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"Like a Virgin"
Cover art for most 12-inch vinyl and later CD editions, including the 12" US maxi-single
Single by Madonna
from the album Like a Virgin
B-side
"Stay"
Released
October 31, 1984
Format
7"
12"
Recorded
1984
Studio
The Power Station
(Manhattan, New York City)
Genre
Dance-pop
Length
3:38
Label
Sire
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Tom Kelly
Billy Steinberg
Producer(s)
Nile Rodgers
Madonna singles chronology
"Borderline"
(1984) "Like a Virgin"
(1984) "Material Girl"
(1985)
"Borderline"
(1984) "Like a Virgin"
(1984) "Material Girl"
(1985)
Music video
"Like a Virgin" on YouTube
"Like a Virgin" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her second studio album Like a Virgin (1984). It was released on October 31, 1984, by the Sire label as the album's lead single. The song was written by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, and produced by Nile Rodgers; Steinberg said that the song was inspired by his personal experiences of romance. "Like a Virgin" was chosen for Madonna by Michael Ostin of Warner Bros. Records after listening to a demo sung by Kelly. However, Rodgers initially felt that the song did not have a sufficient hook and was not suitable for Madonna, but subsequently changed his opinion after the hook was stuck in his mind.
Musically, "Like a Virgin" is a dance-oriented song, composed of two hooks. Madonna's voice is heard in a high register while a continuous arrangement of drums are heard along the bassline. The lyrics of the song are ambiguous and consist of hidden innuendo, interpreted in different ways. "Like a Virgin" received positive reviews from contemporary as well as past critics, who frequently called it as one of the defining songs for Madonna. It became her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching the top of the charts in Australia, Canada and Japan, and the top-ten of other countries.
The song's music video portrayed Madonna sailing down the canals of Venice in a gondola, as well as roaming around a palace wearing a white wedding dress. With the video, scholars noted Madonna's portrayal of a sexually independent woman, similarity of a man wearing lion's mask to that of Saint Mark, and the link between the eroticism in the video and the vitality of Venice. Madonna has performed the song in six of her concert tours, most recent being the Rebel Heart Tour in 2015. Most of the time, her performances of "Like a Virgin" were associated with strong reaction and uproar from the media.
"Like a Virgin" has been covered by a number of artists and has appeared in or been referenced in feature films such as Reservoir Dogs, Moulin Rouge! and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Family groups sought to ban it as they believed the song promoted sex without marriage. On the other hand, Madonna's public persona of an indomitable, sexually unashamed, supremely confident woman was widely accepted by the younger generation who emulated her style and fashion. Scholars have credited "Like a Virgin" as the song which cemented her position as a pop culture icon.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Recording and production
3 Composition
4 Critical reception
5 Chart performance
6 Music video
6.1 Development
6.2 Reception and analysis
7 Live performances
8 Cover versions and usage
9 Legacy
10 Track listing and formats
11 Credits and personnel
12 Charts
12.1 Weekly charts
12.2 Year-end charts
12.3 All-time charts
13 Certifications
14 See also
15 Notes
16 References
17 External links
Background[edit]
Tom Kelly co-wrote the song with Billy Steinberg
"Like a Virgin" was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. The idea for the song originated when Steinberg was living at his father's vineyards in the Coachella Valley, and driving a red pickup truck one day.[1] In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Steinberg explained that the song was not written for Madonna or any female singer but was inspired by his personal experiences.[2] At that time Steinberg had just come out of an emotionally challenging relationship, and he had met someone new. That inspired the lyrics for "Like a Virgin" about how he coped with the difficult situation. When he took the song to Kelly, they decided that it would be a sensitive ballad, however they could not decide how the word "virgin" would fit in it.[1] Steinberg elaborated: "I wasn't just trying to get that racy word virgin in a lyric. I was saying ... that I may not really be a virgin — I've been battered romantically and emotionally like many people — but I'm starting a new relationship and it just feels so good, it's healing all the wounds and making me feel like I've never done this before, because it's so much deeper and more profound than anything I've ever felt."[2]
Kelly recorded the demo, and invited Michael Ostin of Warner Bros. Records' A&R department to his house to listen to it. Steinberg and Kelly played four or five tunes for Ostin, and further discussed "Like a Virgin" – they were not sure for which artist the song would be suitable.[2] Due to meet with Madonna the next day to discuss her second album, Ostin intended on playing the demo to her, believing the lyrics and the groove of the song were perfect for Madonna. "When I played it for Madonna she went crazy, and knew instantly it was a song for her and that she could make a great record out of it," Ostin recalled.[2] In 2009, Rolling Stone interviewer Austin Scaggs asked Madonna what her first impressions were after listening to the demos of "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl". Madonna replied:
I liked them both because they were ironic and provocative at the same time but also unlike me. I am not a materialistic person, and I certainly wasn't a virgin, and, by the way, how can you be like a virgin? I liked the play on words; I thought they were clever. They're so geeky, they're cool. I never realized they would become my signature songs, especially the second one.[3]
Recording and production[edit]
"Like a Virgin" was recorded at Power Station Studios in New York City
