Today in Madonna History: October 22, 1996

October 22, 2024 By Jay in 1996, October Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics, Tim Rice, You Must Love Me 1 Comment

On October 22 1996, Madonna’s You Must Love Me (the lead single from Evita) reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The lyrics:

Where do we go from here?
This isn’t where we intended to be
We had it all, you believed in me
I believed in you

Certainties disappear
What do we do for our dream to survive?
How do we keep all our passions alive
As we used to do?

Deep in my heart I’m concealing
Things that I’m longing to say
Scared to confess what I’m feeling
Frightened you’ll slip away

You must love me
You must love me

Why are you at my side?
How can I be any use to you now?
Give me a chance and I’ll let you see how
Nothing has changed

Deep in my heart I’m concealing
Things that I’m longing to say
Scared to confess what I’m feeling
Frightened you’ll slip away

You must love me
You must love me

You must love me

Today in Madonna History: October 8, 1996

October 8, 2024 By Jay in 1996, October Tags: Academy Award, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Best Original Song, Evita, Lourdes Maria Ciccone, Tim Rice, You Must Love Me 1 Comment

On October 8 1996, Madonna’s You Must Love Me music video premiered on MTV.

You Must Love Me was released by Warner Bros. as the first single from the Evita soundtrack. The song was written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997.

Madonna filmed the music video for You Must Love Me on 31 August 1996 in California, while she was eight months pregnant with her daughter Lourdes. Madonna stood behind a piano to hide her pregnancy.

Today in Madonna History: March 25, 1997

March 25, 2024 By sonicboy19 in 1997, March Tags: Academy Award, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Best Original Song, Evita, Kathleen Guerdo, Oscars, Review, Tim Rice, You Must Love Me 1 Comment

On March 25 1997, Madonna performed You Must Love Me at the 68th Academy Awards. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Kathleen Guerdo from Billboard said that “Madonna delivers what is by far one of the strongest vocal performances of her career, comfortably scaling to the song’s demanding soprano heights while infusing it with delicate, heart-rending emotion.”

Today in Madonna History: December 21, 1996

December 21, 2023 By sonicboy19 in 1996, December Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boston Phoenix, Evita, Peter Keough, Review, Tim Rice, You Must Love Me 1 Comment

On December 21 1996, Madonna’s You Must Love Me (the lead single from EVITA) spent its final week on Billboard’s Hot 100 Airplay Chart in the USA. The hit single spent a total of 9 weeks on the chart.

Peter Keough of the Boston Phoenix had this to say about the song:

“You Must Love Me is an aching farewell that dispels the illusion of a romance-of-convenience to reveal the inescapable love and tragedy beneath”.

Today in Madonna History: December 12, 1996

December 12, 2023 By Jay in 1996, December Tags: Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Evita, Press Conference, You Must Love Me 1 Comment

On December 12 1996, Madonna attended a press conference to promote EVITA at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Marina Del Rey, California.

Today in Madonna History: October 27, 1996

October 27, 2023 By sonicboy19 in 1997, October Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Billboard, Evita, Live Videos, Review, Single Release, Sticky & Sweet Tour, Tim Rice, You Must Love Me 1 Comment

On October 27 1996, Madonna’s You Must Love Me (the lead single from Evita) was released.

Kathleen Guerdo’s review for Billboard:

“Madonna delivers what is by far one of the strongest vocal performances of her career, comfortably scaling to the song’s demanding soprano heights while infusing it with delicate, heart-rending emotion. This bodes well for the creative potency of the rest of the soundtrack, which is due Nov. 14. Prepare for wall-to-wall airplay of this flawless ballad on pop and AC radio.”