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| name = ''Colletotrichum musae''

| Name = Vogue

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| Artistphylum = [[Madonna (entertainer)|MadonnaAscomycota]]

| from Album classis = [[I'm BreathlessSordariomycetes]]

| Releasedsubclassis = March 20, [[1990Incertae sedis]]

| ordo = [[Phyllachorales]]

| Format = [[CD single]]<br>CD maxi single<br>[[Cassette single]]<br>[[(single (music)|7" Single]]<br>[[12-inch single|12" single]]

| familia = [[Phyllachoraceae]]

| Recorded = 1990

| genus = ''[[Colletotrichum]]''

| Length = 4:49

| species = '''''C. musae'''''

| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]

| binomial = ''Colletotrichum musae''

| Label = [[Sire Records|Sire]]<br>[[Warner Brothers Records|Warner Bros.]]

| binomial_authority = (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Arx, (1957)

| Writer = [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]<br>[[Shep Pettibone]]

| Producer = [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]<br>[[Shep Pettibone]]

| Last single = [[Keep It Together (song)|Keep It Together]]"<br>(1990)

| This single = '''"Vogue"'''<br>(1990)

| Next single = "[[Hanky Panky (Madonna song)|Hanky Panky]]"<br>(1990)

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'''Colletotrichum musae''' is a plant pathogen.

'''"Vogue"''' is a [[1990]] number-one hit single by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]. The song was originally slated to be released as a [[B-side]] before becoming one of Madonna's biggest hits of the [[1990s]]; and in turn became one of the biggest music hits in history.

==Song informationExternal links ==

In mid-[[1989]], after the album ''[[Like A Prayer]]'' had spawned four U.S. hits - the title track, "Express Yourself", "Cherish", and "Keep It Together" - and a top-five European single in "Dear Jessie", its fourth domestic single, "Oh Father" stalled at number twenty in the charts. Perhaps to ensure that the last single release of "Keep It Together" would fare better on the charts, Madonna and producer [[Shep Pettibone]] decided to compose a new song to be placed on the flipside of "Keep It Together" and quickly produced "Vogue", partly inspired by a [[Paris is Burning (film)|dance performed by gay men in New York clubs]], in which they used a [[Vogue (dance)|series of complex hand gestures]] to imitate their favourite Hollywood stars (see the list of the names of the Hollywood stars below), as well as the cover models on the magazine ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.

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Never one to ignore an underground movement, Madonna brought "vogueing" into the mainstream when she named her song after it. After presenting the song to Warner Brothers Executives, all parties involved decided that the song was too good to be "wasted" on a [[B-side]] and should be released as a single. Although the song itself has nothing to do with Madonna's then upcoming movie ''[[Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy]]'', it was included on the album ''[[I'm Breathless]]'' which was inspired by the film.

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==Chart success==

Aided by both a single version and an extended [[remix]], as well as a black and white video directed by [[David Fincher]], the song shot to number one in every territory in which it was released. In the UK, the song knocked [[Snap!]]'s "[[The Power (song)|The Power]]" off the number one slot and stayed there for four weeks, continuing a trend of club/pop crossovers going to number one. In the U.S., the single reached multi-platinum status. In Australia, it was released as a double A-Side to "Keep It Together", and it went to the top spot.

The success of "Vogue" boosted the sales of the ''I'm Breathless'' album, and combined with Madonna's ''[[Blond Ambition Tour]]'', generated massive publicity for the ''Dick Tracy'' movie.

==Music video==

[[Image:Voguem.jpeg|200px|left|thumb|Madonna in a scene from the ''Vogue'' music video.]]

The video, directed by [[David Fincher]], is widely considered one of Madonna's best. In 1993, ''[[Rolling Stone magazine]]'' listed the video as the twenty-eighth best music video of all-time. It was the third time Fincher and Madonna collaborated on a video (the first being 1989's "[[Express Yourself]]" and the second being 1989's "[[Oh Father]]").

Filmed in black-and-white, it recalls the look of 1930s Hollywood films with the use of artwork by the [[Art Deco]] artist [[Tamara de Lempicka]], and an Art Deco set design. Many of the scenes are recreations of photographs taken by noted photographer Horst P. Horst. Some of the close-up poses recreate noted portraits of such stars as [[Veronica Lake]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]]. (Additionally, several stars of this era are name-checked in the song's lyrics). There was some controversy surrounding the video because in one scene Madonna's breasts can be seen through her sheer blouse. MTV wanted this part cut out, but Madonna refused and the video aired with the shot intact.{{citation needed}} The video features the dancers from her ''Blond Ambition Tour'' and documentary ''[[Truth or Dare (Madonna documentary)|Truth or Dare]]''. The back-up singers in the video are [[Niki Haris]] and [[Donna DeLory]], who have done back up for Madonna on numerous occasions. Niki Haris is also featured in the limousine scene in Madonna's "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]".

A live version of "Vogue", performed in the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, also proved popular. It featured Madonna and her dancers dressed in an 18th-century France theme, with Madonna bearing resemblance to executed French Queen [[Marie Antoinette]]. The performance was considered risqué, as Madonna and her dancers flashed their undergarments during their routine, and at one point Madonna pushed the faces of two male dancers into her breasts.

In 2004, Madonna opened her [[The Re-Invention Tour|Re-Invention Tour]] with "Vogue", again using an 18th century-influenced theme.

==Use in films and television==

*An edit from [[The Immaculate Collection]] is featured on the soundtrack of ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]''. It is used over the [[Montage (filming)|montage]] in which [[Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway]]'s character starts dressing in fashionable clothing rather than the conservative [[preppy]] look she had hitherto been sporting.

==Hollywood star names==

The [[lyrics]] of the song reference the names of several Hollywood stars, in this order:

*[[Greta Garbo]]

*[[Marilyn Monroe]]

*[[Marlene Dietrich]]

*[[Joe DiMaggio]]

*[[Marlon Brando]]

*[[James Dean]]

*[[Grace Kelly]]

*[[Jean Harlow]]

*[[Gene Kelly]]

*[[Fred Astaire]]

*[[Ginger Rogers]]

*[[Rita Hayworth]]

*[[Lauren Bacall]]

*[[Katharine Hepburn]]

*[[Lana Turner]]

*[[Bette Davis]]

Nine of the stars were alive at the time the single was released: Greta Garbo (who died less than a month after "Vogue" was released), Marlene Dietrich, Joe DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, and Lana Turner. As of August 2006, Bacall is the only one alive.

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!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Single

!align="left"|Chart

!align="center"|Position

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. The Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. The Billboard Hot 100 Airplay

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. Top 40 Tracks

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. Rhythmic Top 40

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hip Hop & R&B tracks

|align="center"|10

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|U.S. Adult Contemporary

|align="center"|23

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart

|align="center"|1

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|France top 50 singles charts

|align="center"|9

|-

|align="left"|1990

|align="left"|"Vogue"

|align="left"|UK top 40 singles chart

|align="center"|1

|}

==External links==

*[http://www.lyricsdir.com/madonna-vogue-lyrics.html Vogue Lyrics]

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