In mid-1984, Madonna met producer Nile Rodgers at the Power Station studios (now Avatar Studios) in New York.[4] Rodgers initially did not want Madonna to record "Like a Virgin", as he felt that the lyric 'like a virgin' was not a terrific hook; according to him it was not an all-time catch phrase.[2] Rogers dismissed the song after hearing the demo, which he thought sounded "really stupid and retarded". Later, Rodgers had second thoughts: "It's weird because I couldn't get it out of my head after I played it, even though I didn't really like it. It sounded really bubble-gummy to me, but it grew on me. I really started to like it. [...] But, my first reaction to it was, 'This is really queer.'"[5] Rodgers credits Madonna with recognizing the song's potential. He later said: "I handed my apology to Madonna and said, 'you know... if it's so catchy that it stayed in my head for four days, it must be something. So let's do it.'" Hence the song was finally recorded.[2][5] Steinberg reflected on the recording process and commented that:
When Madonna recorded it, even as our demo faded out, on the fade you could hear Tom saying, "When your heart beats, and you hold me, and you love me..." That was the last thing you heard as our demo faded. Madonna must have listened to it very, very carefully because her record ends with the exact same little ad-libs that our demo did. That rarely happens that someone studies your demo so carefully that they use all that stuff. We were sort of flattered how carefully she followed our demo on that.[2]
Jason Corsaro, the record's audio engineer, persuaded Rodgers to use digital recording, a new technique at the time which Corsaro believed was going to be the future of recording because test pressings always sounded consistent.[4] To ensure this, Corsaro used a Sony 3324 24-track digital tape recorder and a Sony F1 two-track for the 12-bit mix. Madonna recorded the lead parts in a small, wooden, high-ceilinged piano room at the back of Studio C, also known as Power Station's "R&B room".[4] Corsaro then placed gobos around her while using the top capsule of a stereo AKG C24 tube microphone, with a Schoeps microphone preamplifier and a Pultec equalizer. Once the track met with everybody's approval, Robert Sabino added the keyboard parts, playing mostly a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, as well as some Rhodes piano and acoustic piano, while Rodgers also played a Synclavier. Madonna, although not required, was present every minute of the recording sessions and the mixing process, Corsaro commented: "Nile was there most of the time, but she was there all of the time. She never left".[4]
Composition[edit]
"Like a Virgin"
A 20 second sample of the song. Madonna sings the chorus which is supported by a continuous arrangement of drums and synth along the bassline.
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Composed as a dance-oriented song, the intro of "Like a Virgin" consists of two hooks.[6] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing, the song is set in common time, with a moderately dance-groove tempo of 118 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of F major with Madonna's voice ranging from the tonal nodes of low-tone G3 to high-tone C5.[7] According to Rikky Rooksby, the bassline on the intro is a re-working of the three-note bass motif present in the Four Tops' 1965 song "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", where Chuck Berry provided the chord arrangement. The bassline also has some similarity with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" especially during the second verse. Madonna sings the song in her high register while drum arrangement by Tony Thompson is heard alongside the bassline, which is also supported by a synthesizer arrangement, giving it a circular progression through all the seven diatonic chords of I–IV–VIIo–III–VI–II–V–I.[6]
Regarding the lyrics, Madonna had commented: "I like innuendo, I like irony, I like the way things can be taken on different levels." This statement highlighted the ambiguity of the lyrics of the song, which is hung on the word 'like'.[6] Rooksby interpreted the meaning of the song in different ways to different people. He said that for women who were really virgins, the song encouraged them to hold their compose before they engaged in their very first sexual act. For sexually experienced girls, the song meant that they would be able to re-live the feelings of their first sexual encounter all over again.[6] For the boys, the song presented a narcissistic image of them making the girl forget her past encounters and enjoy the sexual act as if for the first time.[6]
Critical reception[edit]
Madonna performing "Like a Virgin" on the 2006 Confessions Tour, riding on the carousel S&M horse.
"Like a Virgin" is one of Madonna's most famous singles, and was met with predominantly positive critical reception. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said that "Like a Virgin" was a definitive statement. He added that the song, and "Material Girl" from the same album, made Madonna an icon. He added that both overshadowed the rest of the record, "because they are a perfect match of theme and sound."[8] Debbie Miller from Rolling Stone commented that Madonna's voice "doesn't have the power or range of, say, Cyndi Lauper, but she knows what works on the dance floor."[9] In 2014, Ryan Reed, also writing for Rolling Stone, called the song a "classic".[10]
Dave Karger from Entertainment Weekly, while reviewing the album in 1995, felt that the song came off a bit repetitious and immature when compared to the present context.[11] Jim Farber from Entertainment Weekly felt that the song raised the "madonna-whore" ante.[12] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine called the song a classic.[13] Alfred Soto from Stylus Magazine felt that the song was chic in its style.[14] Katie Henderson from The Guardian commented that the song was saucy in nature.[15] Michael Paoletta from Billboard commented that the song sustained a "fevered dance-rock momentum."[16]
In 2000, "Like a Virgin", was honored by Rolling Stone and MTV, as the fourth song on their list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs".[17] It was voted ten on VH1's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years.[18] The song was listed at ninety-five on Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs.[19] In 2003, Madonna fans were asked to vote for their 'Top 20 Madonna singles of all-time', by Q magazine. "Like a Virgin" was allocated the fifth spot on the list.[20]
Chart performance[edit]
Madonna performing "Like a Virgin" during the Rebel Heart Tour, 2015.
