Take a Bow (Madonna song)
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| Single by Madonna from the album Bedtime Stories |
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| B-side | "Take a Bow" (InDaSoul Mix) | ||||
| Released | December 6, 1994 (Worldwide) December 11, 1994 (U.K.) |
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| Format | CD, CD maxi | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, Adult Contemporary | ||||
| Length | 5:21 | ||||
| Label | Maverick, Sire, Warner Bros. |
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| Writer(s) | Babyface Madonna |
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| Producer | Madonna Babyface |
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| Certification | Gold (US) | ||||
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"Take a Bow" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1994 album Bedtime Stories, and her longest running #1 hit ever in the United States. The song was released as a single in December 1994. Madonna performed "Take a Bow" with Babyface at the 1995 American Music Awards.
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[edit] Song information
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"Take a Bow" Co-written by Babyface (who also provides backing vocals), the Canto-pop styled ballad became Madonna's first US number one in almost three years and became the number one highest-selling single of 1995. - Problems playing the files? See media help.
"Take a Bow", the second single from the Bedtime Stories album, became Madonna's eleventh number one single in America, remaining at the summit for a seven-week run — the longest of her career thus far. Co-written by Babyface (who also provides backing vocals), the ballad became the singer's first United States number one in almost three years and became the highest-selling single of 1995.
Marking a significant departure in her musical style, the song was widely seen as being her best recorded vocal yet when released[citation needed]. Conversely, although the single was a major hit in the United States, garnering gold accreditation, it became one of only a handful of her releases not to reach the United Kingdom Top 10 and ended a ten year run of consecutive Top 10 hits. Sales, however, were buoyed by the Christmas period, ending higher than several of her Top 10 hits at over 100,000.
This song is also notable as Madonna's last single to make the Top 40 on the U.S. R&B Chart. The single received the remix treatment from prominent DJ and record producer Steve Hurley. Madonna won Best Female Video honors at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards.
Despite its overwhelming success on the charts and critical acclaim in Madonna's discography, the pop star has never played the song on tour.
[edit] Track listings
- Single
- "Take a Bow" [Indasoul Remix] - 4:58
- "Take a Bow" [Indasoul Instrumental] - 4:58
- "Take a Bow" [Album Version] - 5:21
- "Take a Bow" [Instrumental] - 5:21
- "Take a Bow" [Silky Soul Mix] - 4:12
- "Take a Bow" [Silky Soul Instrumental Mix] - 4:20
[edit] Music video
The music video (directed by Michael Haussman) was a lavish period-style piece filmed from November 3-8, 1994 in Ronda, Spain. The plot sees Madonna as a bullfighter's (played by real-life Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz) neglected lover, yearning for his presence.
Madonna requested that Haussman give the video a Spanish theme because, at the time, she was lobbying for the role of Eva Peron in the film version of Evita.
Some consider the music video for "Take a Bow" to be when Madonna officially toned down the strongly sexualized Erotica-era image. However, a lingerie-clad Madonna is still seen lying on the bed.
- Director: Michael Haussman
- Producers: Paul McPadden, Donnie Masters
- Executive Producer: Roberto Cecchini
- Director of Photography: Harris Savides
- Editor: Robert Duffy
- Production Company: The A+R Group
[edit] Trivia
- This video was ranked #27 on VH1's "50 Sexiest Video Moments".
[edit] Controversy
The video generated some controversy with animal rights activists who accused the singer of glorifying bull fighting. In Australia, music video program Video Hits ran a ticker along the bottom of the screen when the video was playing, stating that the producers of the program did not endorse the glorification of the sport portrayed in the video, while ABC TV video program Rage simply refused to play the video at all during their G-rated Top 50 program.
[edit] Trivia
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- "Take a Bow" was featured in the final episode of the first season of Friends ("The One Where Rachel Finds Out") when Rachel goes to the airport to tell Ross that she knows he's in love with her.
- Madonna's 1995 single "You'll See" could be considered a follow up to "Take a Bow" as the singer and Emilio Muñoz reprise their roles in the music video.
- Madonna planned to sing, and had rehearsed a few lines of "Take a Bow" (and thus giving it it's premiere on a Madonna world tour) during her performance of "Mother and Father" on the Re-Invention Tour in 2004, however just before the first date of the tour she chose to instead sing a few lines from her American Life song, "Intervention", to continue her family theme - "Mother and Father" focuses on her parents, and "Intervention" focuses on her children, thus making "Take a Bow" seem irrelevant.
[edit] Charts
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Brazil | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Japan | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Canada | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Chile | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Hot 100 | 1 (7 wks) |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Hot 100 Airplay | 1 (9 wks) |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 7 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 4 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Adult Top 40 | 35 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 40 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 5 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | UK | 16 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Australia | 15 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | South Africa, Republic of | 3 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Austria | 22 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | Switzerland | 8 |
[edit] Official versions and remixes
- Album Version (5:21)
- Album Version - Edit (4:31)
- Album Version - Instrumental (5:21)
- In Da Soul Remix (4:57)
- In Da Soul Remix - Edit (4:02)
- In Da Soul Remix - Instrumental (4:57)
- Silky Soul Remix (4:10)
- Silky Soul Remix - Instrumental (4:10)
[edit] Cover versions
- Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti recorded a cover of this song for her second album My Bossa Nova.
- Korean rock band Jaurim covered the song on their album "The Youth Admiration".
- Trisha Yearwood and Babyface covered the song on CMT "Crossroads" airing September 21st 2007
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "Creep" by TLC |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 25, 1995- April 8, 1995 |
Succeeded by "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan |
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