Artist: Madonna
Video: From YouTube.
OMG Crazy For You! I love this song! Very tough to pick a personal favorite from 1985, but along with this song it’s a front runner. At least it better get serious consideration for favorite song in the reader’s choice poll on this blog, or I just might have to rig the thing. Not that I would ever do that. By the way a new poll is up, don’t forget to vote!
Anyway, "Crazy For You". OMG! When it was released, Madonna had the #1 album in the U.S. and this song wasn’t even on it. Her record company didn’t want the single released because she was essentially competing with herself for sales. Then when "Into The Groove" surfaced just a few months later, that couldn’t be released as a single in the U.S. because nobody could handle all the awesomeness.
No matter, everyone involved got rich. Madonna’s first ballad soared to the top of the pops, knocking "We Are The World" out of its 4-week reign at the top spot. The bigwigs at Warner Brothers didn’t want her singing it at first, they didn’t know if she could handle it since she was being typecast as a dance club singer. Well, she nailed it. The song is a naked expression of physical desire, filled with wantonly brazen sexual lyrics.
The song is featured in the 1985 film "Vision Quest", a coming of age wrestling film starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino. "Crazy For You" makes two appearances in the film. The first time is a scene featuring Madonna performing in a nightclub, and the main characters dance together without passion. However, when the song is reprised later in the film, they get their smooch on during a walk in the woods.
The video features a montage of scenes from the film, chronicling the developing relationship between the main characters. There is also plenty of Madonna performing in the same nightclub from the movie scene. The enduring image is her swaying gently on a poorly lit stage highlighted with pink neon accents, crucifix earring prominently jangling.
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