"Like a Virgin" became Madonna's first of 12 number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, where it debuted at number 48 on the issue dated November 17, 1984.[21] The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of December 22, 1984 and remained there for six weeks.[22] "Like a Virgin" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 10, 1985, for shipping a million copies across United States—the requirement for a gold single prior to 1989.[23][24] The song also reached number-one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and was her first top-ten entry on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at position nine.[25] It placed at two on the year-end chart for 1985, with Madonna becoming the top pop artist for the year.[26] In Canada, the song debuted on the RPM Singles Chart at number 71 on the RPM issue dated November 24, 1984,[27] and reached the top of the chart on January 19, 1985.[28] It was present on the chart for a total of 23 weeks[29] and ranked thirty-five on the RPM Year-end chart for 1985.[30]
The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on November 17, 1984 at number 51, and peaked at number three on January 12, 1985; it spent a total of 18 weeks in the chart,[31] and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipment of 500,000 copies across United Kingdom.[32] According to Official Charts Company, the song has sold 832,200 copies there as of August 2016.[33] Across Europe, the song peaked within the top-ten of the charts of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland.[34][35][36][37] "Like a Virgin" became Madonna's first number-one song on the Australian Kent Music Report chart[38] and on the Japanese International Singles Chart.[39] It peaked at number-two on the New Zealand Singles Chart, number 15 on the Swedish charts and peaked the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.[40]
Music video[edit]
Development[edit]
Madonna in the "Like a Virgin" video, riding on a gondola, wearing a number of garlands around her neck.
The music video, directed by Mary Lambert, who worked with Madonna in her video for "Borderline", was shot in Venice, Italy and partly in New York City in July 1984. Madonna was portrayed as a knowing virgin, a figment of the pornographic mind, as she walked through marble rooms, wearing a wedding gown. It alternated with scenes of a provocative-looking Madonna on board a gondola.[41] She commented, "[Mary] wanted me to be the modern-day, worldly-wise girl that I am. But then we wanted to go back in time and use myself as an actual virgin."[42] The video starts with Madonna boarding on a boat from the Brooklyn Bridge and travels to Venice. As she steps down into the city, she moves like a stripper and undulated sinuously. She wears a black dress and blue pants with a number of Christian symbol embedded jewelry around her neck.[43] She sings the song at full volume as she watches a lion walking between the columns of the Piazza San Marco of Venice and along the statute of Saint Mark.[43]
A number of game-playing involving carnival masks, men, lions, werelions are portrayed with allusions to eighteenth-century practices and Saint Mark.[44] Sheila Whiteley, author of Women and popular music: sexuality, identity, and subjectivity, felt that Madonna's image signified a denial of sexual knowledge, but also portrayed her in simulated writhing on a gondola, thus underpinning the simulation of deceit. The intrusion of a male lion, confirmed the underlying bestial discourse of both mythological fairy tale and pornographic sex. Whiteley observed that in the video, Madonna's lover wears the lion's mask and while cavorting with him, Madonna sheds the veneer of innocence and shows her propensity for wild animal passions. Having instilled desire, metaphorically she turns her lover into a Beast.[45] Madonna commented about shooting with the lion:
"The lion didn't do anything he was supposed to do, and I ended up leaning against this pillar with his head in my crotch... I thought he was going to take a bite out of me so I lifted the veil I was wearing and had a stare-down with him and he opened his mouth and let out this huge roar. I got so frightened my heart fell in my shoe. When he finally walked away, the director yelled 'Cut' and I had to take a long breather. But I could really relate to the lion. I feel like in a past life I was a lion or a cat or something."[42]
Reception and analysis[edit]
"For 'Like a Virgin' I said 'Lets do it in Venice!' The idea of Madonna singing in a gondola was the most outrageous thing I could think of. And Madonna dug it, because she has the whole thing with the Catholic Church and her Italian heritage. It turned into a huge party."
—Director Mary Lambert on the filming of the video.[46]
With the video, scholars noted the expression of Venetian vitality in it. Author Margaret Plant (2002) commented: "With the lion of Saint Mark and the virginal city to the forefront, old sacrosanct Venice was propelled into a pop world of high-energy gyration, and endless circulation."[47] She also noted that Saint Mark was a symbol of a time when sexual crime was punished severely in Venice and acts of rape, homosexuality and fornication incurred the loss of a nose, a hand or sometimes life itself. Madonna appeared to challenge such brutality and stretch the boundaries of tolerance in the video. As the lion-man carried Madonna to the Venetian palace, it symbolized an instance of the Saint taking the simulated Virgin, where Madonna became a symbol for La Serenissima, the Republic itself.[48]
Plant also noted that Madonna, in the video, restored the energy and eroticism of Venice, which had its name taken from Venus in familiar elision. As she exchanged her blue top for a black one during the video, Madonna demonstrated her mastery and bravery of the city, which had a reputation of turning out its visitors as victims.[43] Carol Clerk (2002) commented that with the video, "Madonna's days as a cheap and cheerful video star were over. She was moving into serious spectacle."[49]
In 1985, a live music video of "Like a Virgin" from The Virgin Tour filmed in Detroit, was used to promote Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour video release. This version was nominated for Best Choreography at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.[50] The live performance of "Like a Virgin" from the Blond Ambition World Tour in Paris, France was released as a music video on May 9, 1991 to promote the documentary film Truth or Dare. This version was nominated for two awards at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards in the categories of Best Female Video and Best Choreography.[51] This video was ranked at position sixty-one on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos.[52]
Live performances[edit]
Madonna wearing a wedding dress, while performing "Like a Virgin" during The Virgin Tour, 1985.
