Today in Madonna History: October 9, 2025

On October 9, 2025, pre-orders began for the long-awaited companion EP to Bedtime Stories, titled Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter.

Anniversary collection will be available on November 28 2025 and will include:

Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter 12” EP

  • Pressed on black vinyl with a soft-touch picture sleeve and a three-piece postcard set featuring never-before-seen photos by Paul Roversi.

Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter (Deluxe Edition 2CD)

  • Presented in a multi-panel digipak with a 20-page booklet of lyrics and illustrations, plus the three-piece postcard set.
  • The first CD features the original Bedtime Stories album, while the second includes the newly curated companion EP.

Bedtime Stories (Silver Collection) Limited Edition LP

  • An 11-track pressing of the original LP on silver vinyl. Orders placed through the Official Madonna Store and Rhino.com include an exclusive poster featuring the album’s iconic cover shot by Patrick Demarchelier.

Tracklist — The Untold Chapter EP

  1. “Survival” – Quiet Storm Demo Remix
  2. “Secret” – Allstar New Single Mix
  3. “Right On Time” – Original Demo Edit
  4. “Don’t Stop” – Original Demo Edit
  5. “Freedom” – Short Mix
  6. “Human Nature” – Howie Tee New Clean Edit
  7. “Let Down Your Guard” – Rough Single Mix
  8. “Love Won’t Wait” – Original Demo Edit

Today in Madonna History: October 8, 1994

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On October 8 1994, Madonna’s Secret debuted at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.

Madonna’s hairstyle on the cover for Secret was inspired by Jean Harlow.

Today in Madonna History: October 7, 1989

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On October 7 1989, Madonna’s Cherish single hit #2 on the USA Billboard Hot 100 chart.

With the success of Cherish, Madonna overtook The Beatles on the list of all-time consecutive top 5 singles in US (16 singles) and also tied with Michael Jackson for the artist with the most consecutive top 10 singles in the 1980s (17 singles).

Today in Madonna History: October 6, 1992

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On October 6 1992, Madonna was interviewed by Steve Blame in Milan, Italy during the Sex/Erotica promo tour.

Today in Madonna History: October 5, 1999

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On October 5 1999, Madonna’s The Video Collection 92:99 was originally scheduled to be released, but was later renamed The Video Collection 93:99 and was finally released on November 2 1999.

The original release was planned to include the Erotica music video, but excluded the video for The Power of Good-Bye. The actual release excluded Erotica, and added The Power of Good-Bye to the collection.

The following music videos were included in 93:99

Bad Girl
Fever
Rain
Secret
Take A Bow
Bedtime Story
Human Nature
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Frozen
Ray Of Light
Drowned World/Substitute For Love
The Power Of Good-Bye
Nothing Really Matters
Beautiful Stranger

Were there any missing music videos that you thought deserved to be included in 93:99?

Today in Madonna History: October 4, 2009

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On October 4 2009, the media reported on the Saturday Night Live skit with Madonna and Lady Gaga from the night before.

Gaga was the musical guest and the show host was Ryan Reynolds.

Catfight!

Today in Madonna History: October 3, 1985

On October 3 1985, the film A Certain Sacrifice was released on home video – at a retail price of $59.95.