The Song That Launched a Pop Icon—And Almost No One Remembers It

Before "Like a Virgin," the iconic cone bras, and way before that Super Bowl moment, Madonna’s career started with a song you ...
The Cheat Sheet

Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ Copied Smokey Robinson to Become a Hit

Madonna has many obvious predecessors (Cher, Donna Summer, Nancy Sinatra) but Smokey Robinson is not one of them. Despite that, Robinson influenced one of the key ingredients of Madonna’s “Like a ...
Yahoo

Remember When Madonna Stole the First-Ever MTV VMAs Performing ‘Like a Virgin’ for the Very First Time?

It’s almost impossible, given everything that came after, to imagine just how controversial Madonna’s boldly sexual performance at the first MTV Video Music Awards — where she debuted "Like a Virgin" ...
American Songwriter

Why Madonna Doesn’t Want to Hear “Like a Virgin”

Madonna is one of the most popular entertainers of all time, however, her song “Like a Virgin” is a true dark horse. It was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who also wrote “True Colors” for ...
Queerty

It’s been 40 years since Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ album touched us for the very first time

40 years ago, on November 12, 1984, Madonna‘s Like a Virgin album, with its iconic cover art lensed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, came out and it still makes us feel shiny and new. Released ...
collider

The Madonna Song That Birthed Her Bad Girl Image and Became Her First Billboard No. 1 Hit

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...
The Cheat Sheet

Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ Is Offensive Today

Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” was a little edgy in its day, but the controversy didn’t stop it from becoming a major hit for the Material Girl. If a song with a similar sentiment came out today, it would ...
Forbes

Madonna’s New Hit Ties ‘Like A Virgin’ As One Of The Longest-Charting Of Her Career

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Madonna attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike ...
Spin

The 10 Best Things About Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’

American singer Madonna in a loft on Canal Street, New York City, December 1982. (Photo by Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty Images) A version of this story originally ran on November 12, 2014, for Like a ...
American Songwriter

Who Wrote Madonna’s “Like a Virgin?”

Like a virgin / Touched for the very first time / Like a virgin / When your heart beats next to mine, plays the ear-worming lyrics to “Like a Virgin.” Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg were the pair ...