Madonna performed "Like a Virgin" at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, where she appeared on stage atop a giant wedding cake dressed in a wedding dress, adorned with the infamous "Boy Toy" belt buckle, and veil. The climax of her risqué performance found her "humping" and rolling around on the stage. The song was subsequently performed at The Virgin Tour in 1985. Madonna again donned wedding attire and performed a straight version of the song featuring a quotation from Michael Jackson's similar-sounding Motown-style single, "Billie Jean". Balloons floated out towards the audience as she rolled around the stage, carrying a wedding bouquet in her hand.[49] The performance was included in the VHS release Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour recorded in Detroit, Michigan.[53] In the 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour, the song was given a lighthearted comedic theme and included quotations from The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)". Madonna took off her outfit piece by piece, until she was standing in a black corset, and ended the performance while flirting with a young male dancer who played her bridegroom.[54] Two different performances of the song on this tour can be found on the videos: Who's That Girl: Live in Japan, filmed in Tokyo, Japan, on June 22, 1987,[55] and Ciao Italia: Live from Italy, filmed in Turin, Italy, on September 4, 1987.[56]
The controversial performance of "Like a Virgin" during the Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990, where she simulated masturbation
For the 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, the song was re-invented with a middle-eastern arrangement and risqué choreography which found Madonna wearing a gold corset, while simulating masturbation on a red silk bed, accompanied by two male dancers who wore the infamous cone bras designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The performance garnered a lot of attention, particularly when police in Toronto, Canada, threatened to arrest Madonna and charge her with indecency unless she altered the performance. Madonna refused and the show went ahead unaltered. The threatened arrest failed to materialise.[57] Two different performances were taped and released on video, the Blond Ambition: Japan Tour 90, taped in Yokohama, Japan, on April 27, 1990,[58] and the Blond Ambition World Tour Live, taped in Nice, France, on August 5, 1990.[59] During The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993, Madonna wore a tuxedo and adopted a Marlene Dietrich-like persona, singing the song with a thick German accent. The overplayed accent and three-quarter time signature gave the performance a sense of parody. Dietrich's look in the 1930 film Morocco inspired the whole performance.[60] The performance was included on The Girlie Show: Live Down Under home video release, recorded on November 19, 1993 at Sydney, Australia.[61]
In April 2003, while promoting her ninth studio album American Life, an impromptu acoustic performance of the song was done by Madonna at New York's Tower Records.[62] Madonna's performance of "Hollywood" at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards recreated the 1984 performance of "Like a Virgin". The performance started with Britney Spears emerging from a giant cake singing the first few lines. She was later joined by Christina Aguilera and both of them writhed on the stage while singing. Madonna appeared on the cake dressed as a groom and sang "Hollywood", and ultimately kissed both Spears and Aguilera on the mouth.[63]
During the Confessions Tour in 2006, the song was given a horse riding theme.[64] Madonna wore a tight, black body suit, and performed the song atop a studded leather S&M carousel horse, while X-rays of her broken bones, the result of a horse-riding accident on her 47th birthday, flashed on the screens behind her.[65][66] The performance was included on The Confessions Tour live album, released in 2007.[67] In 2008's Sticky & Sweet Tour, Madonna sang the song in Rome and dedicated the song to Pope Benedict XVI, commenting "I'd like to dedicate this song to the Pope, I know he loves me" and saying that she is a child of God. She asked the audience to sing along with her.[68] The song was again performed on The MDNA Tour (2012), during the third section of the show. "Like a Virgin" was stripped down to a simple Burlesque-version played on the piano, featuring elements of the soundtrack "Evgeni's Waltz" from the film, W.E.[69] On the Rebel Heart Tour (2015–2016), a bass-heavy version of "Like a Virgin" ended the second act of the show. The remix was created in 2008 by French music producer Denis Zabee, and features elements of "Heartbeat" and "Erotica".[70] Jim Farber of Daily News described it as the show's "most stunning move".[71] The performance was included in the live album Rebel Heart Tour recorded in Sydney, Australia, and released in September 2017.[72]
Cover versions and usage[edit]
See also: List of cover versions of Madonna songs and List of Madonna tribute albums
Madonna performing "Like a Virgin" on The MDNA Tour in 2012, while writhing on the floor
In 1985, The Lords of the New Church recorded "Like a Virgin" for their compilation album Killer Lords. Gary Hill from Allmusic called the composition as "very funny and obnoxious".[73] The same year, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song with his single "Like a Surgeon" from the album Dare to Be Stupid. Eugene Chadbourne from Allmusic commented: "Turning the tacky Madonna hit inside out and upside down, Yankovic comes up with a hilarious satire of the medical profession."[74] In 1991, Glaswegian band Teenage Fanclub covered "Like a Virgin" on their second album, The King.[75] In the opening scene of the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, Mr. Brown (played by Tarantino himself) insists that "Like a Virgin" is a "metaphor for big dicks". When Madonna met Tarantino at a party after the film was released, she gave him an autographed copy of her Erotica album, signing "Quentin: it's about love, not dick".[57]
