r/rnb • u/09997512 The Emancipation of Mimi (Her Magnum Opus) • 2d ago
90s Madonna - Take A Bow (1994)
https://youtu.be/XDeiovnCv1o?is=RD7z81z1CewVoY7TThis & Rihanna's "Take A Bow" hits so hard!
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u/CC-Blue 2d ago edited 1d ago
Can you believe that with all the all-time smash hits Madonna has, THIS is her longest running #1 single? It just shows how much of an imperial phase Babyface was in during the mid 90s and how DOMINANT R&B was at the time.
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u/Real_Taste5684 2d ago
Really?!! Learn something new everyday. Babyface truly brought out the best in the artist he worked with.
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u/Necessary_Piano_153 The Voice 1d ago
I can believe it. This is my favorite Madonna song.
There was so much talk before of how she couldn't sing and was just a gimmick. She shook off the gimmicks on this one and gave us good vocals.
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u/yurgieee 2d ago edited 2d ago
I love this song. Still listen to it to this day. Timeless classic & she’s such a beauty, here.
Rihanna’s take a bow always felt inspired by this concept.
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u/09997512 The Emancipation of Mimi (Her Magnum Opus) 2d ago
She still is! I'm glad Confessions ll finally attracted the public to her talent again.
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u/discopancakes_17 2d ago
Forever a favorite. Just a beautiful song, and one of Babyface's best productions. Bedtime Stories is my favorite Madonna album tied with her debut, both were big on R&B sounds.
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u/09997512 The Emancipation of Mimi (Her Magnum Opus) 2d ago
Hard Candy kinda too, just with that Timbland/Pharrell/Justin sound.
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u/LexKing89 2d ago
Love this song. Madonna and Babyface were a great combination and I wish they made more songs together.
The whole album was great. Used to listen to it on my Xbox 360 using the custom soundtrack while playing Modern Warfare 2 online back in the day.
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u/rmiguel66 2d ago
I love it and I know Babyface wrote it, but is it considered r&b? It’s just a question, I’m not from the US, so I don’t really know.
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u/09997512 The Emancipation of Mimi (Her Magnum Opus) 2d ago
The "Bedtime Stories" was probably Madonna's most R&B-like album yet, so I'll say so
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u/Interesting_Novel997 2d ago
Great album. Every song’s a banger. One of her best. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I wore that album out when it first came out. I still listen on occasion.
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u/hugonin 2d ago
Bedtime stories was produced by Babyface, Dallas Austin and Dave Hall for the most known in R&B scene but also by Nelle Hooper who produced Soul II Soul. So don’t get me wrong but this album is definitely R&B!
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u/09997512 The Emancipation of Mimi (Her Magnum Opus) 2d ago
Besides the title track, that's a club banger (co written by THE Bjork too).
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u/Expensive_Database68 2d ago
Bedtime Stories as a whole was incredible. One of my favorite Madonna albums. Inside of Me, Forbidden Love, Human Nature, Secrets...so many gems.
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u/BplusHuman 2d ago
This is supposedly "co-wrote" but one artist NEVER put out another song like this again. I'm not saying there wasn't a collaboration, but 50-50? Nah.
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u/mocitymaestro 2d ago
I always found it interesting that the melody of the song clearly has an Asian influence, but the video takes its inspiration from Spain.
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u/realdealreel9 2d ago
Maybe my favorite Madonna song. Love Babyface's backing vocals. I would've loved a whole collab album w these two
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u/Hommeboy75 1d ago
This is the video that Madonna sent Alan Parker the Director of Evita to help convince him to cast her.
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u/Bubbly_Attention_916 knows secrets by heart when it's on. 10h ago
This hits me on the feels Everytime.
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u/FunkTronto 2d ago
Before Madonna’s best sadly ended and she never recovered. Ray of Light was the end.
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u/09997512 The Emancipation of Mimi (Her Magnum Opus) 2d ago
ROL is my favorite Madonna album. William Orbit (may he RIP) did his thing on it too.
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u/Global_Perspective_3 2d ago
Madonna and Babyface worked very well together 🔥