On March 23 1985, Madonna’s Material Girl hit #2 in the USA.
The US and UK 12″ singles included:
Side A: Material Girl (Extended Dance Remix) 6:05
Side B: Pretender 4:28
Material Girl also appeared on the 1990 greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, and on the 2009 greatest hits compilation, Celebration. The song was written by Peter Brown and Robert Rans, and Nile Rodgers produced the track.
Iconic yes but the song in question Material Girl is one of Madonna’s period pieces with mid-Eighties time stamp written all over it!!
The irony is that nobody remembers the song that kept it from #1, but Material Girl has endured.