Today in Madonna History: January 12, 1993

January 12, 2015 By Jay in 1993, January Tags: Bad Girl, Christopher Walken, David Fincher, Erotica (Single) 1 Comment

On January 12 1993, filming began for Madonna’s Bad Girl music video. The video was directed by David Fincher and shot on location in New York City between January 12 and 18.

Besides Christopher Walken, the video also featured appearances by actors Mark Margolis, Tomas Arana, Rob Campbell, James Rebhorn, and an uncredited cameo appearance from Matt Dillon, who plays a crime scene detective.

I don’t want to cause you any pain
But I love you just the same
And you’ll always be my baby
In my heart I know we’ve come apart
And I don’t know where to start
What can I do, I don’t wanna feel blue

Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing someone else’s lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I’m not happy when I act this way

Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing some kind stranger’s lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I’m not happy, I’m not happy

Today in Madonna History: November 27, 1999

November 27, 2014 By Jay in 1999, November Tags: Bad Girl, Beautiful Stranger, Bedtime Story, Drowned World, DVD Release, Fever, Frozen, Human Nature, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Music Videos, Nothing Really Matters, Rain, Ray Of Light (Single), Secret, Take A Bow, The Power of Good-Bye, The Video Collection 93:99, VHS Release 1 Comment

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On November 27 1999, Madonna: The Video Collection 1993-99 hit #3 on the Billboard Top Music Videos chart.

Heather Phares from Allmusic gave the release five out of five stars and said:

“Madonna’s Video Collection: 1993-1999 adds to her status as one of the best represented artists on DVD. Though it doesn’t offer much in the way of DVD-specific features, the artistry of directors like Mark Romanek, Stephane Sedaoui, David Fincher, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, as well as Madonna herself, is on full display with videos like ‘Take a Bow’, ‘Bedtime Story’, ‘Human Nature’, ‘Frozen’, and ‘Ray of Light’. All in all, it’s a worthwhile collection of memorable videos from one of pop’s trendsetters.”

Today in Madonna History: October 20, 1992

October 20, 2014 By Jay in 1992, October Tags: Bad Girl, Bye Bye Baby, Deeper and Deeper, Erotica (Album), Erotica (Single), Fever, Maverick Records, Rain, The Sex Book 1 Comment

On October 20 1992, Madonna’s fifth studio album, Erotica was released by Maverick Records.

Music critic Sal Cinquemani commented on the album’s impact:

By 1992, Madonna was an icon—untouchable, literally and figuratively—and Erotica was the first time the artist’s music took on a decidedly combative, even threatening tone, and most people didn’t want to hear it. Erotica’s irrefutable un-sexiness probably says more about the sex=death mentality of the early ’90s than any other musical document of its time. This is not Madonna at her creative zenith. This is Madonna at her most important, at her most relevant. No one else in the mainstream at that time dared to talk about sex, love, and death with such frankness and fearlessness.