Today in Madonna History: June 16, 2007

June 16, 2020 By sonicboy19 in 2007, June Tags: Canadian Singles Chart, Charts, Hey You, Live Earth, Live Videos 3 Comments

On June 16 2007, Hey You peaked at #57 on Billboard’s Canadian Hot 100 Singles chart.

The charity single, recorded for the Live Earth benefit, was not promoted to radio and appeared on the chart for a single week only. It marked Madonna’s first appearance on the newly created Canadian Hot 100 Singles chart, which replaced the Nielsen Soundscan chart as Canada’s official singles monitor earlier that year.

Hey You was produced by Madonna & Pharrell Williams during the sessions for the Hard Candy album and is credited to Madonna alone.

Today in Madonna History: June 15, 1991

June 15, 2020 By sonicboy19 in 1991, June Tags: Holiday, Into The Groove, The Holiday Collection, The Immaculate Collection 3 Comments

On June 15 1991, Madonna’s Holiday was re-released in the UK to promote both The Immaculate Collection and the limited edition EP, The Holiday Collection.

This was the third release for Holiday in the UK:

January 1984 (reached #6)
August 1985 (reached #2, while #1 was Madonna’s own Into The Groove)
June 15 1991 (reached #5)

If Madonna were to release another greatest hits album and decided to re-release a classic hit, which song would you choose?

Today in Madonna History: June 14, 1990

June 14, 2020 By Jay in 1990, June Tags: Certification, Vogue 2 Comments

On June 14 1990, Madonna’s Vogue was certified platinum (for shipment of one million units) in the USA.

Today in Madonna History: June 13, 1996

June 13, 2020 By Jay in 1996, June Tags: Alan Parker, Buenos Aires, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Evita, Kurt Loder, You Must Love Me 2 Comments

On June 13 1996, A New Madonna: The Making Of Evita special (hosted by Kurt Loder) premiered on MTV.

Today in Madonna History: June 12, 2008

June 12, 2020 By Jay in 2008, June Tags: Christopher Ciccone, Family, Life With My Sister 2 Comments

On June 12 2008, Simon & Schuster announced that Madonna’s younger brother, Christopher Ciccone, would be writing a memoir about his famous sister.

“Ciccone’s extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister-the most famous woman in the world,” the company said in a press release.

The publishing house ordered a first printing of 350,000 copies of Life With My Sister, to be released on July 15, 2008.

When asked, Madonna’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said there would be no comment “at this time.”

Have you read Christopher’s book on Madonna? What did you think?

Today in Madonna History: June 11, 2005

June 11, 2020 By Jay in 2005, June Tags: American Life, Mother And Father, Peter Rauhofer 2 Comments

On June 11 2005, promo-only remixes of the American Life track Mother And Father peaked at # 9 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Club Play chart in the U.S.

The chart placement was fueled by Peter Rauhofer’s “Re-Invention Remix” of the song, which was featured on his compilation album Live @ Roxy 4. His label *69 Records also issued a unsegued version of the remix on a scarce promo CD. Additional white-label remixes of Mother And Father by Johnny Rocks also surfaced, though it is unlikely that they had as much impact on the song’s chart placement.

It is believed that the remixes were initially commissioned for a proposed American Life remix album. The idea eventually devolved into the Remixed & Revisited EP, with no remixes of Mother And Father making the final cut.