The Beginning of Madonna

Flashback to April 24, 1982 when paint splattered t-shirts with a knot on the side and super tight jeans that made people wonder how you even got them on were the hottest thing happening. That is until the day that the first ever release of a Madonna song was heard in the form of a single called "Everybody". As a single, the song shot to the number 3 spot on Billboard Hot Dance and Club Play Charts even though reviews were mixed among critics. "Everybody" was a song that Madonna used to promote herself in clubs before a record deal came her way, it just happened to be one of the original Madonna tracks that made it to the first record appropriately titled MADONNA and released on July 27, 1983.

Madonna quickly became one of the hottest acts in the 80's with her stage presence and the attitude that she gave off of "I don't care what people think of me".

To help the flashback be complete you have to listen to the song and remember your favorite Madonna moment and watch the video and imagine you and your friends going crazy in the living room screaming the words to her songs and dancing around like a bunch of monkeys just released from the zoo.

Just think of how different music as we know it today would be without the influence of Madonna. If Seymour Stein from Sire Records had not released this first song that was produced in studio by Mark Kamins where would some of the most popular acts of today be. Regardless of what genre of music, you would have to agree that most female music talents of today exude something in their act that they can thank Madonna for. If they do not exude something reminiscent of Madonna then they have her to thank for making much of what they do possible.

If Madonna had not broken down so many doors over the last 25 or so years, the music world would have been far less interesting and exciting.

Thank you Madonna for being out there, thank you for not being afraid to let it all hang out, and thank you for not being scared away because people didn't agree with you and your music way back when. We all in one way or another have to send thanks to you for being a strong woman of will and might and for showing that doors are made to be broken down, and opinions can be changed.