ThatOtherFan Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Take A Bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Madge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Fun fact: Babyface wrote and produced 40% of our Top 10 for 1995, putting his golden touch to Whitney Houston's 'Exhale' and Madonna's 'Take a Bow', as well as 'Diggin' On You' and 'Red Light Special', both by TLC. Having also written and produced on Mariah Carey's Daydream means he was involved in five of the seven parent albums in our Top 10, most notably the soundtrack to Waiting To Exhale on which he wrote and produced every track except Chaka Khan's cover of the 1937 show tune 'My Funny Valentine'. Of the nine acts featured in our Top 10, Babyface has worked with all of them besides Groove Theory, giving him a strike rate of 88%! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 FINALLY Monica goes lol, I like the song, it's top 20 worthy, but def not top 10 worthy. Take a bow is...which is why it can go now lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Brandy should make it to top 5. Are y'all ok? One Sweet Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The Chapter 11 girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 The Chapter 11 girls. You need to specify which of the three songs from the greatest girl group of all time you would like to vote out. Thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeJoe Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Take a Bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Madge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Madonna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeJoe Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Madonna will be eliminated this round. I came for her for a reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I just wanted Take A Bow top 10 tbh. My vote = Take A Bow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Writers: Madonna, Babyface Producers: Madonna, Babyface Label: Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. Opening our Top 10 for 1995 is Madonna with the sublime 'Take a Bow'. A critical and commercial smash, the song topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks, becoming the Queen of Pop's longest reign at number one. Madonna ended up in Billboard's annual Top 10 for the seventh time when 'Take a Bow' placed sixth for 1995. She wanted an R&B sound for her Bedtime Stories album, a quest that led her to Babyface. The two stars met at Madonna's record label office and hit it off. They decided to write songs together, and Madonna drove herself over to Babyface's house for a working session. One of the two songs that resulted was based on a piece of music Babyface had written. "I didn't know where to take it," he confesses. "She immediately heard something in it. She clearly gave the song direction." They agreed that the first line of the song, "Take a bow," should be the title, even though the words weren't repeated in the rest of the song. The track is also memorable for its dramatic video which depicts Madonna as the neglected lover of a Spanish bullfighter. In an interview with MTV's Kurt Loder on the set of the music video, Madonna said that when she was initially writing 'Take a Bow' the inspiration for the song was an actor, but she wanted the male character in the video to be to be a matador instead because she wanted the video to be about an "obsessive, tragic love story that doesn't work out in the end" and a matador would be more visually effective in expressing the emotion of the song. Although the single was a huge hit in the United States, it performed moderately in the United Kingdom and peaked at number 16. 'Take a Bow' ended Madonna's record string of 35 consecutive Top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart from 'Like a Virgin' (1984) to 'Secret' (1994). The song reached number one in Canada while peaking at number 15 in Australia. Songs remaining (in alphabetical order: Baby - Brandy Diggin' On You - TLC Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston Fantasy - Mariah Carey One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men Red Light Special - TLC Scream - Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson Tell Me - Groove Theory Waterfalls - TLC ____________________ One Sweet Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Diggin On You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Diggin' On You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You need to specify which of the three songs from the greatest girl group of all time you would like to vote out. Thx. I don't see the Spice Icons listed. I was referring to TLC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 I don't see the Spice Icons listed. That's right, toots, you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 That's right, toots, you don't. So do you see as to why I'm a biT confused as to why "the greatest girl group of all time" was mentioned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 So do you see as to why I'm a biT confused as to why "the greatest girl group of all time" was mentioned? 'Fraid not considering it's inarguably TLC and they're up there THREE times. Is confusion something you struggle with often? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not my fave Madonna song being punched down. Yall ain't shit. My Vote: Red Light Special 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 'Fraid not considering it's inarguably TLC and they're up there THREE times. Is confusion something you struggle with often? So they had a few cute bops. But it's the facts that the Spice Icons reign supreme, as evident by their slayage at The Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Why are the Spice Girls being mentioned again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 So they had a few cute bops. But it's the facts that the Spice Icons reign supreme, as evident by their slayage at The Olympics. You seem to have overlooked where I said "inarguably". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Why are the Spice Girls being mentioned again? Something about the Olympics? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Can we have some decorum in here? For Mother Theresa's sake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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