The song also appears on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Moulin Rouge! and is sung by the characters Harold Zidler, played by Jim Broadbent, and The Duke of Monroth, played by Richard Roxburgh.[76] In 2004, The Meat Purveyors covered the song in a bluegrass medley, pairing it with Madonna's "Lucky Star" and "Burning Up."[77] In the 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the title character teaches the song to women in a Thai prison, after becoming annoyed that they are singing the song badly. She tells them, "Madonna is nothing if not a perfectionist!"[78] In one of the episodes of the TV show Grey's Anatomy, the character of Cristina Yang hums the song during surgery to take the focus off herself. However, when her assisting surgery, Lexie Grey starts singing along, Christina looks venomously at her until she quiets down.[79] Katy Perry, Travis Barker and DJ AM covered the song at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[80] In 2009, the song was namechecked in the Train hit single "Hey, Soul Sister" with the lyric "I believe in you/Like a virgin you're Madonna/And I'm always gonna wanna blow your mind".[81]
The song was covered in the 2010 Glee episode "The Power of Madonna" by the cast, including Jonathan Groff, Jayma Mays, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, and Naya Rivera, during a dream sequence by their characters.[82] The same year, Elton John performed a cover version of "Like a Virgin" at the Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert.[83] On September 9, 2011, Vanessa Carlton posted a link to a snippet of her stripped-down cover of the song in her Twitter account. In 2012 Korean girl group 2NE1 released a cover of the song for their debut Japanese album Collection.[84] In 2012, JoJo performed a cover version of "Like a Virgin" at the LACMA for the Harvard Westlake Charity.[85] The same year, Peruvian singer Wendy Sulca recorded a spanglish version.[86] In 2014, Cristina Scuccia, a singing nun who won that year's The Voice of Italy season, released a ballad version of the song as her debut single,[87] a cover that Madonna herself praised.[88] Romanian singer Alexandra Stan recorded a cover version of the song with a new orchestration done by Chris Trace in late January 2017, stating that she is a fan of the track.[89]
Legacy[edit]
The Marlene Dietrich-inspired version of "Like a Virgin" during The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993.
"Like a Virgin" is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of "500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll".[90] After the song and its video were released, "Like a Virgin" attracted the attention of family organizations who complained that the video and the song, promoted sex without marriage and undermined family values, offering an unsavoury image of Madonna as a whore.[91] Outraged moralists condemned her as a sex kitten and sought to ban the song and the video.[92] Conservatives were angered that Madonna dared to portray religious symbolism and the virginal wedding attire in a sexual context. Clerk noted the song attracted an unprecedented level of attention from social groups compared to any female singer's song. "The main problem was that most of them listened superficially to the lyric of the song, imagining that it detailed or called on an innocent's sexual initiation." While one section of the population were outraged at the scandal, others were taking joy at the very notion of a virginal Madonna, who retorted by saying,
I was surprised by how people reacted to "Like a Virgin" because when I did that song, to me, I was singing about how something made me feel a certain way – brand-new and fresh – and everyone interpreted it as I don't want to be a virgin anymore. Fuck my brains out! That's not what I sang at all. "Like a Virgin" was always absolutely ambiguous.[6][49]
Biographer Andrew Morton noted that most of Madonna's admirers were females, who were born-and-brought-up with an image of old-fashioned stereotypes of women as virginal brides, or as whores, or with feminist values that rejected the use of a woman's looks for her self-advancement.[93] Author William McKeen of Rock and roll is here to stay: an anthology commented that with the song, Madonna became the last word in attitude and fashion for young girls of that time. He compared that image of Madonna with that of Barbie. McKeen explained that Madonna intermixed middle-class ideas of femininity with examples of what femininity meant to her, which was having equal opportunity. She offered an aggressive sexuality that implied it was acceptable for women not only to initiate relationships, but also enjoy them.[94]
In addition, according to Morton, at a time when eighties fashions were promoting flat-chested, stick-thin women as ideals of beauty, the more curvaceous Madonna made average girls feel that it was fine to be in the shape they were. A new word called 'Madonna wannabe' was introduced to describe the thousands of girls who tried to emulate Madonna's style. University professors, gender-studies experts and feminists earnestly started discussing her role as a post-modernist style and cultural icon. According to author Debbi Voller, "Like a Virgin" gave rise to the icon Madonna.[93]
The performance of "Like a Virgin" at the very first MTV Video Music Awards is considered by MTV as one of "one of the most iconic pop performances of all time". Christina Garibaldi from the channel noted that the performance "helped make the Video Music Awards a household name... and simultaneously set the bar for every other performer to come after her. From that point forward, every artist, when they hit the VMA stage, wanted to have a performance you would forever be talking about."[95] According to Joe Lynch from Billboard, the song's performance at the 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour "opened the gates for everyone from Marilyn Manson to Miley Cyrus to shock and awe on stage in the decades to come."[96]
