On August 28 1987, Madonna arrived in Paris and attended a reception at City Hall to meet French prime minister Jacques Chirac and his family; she presented him with a cheque for $85,000 to benefit AIDS charities in France.
Category Archives: 1987
Today in Madonna History: August 25, 1987
On August 25 1987, Causing a Commotion was released as the second single from the soundtrack album Who’s That Girl, by Sire Records. Causing a Commotion was written and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray, the song was inspired by Madonna’s relationship with then husband Sean Penn, and his abusive and violent nature.
Today in Madonna History: August 13, 1987
On August 13 1987, Madonna appeared on the cover of Sky magazine.
Today in Madonna History: August 6, 1987
On August 6 1987, Madonna attended the Who’s That Girl premiere at the National Theatre in New York City. Prior to the screening of the film, Madonna spoke briefly to a massive crowd in Times Square.
Today in Madonna History: June 25, 1987
On June 25 1987, Madonna appeared on the cover of Bravo magazine.
Today in Madonna History: June 4, 1987
On June 4 1987, Madonna appeared on the fourth issue of Sky magazine (United Kingdom).
Sky Magazine was first published in April 1987 and the final issue was released in June 2001. During that time, Madonna was the celebrity most featured on the cover of the magazine.
Today in Madonna History: February 7, 1987
On February 7 1987, Open Your Heart hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. It was the 4th international single release from the True Blue album.
The single’s b-side, White Heat, was inspired by the 1949 Warner Bros. film of the same name starring James Cagney, to whom Madonna dedicated the song. Interspersed with dialogue taken directly from the film, Madonna’s lyrics put her love of double entendre to clever use as she compares the film’s themes of trust and betrayal among gang members to affairs of the heart.
White Heat was written and produced by Madonna & Patrick Leonard and was one of the earlier songs developed for the True Blue album, along with Open Your Heart. The initial copyright registration, submitted to the Library Of Congress in 1985, lists the song under its original title, Get Up Stand Tall.
Both songs were performed during 1987’s Who’s That Girl Tour. White Heat was also featured as the b-side for the single, Who’s That Girl, released in the summer of 1987.
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