On June 9 1984, Madonna’s Borderline single climbed from #12 to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Here’s what Seymour Stein had to say about the single:

I dared to believe this was going to be huge beyond belief, the biggest thing I’d ever had, after I heard “Borderline.” The passion that she put into that song, I thought, there’s no stopping this girl. All of her energy – my God, I never saw anybody work this hard in my life. And then make it look so easy.