Track listing and formats[edit]
US 7" single[97]
"Like a Virgin" (album version) – 3:38
"Stay" (album version) – 4:04
US/CAN 12" maxi single[98][99]
"Like a Virgin" (extended dance remix) – 6:04
"Stay" (album version) – 4:04
Japanese 12" vinyl promo single[100]
"Like a Virgin" (extended dance remix) – 6:07
"Supernatural Love" (by Donna Summer) – 6:11
Germany / UK CD Maxi Single (1995)
"Like a Virgin" (extended dance remix) – 6:04
"Stay" – 4:04
Credits and personnel[edit]
Madonna – vocals
Billy Steinberg – songwriter
Tom Kelly – songwriter
Nile Rodgers – producer, drum programming, guitar
Bernard Edwards – bass
Tony Thompson – drums
Rob Sabino – bass synthesizer, assorted synthesizers
Jellybean Benitez – 12" remixer
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[101]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1984–85)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[38]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[102]
8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[34]
2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[28]
1
Eurochart Hot 100 (Billboard)[40]
2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[103]
5
France (SNEP)[104]
8
Germany (Official German Charts)[35]
4
Iceland (RÚV)[105]
7
Ireland (IRMA)[36]
4
Italy (FIMI)[37]
16
Japan International (Oricon)[39]
1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[106]
4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[107]
2
Norway (VG-lista)[108]
8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[109]
15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[110]
9
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31]
3
US Billboard Hot 100[111]
1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[112]
29
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[113]
1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[114]
9
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1985)
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[38]
21
Canadian Top Singles (RPM)[30]
35
Germany (Official German Charts)[115]
40
Italy (FIMI)[116]
70
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[117]
82
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[118]
11
US Billboard Hot 100[26]
2
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[26]
31
All-time charts[edit]
Chart (1958-2008)
Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[119]
95
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Japan (Oricon Charts)
121,780[120]
United Kingdom (BPI)[32]
Gold 832,200[33]
United States (RIAA)[23]
Gold 1,900,000[121]
Digital
United States (RIAA)[122]
240,000[123]
^shipments figures based on certification alone
See also[edit]
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1985
List of number-one dance singles of 1984 (U.S.)
List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
List of RPM number-one singles of 1985
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Tax-Free Savings Account
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"TFSA" redirects here. For other uses, see TFSA (disambiguation).
The Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA, French: Compte d'épargne libre d'impôt or CÉLI) is an account available in Canada and South Africa that provides tax benefits for saving. Investment income, including capital gains and dividends, earned in a TFSA is not taxed in most cases, even when withdrawn. Contributions to a TFSA are not deductible for income tax purposes, unlike contributions to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
Despite the name, a TFSA does not have to be a cash savings account. Like an RRSP, a TFSA may contain cash and/or other investments such as mutual funds, certain stocks, bonds, or Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs).[1]
Contents
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1 History
2 Canadian features
2.1 Contribution room
2.2 Eligible investments
2.3 Creditor protection
2.4 Over-contributions
2.5 Foreign dividend withholding tax
2.6 Risks for U.S. citizens and U.S residents
3 South African features
4 Comparison to RRSP
5 Similar accounts in other countries
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
The first Tax-Free Savings Account was introduced by Jim Flaherty, then Canadian federal Minister of Finance, in the 2008 federal budget. It came into effect on January 1, 2009.[2]
This measure was supported by the C.D. Howe Institute, which stated; “This tax policy gem is very good news for Canadians, and Mr. Flaherty and his government deserve credit for a novel program”.[3] Furthermore, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business,[4] Canadian Bankers Association,[5] Bank of Montreal economist Doug Porter,[4] the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,[6] and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation[7] also supported this tax policy. In 2015 South Africa introduced TFSA accounts to encourage low to middle-class citizens to save money.
Canadian features[edit]
The TFSA is an account in which Canadian residents 18 years and older can save or invest. Income earned on contributions is not taxed. The TFSA account-holder may withdraw money from the account at any time, free of taxes.
Contribution room[edit]
The maximum annual contribution room for each year prior to 2013 was $5,000 per year. Beginning in 2013 it was increased to $5,500 per year.[8] The $5,500 annual contribution limit was indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), in $500 increments, in order to account for inflation.[9]
The 2015 federal budget raised the contribution limit to $10,000, and eliminated indexation for inflation, beginning with the 2015 tax year.[10] However, in December 2015 a newly elected government proposed to restore the pre-2015 contribution limit of $5,500 for 2016, which will be indexed for inflation after that.[11][12][13]
As of January 1, 2018, the total cumulative contribution room for a TFSA is $57,500 for those who have been 18 years or older and residents of Canada for all eligible years.
