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Today in Madonna History: June 14, 2006

June 14, 2016 By in 2006, June Tags: , , 1 Comment

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On June 14 2006, the music video for Get Together premiered in North America and Europe.

Fully devoted to the preparation and launch of the Confessions Tour, Madonna was unavailable to shoot a video for the third single from Confessions On A Dance Floor. Warner Bros. Records and Madonna’s management instead commissioned several animation studios to combine live performance footage of Madonna’s 2005 promo show at London’s Koko with computer animated graphics. The original video that was released to music video channels (and is featured below) was directed by Logan.

Oddly, Madonna’s 2009 music video collection, Celebration, featured an alternate submission from 2006 directed by Eu­gene Riecan­sky (this second version had initially been streamed on Madonna’s official website in 2007). The original broadcast version by Logan, however, remains unavailable commercially.

Today in Madonna History: June 13, 2011

June 13, 2016 By in 2011, June Tags: 1 Comment

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On June 13 2011, The Weinstein Company announced that it had acquired U.S. distribution rights to Madonna’s directorial debut of a feature film, W.E.

Madonna had this to say:

“W.E. is about the nature of true love, and the sacrifices and compromises that are often made. I’ve wanted to tell this story for a very long time, and bringing it to life has been a great adventure for me. I’m looking forward to working with Harvey and The Weinstein Company on this film.”

Today in Madonna History: June 12, 2014

June 12, 2016 By in 2014, June Tags: , 1 Comment

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On June 12 2014, Little Jimmy Scott died. Little Jimmy had a cameo in the music video for Madonna’s Secret.

Madonna had this to say about Scott:

“Jimmy Scott is the only singer who makes me cry.”

Today in Madonna History: June 11, 2005

June 11, 2016 By in 2005, June Tags: , , 1 Comment

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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.

Today in Madonna History: June 10, 1989

June 10, 2016 By in 1989, June Tags: 1 Comment

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On June 10 1989, Madonna’s Express Yourself single debuted at #40 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart in the USA.

Express Yourself eventually peaked at #1 for 3 weeks (starting July 8 1989).

Today in Madonna History: June 9, 1984

June 9, 2016 By in 1984, June Tags: , 2 Comments

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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.

Today in Madonna History: June 8, 1999

June 8, 2016 By in 1999, June Tags: 1 Comment

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On June 8 1999, Madonna’s Immaculate Collection video collection was released on DVD.