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Vogue, vogue

Oooh, you've got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to
Vogue