Years
TFSA Annual Limit
Cumulative Total
2009–2012 $5,000 $20,000
2013–2014 $5,500 $31,000
2015 $10,000[14] $41,000
2016–2018 $5,500 $57,500
Any unused contribution room under the cap can be carried forward to subsequent years, without any upward limit.[15]
Eligible investments[edit]
A TFSA can hold any investments that are RRSP-eligible, including publicly traded shares on eligible exchanges, eligible shares of private corporations, certain debt obligations, instalment receipts, money denominated in any currency, trust interests including mutual funds and real estate investment trusts, annuity contracts, warrants, rights and options, registered investments, royalty units, partnership units, and depository receipts.[16]
Creditor protection[edit]
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Assets within a TFSA are not protected from creditors in the event of bankruptcy or a financial judgement that results from legal proceedings against the account-holder, whereas those within an RRSP are protected. Unless the investments in the TFSA are in a segregated fund (which then follows the Insurance act rules).
Over-contributions[edit]
A withdrawal in any year will increase the available contribution room, but not in that current calendar year – it can only be re-contributed starting on January 1 of the following year. An over-contribution will occur if an individual (whose TFSA contributions have already been maximized for the year) mistakenly believes that a withdrawal immediately creates contribution room and re-contributes the withdrawn funds later the same calendar year.
In the 2012 tax year, the CRA sent notices to about 74,000 taxpayers about TFSA over-contributions, out of about nine million TFSAs existing at the end of 2012. About 76,000 notices were sent in 2011 and 103,000 in 2010.[17]
Foreign dividend withholding tax[edit]
Unlike an RRSP, a TFSA is not considered by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be a pension plan. Therefore, the tax treaty between the U.S. and Canada foregoing the U.S. withholding tax on dividends in registered pension plans does not apply to TFSA accounts, subjecting Canadians in most cases to a 15% U.S. tax withheld on dividends paid on shares of U.S. corporations. The tax withheld cannot be credited against other payable taxes as would be the case with non-registered accounts.
To get around this problem, one exchange-traded fund manager, Horizons ETFs Group, offers an ETF that uses swap contracts to replicate the return of the underlying dividend-paying stocks in the fund without actually holding any of those stocks. However, due to the fees charged by the counterparty to the swap agreement, as well as the fund's own management fee, its expenses exceed the actual withholding tax payable for the underlying stocks, if those were to be held directly in the TFSA.[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Risks for U.S. citizens and U.S residents[edit]
Canadian mutual funds held in TFSAs are generally considered by the IRS to be investments in a passive foreign investment company (PFIC), and must be reported as such (on form 8621) by U.S. citizens. PFICs can be very disadvantageous as, absent certain elections, "excess" distributions are always taxed at the highest marginal rate. Also, income is averaged over the duration of the investment, and interest is then charged from the date the income is deemed to have occurred, resulting in effective tax rates as high as 50% or more.[24][25] The TFSA may also be a grantor foreign trust from the perspective of the U.S. U.S. citizens with a grantor foreign trust are required to file IRS Forms 3520A (due March 15) and 3520 (due at the same time as Form 1040). These forms are both complicated and both involve potentially large penalties for late filing. Like other non-U.S. accounts the TFSA may also need to be included on a U.S. citizen's FBAR and tax-FBAR. Earnings inside the TFSA are taxed by the U.S.
South African features[edit]
The lifetime contribution limit is R500000 and the annual limit is R33000.[26]
Comparison to RRSP[edit]
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The tax treatment of a TFSA is the opposite of a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). There is an income tax deduction for contributions to an RRSP, and withdrawals of contributions and investment income are all taxable. In contrast, there is no tax deduction for contributions to a TFSA, and there is no tax on withdrawals of investment income or contributions from the account.
Unlike an RRSP, which must be withdrawn before the holder turns 71, the TFSA does not expire.
If an account-holder withdraws funds from a TFSA, his or her contribution room is increased by that amount on the 1st of January after the withdrawal. In an RRSP, the contribution room is not increased to reflect withdrawals.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) describes the difference between a TFSA and an RRSP as follows: "An RRSP is primarily intended for retirement. The TFSA is like an RRSP for everything else in your life." Interest paid on money borrowed to invest in either TFSA or RRSP is not tax deductible.[27]
Similar accounts in other countries[edit]
The TFSA is similar to a Roth Individual Retirement Arrangement in United States, although the TFSA has fewer restrictions.[clarification needed][28] In the UK, similar tax advantages have been available in Individual Savings Accounts since 1999.[29]
See also[edit]
Taxation in Canada
Registered Retirement Savings Plan
Registered Education Savings Plan
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Canada Revenue Agency (2014-02-14). "TFSA: Types of investments". CRA.gc.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
Jump up ^ “Get ready for new Tax-Free Savings Account”, Oakville Today, 2008-06-19. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
Jump up ^ “TFSA’s: the biggest thing since RRSP’s”, National Post, 2008-02-27. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
^ Jump up to: a b “Budget: Report Card”, National Post, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
Jump up ^ “Federal Budget Prudent for Today’s Economic Conditions”, Canadian Bankers Association, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
Jump up ^ “2008 Budget”, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
Jump up ^ "A New Tax Savings Plan & Modest Spending Growth”, Canadian Taxpayers Association, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
