On July 26 1986, the second single from Madonna’s True Blue album, Papa Don’t Preach, climbed from #12 to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On July 26 1986, the second single from Madonna’s True Blue album, Papa Don’t Preach, climbed from #12 to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Today In Madonna History 
Papa Don’t Preach-Finally, a protest song that actually works. For once, Madonna has no answers to her Family Troubles-just hard questions.
When this came out (as a 15 year old), I remember my internal debate: was she literally keeping her baby, or was she doing whatever she could to please/keep her “baby” aka boyfriend. I played this 45 NON-STOP.