Rolling Stone: Madonna’s 20 Greatest Videos
Madonna‘s first album was released in July 1983, just two years after the birth of MTV, and no artist conquered the medium like the Queen of Pop.
To salute the Material Girls’ unsurpassed career of visual experimentation, transformation and innovation, RollingStone.com gives you the stories behind the making of the singer’s 20 best music videos – from controversy-starting blockbusters such as Like a Prayer to introspective epics like Frozen.
Do you agree with their selection? Is there a song you think should have been in the list? Check it out:
1. Express Yourself (1989)
Taking total control of the artistic process, Madonna worked with director David Fincher to make a sci-fi classic
2. Ray of Light (1998)
A bold embrace of electronica that got Madonna her due at the VMAs
3. Open Your Heart (1986)
Madonna takes a big risk in a risqué video with an art-house soul
4. Take a Bow (1994)
Madonna + bullfighting = one of her weirdest scandals ever
5. Like a Prayer (1989)
How to offend every bigot in America in just five fiery minutes
6. Rain (1993)
A trip into the future that Madonna almost didn’t take
7. Papa Don’t Preach (1986)
Setting high style aside for a dose of social realism in Staten Island
8. Vogue (1990)
Creating vintage glamour out of the underground club scene
9. Like a Virgin (1984)
Madonna takes a big-budget trip to Venice and gets down with a lion
10. Cherish (1989)
Madonna takes the plunge with a first-time director in one of her sweetest videos
11. Material Girl (1985)
A tribute to Marilyn Monroe that became a classic itself
12. Justify My Love (1990)
A hotel party that made for the steamiest video of her career
13. Oh Father (1989)
Childhood memories haunt a deeply personal mini-epic
14. Bedtime Story (1995)
Madonna fans get a crash course in “painterly surrealism”
15. Human Nature (1995)
Laughing her way through a playful S&M fantasy that co-starred a dog
16. Burning Up (1983)
The early-Eighties clip that almost cut Madonna’s career short
17. Frozen (1998)
Chilling out on a desert vacation in a trippy experimental clip
18. Music (2000)
A pregnant Madonna and a little-known Sacha Baron Cohen take a wild ride
19. Fever (1993)
Madonna gets her martyr on and receives a paint job
20. Hung Up (2005)
How to power through pain in the name of a good dance sequence
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