Jump up ^ "The Tax-Free Savings Account". Canada Revenue Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
Jump up ^ TFSA contribution room, Canada.ca
Jump up ^ Evans, Pete (21 April 2015). "Budget 2015: TFSA limit hiked to $10,000 as election budget delivers few goodies". CBC.ca. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
Jump up ^ Notice of Ways and Means Motion to amend the Income Tax Act
Jump up ^ Liberals detail how they will roll back TFSA contribution limits, The Globe and Mail, 7 December 2015
Jump up ^ Bill Morneau confirms tax cuts coming for 'middle class', CBC News, 7 December 2015
Jump up ^ http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tfsa/
Jump up ^ "Tories Introduce Tax-Free Savings Account", CTV, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
Jump up ^ https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/tax-free-savings-account/types-investments.html
Jump up ^ "Misunderstanding this simple TFSA rule could cost you a lot", by Rob Carrick, The Globe and Mail, Wednesday, Feb. 26 2014
Jump up ^ Your tax, RRSP questions answered The Globe and Mail, 1 December 2010
Jump up ^ ‘Where should I hold U.S. dividend stocks?’ Financial Post, 16 April 2013
Jump up ^ Understanding Swap-Based ETFs MoneySense, 6 June 2011
Jump up ^ Foreign dividend withholding tax and your TFSA The Globe and Mail, 4 April 2013
Jump up ^ More Swap Talk With Horizons Canadian Couch Potato, 10 June 2011
Jump up ^ HXS Horizons S&P 500 Index ETF horizonsetfs.com, retrieved 12 January 2014
Jump up ^ http://www.fidelity.ca/cs/Satellite/en/public/products/regulatory_documents/pfic
Jump up ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
Jump up ^ http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mymoney/moneyweb-tax/south-africans-invest-tax-free-savings-accounts/
Jump up ^ "2015 TFSA update". www.taxclinic.ca. The Tax Group. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
Jump up ^ How the 'TIFSA' can be your tax free nest egg
Jump up ^ "Cashing in on TFSAs" (PDF). Benefits Canada. May 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-17. [permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
Government of Canada info about TFSAs
Canada Revenue Agency info about TFSAs
CRA IT-320: Qualified Investments  Trusts Governed by Registered Retirement Savings Plans, Registered Education Savings Plans and Registered Retirement Income Funds
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Yummy Yummy Yummy
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For the Julie London album, see Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (album).
"Yummy Yummy Yummy"
Cover of the German release
Single by Ohio Express
from the album The Ohio Express
B-side
"Zig Zag"
Released
April 1968
Format
7" vinyl
Genre
Bubblegum pop
Length
2:30
Label
Buddah
Songwriter(s)
Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine
Producer(s)
Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz, Joey Levine, Arthur Resnick
Engineer: Bruce Staple
Ohio Express singles chronology
"Try It"
(1968) "Yummy Yummy Yummy"
(1968) "Down at Lulu's"
(1968)
"Try It"
(1968) "Yummy Yummy Yummy"
(1968) "Down at Lulu's"
(1968)
"Yummy Yummy Yummy" is a song by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine, first recorded by Ohio Express in 1968. Their version reached No. 4 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart[1] in June and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] It has since been covered by many artists. Ohio Express was a studio concoction and none of the "official" members appear on the record. Joey Levine sang lead vocals.
Joey Levine sang "Yummy Yummy Yummy" live for the first time ever in Henderson, Tennessee at the Caravan Of Stars XV, on May 17, 2008.
In Time Magazine's 2011 list of top 10 songs with silly lyrics it ranked No. 8.[3] It ranked No. 2 in Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. It has been used in a commercial for Kinder chocolate, in The Simpsons in the episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", in Monty Python's Flying Circus in the episode "How Not to Be Seen" (facetiously credited to "Jackie Charlton and the Tonettes"), in Futurama in the episode "Saturday Morning Fun Pit", and in the "Last McSupper" scene of the film Super Size Me.[4] The song also makes an appearance in the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 [5] and at the end of an episode of Timon and Pumbaa, where the titular characters perform it in the form of an animated music video.
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2 Cover versions
3 References
4 External links
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1968)
Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[2] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[6] 5
Canadian RPM Top Singles[7] 1
Dutch Top 40[8] 27
Irish Singles Chart[9] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 8
US Billboard Pop Singles[1] 4
Cover versions[edit]
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Giorgio Moroder released a version as single A-side in 1968 (as Giorgio).
Baccara recorded a Euro Pop version in the 1970s.
Julie London recorded a cover for her album Yummy Yummy Yummy in 1970.
The Residents recorded a cover for their album The Third Reich 'n Roll in 1975.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Artist Search for "ohio express"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
^ Jump up to: a b [1]
Jump up ^ Rollins, Samantha (2011-03-15). "The Ohio Express, 'Yummy Yummy Yummy' | Top 10 Songs with Silly Lyrics | TIME.com". Entertainment.time.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
Jump up ^ Rollins, Samantha (2011-03-15). "The Beatles, 'I Am the Walrus' | Top 10 Songs with Silly Lyrics". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
Jump up ^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) : Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. "Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
Jump up ^ "Top 40-lijst van week 30, 1968". Top40.nl. 1968-07-27. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
Jump up ^ "The Irish Charts Search the Charts". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. "Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
External links[edit]
"Yummy Yummy Yummy" at Discogs (list of releases)
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